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Transurban Launches its Third Sustainability Report
Transurban Launches its Third Sustainability Report
Published 01-19-09
Submitted by Transurban Group
January 19, 2009 - The 2008 report charts the company’s ongoing management of its environmental, economic and social impacts.
It highlights the challenges, initiatives and commitments in the four 'pillars' of the sustainability agenda - Customers, Communities, Environment and Employees.
This year, Transurban continued to focus on climate change and consolidate existing programs. Importantly, it has started driving sustainability into its operations by revising management accountabilities.
Other sustainability highlights:
- Completed the award-winning CityLink Tunnel Safety Project, a $12.5 million project to enhance safety in the Domain and Burnley tunnels in Melbourne
- Co-sponsored the Herald Sun-CityLink Run for the Kids annual event, which raised almost $740,000 for Melbourne’s Royal Children's Hospital.
- Developed a draft Sustainable Purchasing Policy to formalise our commitment to buying environmentally preferred products and services.
- Developed a Waste Management Strategy outlining initiatives for reducing, re-using and recycling ofï¬ce and roadside waste from our assets.
- Reached ï¬nancial close on the Capital Beltway HOT Lanes project in the US, which will ease congestion and create more opportunities for carpooling and public transit.
As in previous years, the 2008 report has been externally assured and checked against Global Reporting Initiative guidelines, considered to set the global reporting standards in sustainability.
Click here to view the full report online or to download the summary of highlights.
Transurban Group
Transurban Group
LOCATIONS 505 Little Collins Street Melbourne, VIC Australia 3000 ph: +61 3 8656 8900 fax: +61 3 8656 8585 565 5th Avenue, 18th Floor New York, NY 10017 ph: +1 646 278 0870 fax: +1 646 278 0839 Transurban Group is an international toll road investor and manager with more than 10 years experience developing and operating complex toll road infrastructure. Transurban is a US$6.4 billion company with interests in seven key toll roads in Australia and the US, including Pocahontas 895 in Richmond, Virginia. Transurban began construction on the Capital Beltway HOT Lanes project in Northern Virginia in July 2008. Transurban is proud to be included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index as one of the world's most sustainable companies. For more information on Transurban visit www.transurban.com.
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