After hunting down opportunities across its own business, CSR has begun offering comprehensive consulting services to other companies, says its energy efficiency program leader Andrew Rowe.
The 252 corporations covered by the Energy Efficiency Opportunities scheme have identified projects to save an amount of energy equivalent to 2.8% of Australia's total use, and have adopted just over half of these, according to a new analysis (with case studies).
A revamped National Carbon Offset Standard, released today, lists what types of Australian and international carbon offsets can be used by companies to make Government-certified claims of carbon neutrality.
Newly-released energy efficiency reports show Coles is cutting supermarket energy use by an average 7% through voltage optimisation, Caltex saved $400,000 a year at almost no cost by switching its Lytton refinery boilers to gas and Arnotts has reduced energy intensity by 6.8% in three years.
