Network Ten - Official Media Partner

Network Ten Brisbane is a proud media partner of the 2012 Premier's Sustainability Awards.

Its programming plays a key role in promoting the importance of environmental sustainability to a wide Queensland audience.

Network Ten's environmental initiative, Making Your Mark, has already made substantial inroads towards achieving the Network's goal of reducing its emissions.

For more information, please see www.ten.com.au/makingyourmark

Community Award

Bendigo Bank

Bendigo Bank recognises that daily business activities have an impact on the environment. We understand that our environmental reputation will play a key role in our future success, and that of the communities in which we operate.

The Bank is actively looking at every aspect of what we do, the impact it has on the environment and how, through simple changes at work and in our community, we can reduce our environmental impact and increase efficiency as an organisation.

With more than 110 locations across Queensland, including 45 Community Bank^® owned branches, Bendigo Bank offers a full range of consumer and business banking products and services.

And through the Bank’s Generation Green™ Green Family program, a number of environmental programs have been established to educate our staff, customers, partners, shareholders and communities.

Built Environment Award

Energex

With more than 85 years’ industry experience, Energex is a government-owned corporation that provides network services and infrastructure to distribute electricity into the homes and businesses of 2.8 million people in south-east Queensland. In 1997, Energex was the first energy company to join the Australian Government’s Greenhouse Challenge and continues to offset its carbon emission through tree planting. Energex's commitment to sustainability is evident through its Energex Sustainability and Environment Fund (ESEF) a community partnership program wholly funded by the sale of scrap metal and other materials.

At Energex one of our most significant challenges is delivering sustainable outcomes in a challenging environment. Meeting the needs of an increasingly power-hungry society at a time of heightened community expectation for social and environmental responsibility is a balancing act, but I am confident we are making progress towards achieving mutually acceptable outcomes.

Business Eco-efficiency Award

Carlton and United Brewers

Carlton United Brewers continues to lead in sustainable business practices, in particular at Yatala Brewery in South East Queensland. The site prides itself on water efficient brewing, using just over two litres of water for every litre of beer made – around half the amount used by some leading international brewers. Recycled water is used throughout the brewery wherever possible. An on-site water treatment facility delivers water cost savings along with reductions to CO₂ emissions, salt and discharge levels and consumption of cleaning chemicals at the Yatala Brewery.

Corporate Award

SEQ Catchments

SEQ Catchments is a community-based, not-for-profit organisation helping to build a sustainable community that cares for and values the natural resources and biodiversity of South East Queensland, and that recognises the impact of personal and collective actions on the environment.

Mobilising and involving the community is a key action to set local and regional priorities that address environmental issues and identify projects and partnerships to deliver tangible, on-ground solutions.

We generate government and business investment into these community-driven programs and implement and manage these projects to completion.

SEQ Catchments works closely with the Queensland and Local Government to promote a balanced, long term approach to land development, infrastructure planning and economic growth, via the award winning SEQ Natural Resource Management Plan.

Clean Energy Innovation Award

Department of Energy and Water Supply

The newly formed Department of Energy and Water Supply provides support to the clean energy sector so that Queensland can leverage its extensive renewable energy resources and take advantage of a full range of energy efficiency and demand management opportunities. There is enormous potential to grow and diversify our state's economic base within this emerging sector and the Queensland Government aims to ensure a clean energy future is an affordable and prudent investment. In particular, the Government is keen to drive economy wide outcomes in the areas of energy efficiency, energy conservation and demand management to help put downward pressure on the cost of electricity supply for all Queenslander's while achieving strong sustainability outcomes.

Small Business Award

Rheem Australia

Rheem Australia is the home of Australia’s premium brands in the water heating, pool heating, space heating and air conditioning industries. We are committed to delivering product excellence and providing challenging opportunities for our people. Our leading brands include Rheem, Solahart, Edwards, Vulcan, Raypak, Paloma, Everhot, Aquamax and Accent Air.

Australian made Rheem branded products are market leaders throughout Australia, New Zealand and Europe.

Rheem’s current focus is on making sustainable, low emissions water heating as accessible as conventional water heating - from installation costs, to running costs, to maintenance and longevity.

Waste Reduction and Resource Efficiency Award

Waste Avoidance and Resource Efficiency

The Queensland Government is keen to promote innovation in waste management and resource recovery. Many companies are overhauling practices and changing attitudes to traditional waste operations, and these awards showcase the work of these technical and commercial leaders. Trailblazers can show how many other businesses can adapt and improve, no matter in which sector they operate. Decisively revaluing production, handling and disposal of waste reaps benefits for both the environment and the commercial sustainability of vital Queensland companies.

Innovation in Technologies Award

UQ Business School

The University of Queensland Business School ranks amongst the elite global leaders and has been awarded dual accreditation from the world’s two pre-eminent education accrediting bodies.

UQ Business School placed in the top 1 per cent of the world by The Economist for its MBA Program, and attained a top 50 ranking in the world by the Financial Times for its Corporate Education Program.

At UQ Business School they believe that teaching, research, and consulting are all crucial in creating a learning environment that creates the maximum benefit for our students. Degree offerings include undergraduate, postgraduate course work and postgraduate research programs in business, commerce, and management.

Rural Award

Coles

At the heart of local communities around Australia, you’ll find a Coles supermarket – and Coles love to get involved with communities where they can because they take their environmental and social responsibility seriously. As a leading national food, liquor and convenience retailer, employing over 102,000 team members and operating over 2,200 outlets, Coles aims to give the people of Australia a shop they can trust, delivering, quality, service and value.

As one of Australia's largest retailers, Coles is committed to finding ways to reduce any negative impact and enhance the environment we live in. Coles has been a proud partner of Landcare Australia since 2001 and since 2008 has funded over 1400 school garden projects which teach children how to care for their environment.

Coles has recently launched Coles Community Food with SecondBite, a national program which is committed to donating surplus healthy, fresh produce to charities and community groups around the country, providing over 5 million meals to people in need over the coming two years. Coles stores are now donating fresh produce and bakery items to local community food programs in both metropolitan and regional communities to assist the estimated 1.2 million Australians who don’t have access to a safe, regular and affordable food supply. Through these endeavors Coles hope to build a sustainable future for their customers, their business and the environment.

Australian Country Choice

Australian Country Choice (ACC) is part of the Lee Group – one of Queensland’s largest privately owned family companies and one that has proudly been at the forefront of the Australian Beef industry for more than half a century and the beef processing, meat exporting and beef value-adding sector for over 25 years. ACC’ s vertically integrated supply chain employs more than 1,000 staff and includes multiple large scale cattle breeding and backgrounding properties; multiple feedlots and a central processing and boning facility with by-product, co-product, manufacturing, value-add, retail ready packaging and primary distribution facilities. We proudly hold ISO certifications for Environmental management (14000), Food safety (22000), Quality (90001), People (AS4801) and BRC Food safety. ACC remains vigilant and challenged as we look to maintain sustainable operations across our rural landscape in the face of the rapidly expanding coal seam (methane) gas industry.

Partnership Award

Xstrata

Xstrata manages a portfolio of businesses delivering vital natural resources across major international commodity markets including copper, coal, zinc, nickel, alloys and technology services.

The natural resources mined and processed by Xstrata are at the heart of many essential products and services, from the building blocks of new cities, to the high-precision metals to produce mobile phones or jet engines, and to the everyday items such as cutlery.

From projects and operations spanning 20 countries, Xstrata’s suite of Australian operations directly employ around 14,000 Australians, and has contributed around $54 billion in revenue to the Australian economy since 2002.

Xstrata prides itself on delivering industry-leading sustainability practices as evidenced by its position as Mining Sector Leader in the annual Dow Jones Sustainability Index for five consecutive years.

Minister's Award for Leadership

Last updated 14 May 2012

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