Envestra Limited is the owner of natural gas distribution networks and transmission pipelines in Victoria, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales and the Northern Territory.
The Company takes seriously its obligations to operate, maintain and expand its business with concern for the environment. In doing so we are committed to:
- Ensuring our employees and contractors clearly understand and support our policy, and have the training, skills and equipment to perform their roles with regard for the environment.
- Striving to achieve a high standard of environmental management that is recognized by our peers and stakeholders.
- Encouraging innovation to avoid or minimize the impact of installing and maintaining our distribution networks and transmission pipelines. In doing so we will learn from our own performance and from external developments.
- Seeking economic ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from our distribution networks
- Ensuring the business is operated in compliance with Federal and State laws and industry standards.
- Continuing to seek ways to eliminate waste.
- Setting targets and measuring progress, to ensure we continuously improve our performance.
- Ensuring that when assessing the performance of our contractors it includes compliance with this policy.
- Communicating our performance to interested parties.
Ian Little
Managing Director
August 2003
Review date August 2004