CASE STUDIES

Northpoint

For 25 years Northpoint has been servicing and selling Toyota Vehicles. Northpoint employ 200+ staff spread across 4 metropolitan and 1 rural location offering sales service and parts. Northpoint are committed to combating the impacts of climate change through "Action for Climate Change". The principles of "Action for Climate Change" are simple; to encourage staff and clients to actively reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions created in their daily lives. Northpoint participated in the 6P Green Program in order to develop the tools, policies and procedures to embed sustainability across their organisation. Energy efficiency is also a major strategy for Northpoint and this approach has seen electricity usage at their Hillcrest headquarters reduce by 12% over 12 months. 

Uniting Care Wesley - Port Adelaide

Uniting Care Wesley Port Adelaide (UCWPA) were established in 1919 and now employ more than 1,000 staff and 130 volunteers to deliver a diverse range of programs across aged care, community welfare and employment services. Together, these staff and volunteers work towards empowering people in need, building communities and strengthening families. A group of senior managers from UCWPA completed the 6P Green Program in order to gain the necessary skills and tools to help achieve the organisations sustainability strategies. UCWPA management are now in the process of setting carbon reduction targets and introducing energy efficiency initiatives in order to reduce the organisation's impact on the planet whilst making a positive contribution to the bottom line. This in turn will provide additional funds for a number of important community projects.

Community CPS Australia

The Community CPS Australia Group is one of the largest customer owned financial institutions in Australia, with assets under management approaching $4 billion. The Group comprises activities in banking (through its credit union), the community (through the Community CPS Foundation) and professional services (wealth management, tax and accounting services via Eastwoods), and employs 585 staff across 48 branches with more than 180,000 members. Community CPS is located in South Australia and the Australian Capital Territory, and operates as Wagga Mutual Credit Union in Wagga Wagga, Companion Credit Union in the Hunter Valley and United Community in Western Australia. As a customer owned financial institution the credit union has strong ties to the community and a commitment to reducing its environmental impact. A group of Managers and Staff from Community CPS participated in the 6P Green Program as part of a campaign to increase the level of understanding of business sustainability across the organisation. This culminated in a project to measure the carbon footprint of the organisation's 48 branches across Australia using the Energy Analytics carbon management system. This was closely followed by a Visual Inspection at each branch by qualified energy assessors who provided energy efficiency advice and recommendations. The EMS policies and procedure template provided by the 6P Green Program is currently being used by the organisation with the ultimate objective of achieving ISO 14001certification.

TESTIMONIALS

Bryce Routley, Resource Efficiency Program Co-ordinator, at the EPA States that "the program will provide practical tools for our own internal Green Team and could be useful for our clients who may need some assistance in adopting sustainable practices".

Royal Automobile Association (RAA)

Penny Gale from the RAA believes" the program will take our existing environmental practices to the next level and will help us reduce our overall carbon emissions. We believe that minimising our impact on the environment makes good business sense and is the right thing to do."

Norman Waterhouse Lawyers

API Insurance

"Although we are a relatively small organisation with not quite 10 staff, we want to minimise our environmental impact in order to play our part in improving the environment. In order to achieve this we participated in the 6P Green Program developed by Adelaide-based company, Sustainable Directions". API Insurance CEO Rob Skipper.