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At Power and Water we aim to minimise our impact on the environment, and we have a number of key documents in place to help us achieve our goals:
The following reports aim to provide transparency on our environmental performance:
Environment Reports Our environment reports detail the progress of our environment policies and commitments.
The Electricity Supply Association of Australia (ESAA) promotes the Code as a commitment of electricity businesses to sound environmental performance. Power and Water are signatories to the Code. Part of this commitment involves an annual performance audit against the Code, reported to the ESAA.
The two yearly audit of Power and Water's compliance with the ESAA Code of Environmental Practice has been completed. The results of the audit demonstrate that Power and Water continues to perform well in complying with the Code of Practice.
PWCs performance has improved between 2004 and 2006 against these policies, particularly in regard to integrating environmental values into management decision-making, contributing to public awareness of energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies.
Each area receives a score between 0 (no activities to address a Code action) and 5 (evidence of leadership or industry best practice) across a number of Code actions.
| Policy Area | 2004 PWC Audit score |
2004 Industry Average score | 2006 PWC Audit score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sustainable Development | 4.0 |
3.9 | 4.13 |
| Social Responsibility |
4.08 | 3.8 | 4.17 |
| Environmental Management |
3.27 | 3.7 | 3.58 |
| Resource Management |
4.0 | 3.6 | 4.00 |
| Average |
3.84 | 3.8 | 3.97 |
The National Pollutant Index (NPI) is an Internet database designed to provide the community, industry and government with information on the types and amounts of certain substances being emitted to the environment. Power and Water report estimated emissions to the NPI on an annual basis.
