Green committees in each of our offices work to improve the efficiency of our operations and minimise carbon emissions, by creating office policies to promote and sustain good green practices. This includes implementing many low-cost green initiatives such as stationery recycling, herb gardens and worm farms.
In 2006 we became the first Australian company to make our entire Asia Pacific operations - including flights, electricity, taxi and car use, couriers and paper usage - 100% carbon neutral, and we have maintained a climate neutral status ever since.
We also introduced a Personal Carbon Offset Scheme for employees, which is believed to be the first in the world. This voluntary scheme allows our employees to offset their personal emissions by offering gold standard carbon credits as a salary sacrifice.
We are now piloting the Corporate Carbon Portal (CCP) alongside the World Wildlife Fund. This online portal allows us to track, record and report our carbon emissions more accurately, providing a more cohesive approach to offsetting our emissions and helping us identify areas to continue to reduce our carbon emissions.