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Publication of Greenhouse and Energy information
The information on this page was prepared and published before the Clean Energy Regulator was established. At the time of publication, corporations that were registered under the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007 were required to report to the Greenhouse and Energy Officer (GEDO). From 2 April 2012, the GEDO is replaced by the Clean Energy Regulator.
Section 24 of the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007
Controlling corporations that are registered under the
National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007 (the Act) are obliged to report information on greenhouse gas emissions, energy production and energy consumption in relation to their corporate group to the Greenhouse and Energy Data Officer (GEDO).
In accordance with section 24 of the Act, the GEDO is publishing an extract of this information for the 2008–09 reporting year. The GEDO must publish, for each corporation whose group had scope 1 and scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions above the 2008–09 threshold of 125 kilotonnes or holds a reporting transfer certificate, the following totals that have been reported by the corporation:
- scope 1 greenhouse gas emissions
- scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions, and
- energy consumption.
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Information included in this publication
The data in this publication is as reported by a registered corporation, including any resubmissions, as at 6 August 2010. Some corporations have resubmitted their reports because of errors in their original report. Initial validation work by the Department has also highlighted possible errors in other data, which has resulted in some corporations deciding to resubmit their NGER report. It is expected that the 2008–09 published data will be updated in the future if a corporation resubmits a report which changes their corporate group totals.
Only some corporations that are registered under the Act have their data published in the 2008–09 report due to one or more of the following reasons:
- Some corporations are registered for the 2009–10 or 2010–11 financial year, but not for 2008–09
- A registered corporation may not have met one of the reporting thresholds
- A registered corporation may not have met the publishing threshold of scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions totalling more than 125 kilotonnes of carbon dioxide equivalence
- A registered corporation may not have submitted its NGER report in time for this publication, and
- A registered corporation may have applied under section 25 of the Act to have its greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption totals withheld from publication.
The data in this publication is a subset of the total NGER data, as many corporations do not meet the 2008–09 corporate group threshold for greenhouse gas emissions.
Registered corporations are listed alphabetically by their registered business name, which may differ from their trading name. Some well-known facilities or trading corporations will be reported under the business name of their controlling corporation.
Some registered corporations have an application pending under section 25 of the Act to have their greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption totals withheld from publication due to commercial sensitivity or trade secrets being revealed by their publication. The data that has been specified by a corporation under a section 25 application has been withheld from this publication and is noted in the data table, pending consideration of their application. Some other corporations may have applied under section 25 but did so too late to have their information withheld from this publication. The publication will be updated in the future following the outcome of each section 25 application.
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2008–09 Greenhouse and energy information by corporate group
Information reported to the GEDO as at 11 April 2011
This table should be read in conjunction with the explanatory notes that follow the table.
Greenhouse gas emissions totals are listed as tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (t CO2-e); energy consumption totals are listed as gigajoules (GJ). All data is 'as reported' by the controlling corporations.
Downloadable versions of data tables
documentasset:Greenhouse and energy information 2008-09
documentasset:Reporting Transfer Certificate holders 2008-09
Registered corporations
|
Total scope 1
greenhouse gas emissions
(t CO2-e)
|
Total scope 2
greenhouse gas emissions
(t CO2-e)
|
Total energy
consumption
3(GJ)
|
|---|
A J Bush & Sons Pty Ltd | 122 169 | 18 750 | 1 083 428 |
A.A. Scott Pty Ltd | 120 151 | 7 649 | 1 754 221 |
AAPC Limited | 16 612 | 179 939 | 1 006 315 |
ABB Grain Ltd | 89 433 | 72 922 | 1 889 997 |
ACTEW Corporation Ltd | 55 149 | 165 307 | 2 715 397 |
Adelaide Brighton Ltd | 2 848 541 | 332 695 | 18 333 687 |
Aditya Birla Minerals Ltd | 90 939 | 45 322 | 1 833 655 |
AGL Energy Limited | 1 623 746 | 52 883 | 40 763 207 |
Air Liquide Australia Limited | 13 797 | 376 882 | 1 989 323 |
Alcan Gove Pty Limited | 1 947 103 | 6 158 | 28 510 872 |
Alcoa Australian Holdings Pty Ltd | 6 851 770 | 10 663 159 | 205 631 046 |
ALDI Stores (A Limited Partnership) | 41 265 | 109 540 | 1 008 937 |
Amcor Limited | 505 615 | 493 159 | 9 631 087 |
AMP Limited | 8 066 | 183 534 | 793 474 |
Anglo American Australia Limited | 3 795 406 | 575 737 | 11 456 579 |
AngloGold Ashanti Australia Limited | 139 616 | 298 | 2 611 360 |
Apache Energy Limited | 642 669 | 1 138 | 3 855 786 |
APT Pipelines Limited | 298 906 | 97 360 | 3 260 347 |
Arrow Energy Ltd | 328 702 | 39 375 | 4 076 740 |
Asciano Limited | 1 026 045 | 85 100 | 15 039 983 |
Atco Power Holdings Pty. Ltd. | 771 178 | 51 690 | 15 851 824 |
Australia And New Zealand Banking Group Ltd | 8 294 | 152 684 | 643 032 |
Australian Postal Corporation | 94 352 | 223 367 | 2 222 073 |
Axia Energy Australia Pty Ltd | 494 253 | 0 | 9 845 085 |
AZSA Holdings Pty Limited | 6 511 357 | 546 696 | 9 205 535 |
Babcock & Brown Infrastructure Limited | 131 076 | 3 615 | 151 659 |
Babcock & Brown Power Pty Ltd | 8 045 893 | 122 153 | 103 272 652 |
Baiada Pty Limited | 81 776 | 199 352 | 2 190 202 |
Barrick (Australia Pacific Holdings) Pty Ltd | 200 172 | 240 780 | 4 281 752 |
Barrick (PD) Australia Limited | 162 608 | 112 435 | 2 990 635 |
BGC (Australia) Pty Ltd | 77 496 | 62 399 | 1 802 293 |
BHP Billiton Aluminium Australia Pty Ltd | 2 691 930 | 303 124 | 40 722 886 |
BHP Billiton Energy Coal Australia Pty Ltd | 844 507 | 64 397 | 3 506 751 |
BHP Billiton Limited | 5 061 340 | 2 264 208 | 39 201 749 |
BHP Billiton Nickel Operations Pty Ltd | 1 151 089 | 49 421 | 17 183 185 |
Big Ben Holdings Pty. Limited | 176 728 | 23 962 | 826 367 |
Bilfinger Berger Australia Pty Ltd | 33 271 | 100 376 | 929 103 |
Billiton Manganese Australia Pty Ltd | 522 219 | 85 161 | 8 055 652 |
BlueScope Steel Limited | 7 950 369 | 1 281 441 | 188 113 354 |
BM Alliance Coal Operations Pty Ltd | 2 650 238 | 1 136 149 | 22 780 967 |
BOC Limited | 16 123 | 589 482 | 2 557 089 |
Boral Limited2 | 2 753 283 | 574 427 | |
BP Regional Australasia Holdings Pty Ltd | 1 440 810 | 500 379 | 267 108 722 |
Bradken Limited | 35 901 | 101 106 | 1 098 748 |
Brickworks Ltd | 299 365 | 126 543 | 6 382 464 |
Brisbane City Council1 | 338 731 | 78 903 | 2 777 564 |
Building Supplies Group Holding Pty Ltd | 94 135 | 349 219 | 9 775 740 |
Burrup Fertilisers Pty Ltd | 786 309 | 0 | 15 340 651 |
C S Energy Limited | 16 629 357 | 119 712 | 198 589 732 |
Cadbury Australia Limited | 46 922 | 80 080 | 1 074 884 |
Cairnton Holdings Limited | 104 997 | 99 688 | 1 203 639 |
Caltex Australia Limited | 1 887 665 | 326 605 | 464 933 427 |
Cement Australia Holdings Pty Ltd | 2 858 988 | 248 399 | 14 313 291 |
Centennial Coal Company Limited | 2 354 677 | 263 939 | 1 651 200 |
Centro Properties Limited | 3 750 | 170 509 | 699 740 |
CHEDHA Holdings Pty Limited | 17 604 | 1 320 662 | 4 169 567 |
Chevron Australia Holdings Pty Ltd | 298 009 | 3 288 | 2 033 406 |
Clarke Energy (Australia) Pty Ltd | 126 534 | 0 | 2 097 510 |
Coca-Cola Amatil Limited | 58 404 | 126 119 | 1 503 201 |
Comgen Australia Pty Ltd | 588 569 | 12 285 | 1 009 205 |
Commonwealth Bank Of Australia | 24 319 | 418 865 | 1 975 729 |
Commonwealth Scientific And Industrial Research Organisation1 | 17 776 | 118 197 | 725 646 |
Competitive Foods Australia Pty Ltd | 13 241 | 126 411 | 720 688 |
Conoco Phillips Australia Gas Holdings Pty Ltd | 1 769 619 | 488 | 20 029 851 |
Coogee Chemicals Pty Ltd | 31 510 | 113 964 | 2 923 092 |
Country Energy | 40 861 | 867 157 | 3 850 011 |
Crown Limited | 29 782 | 143 003 | 1 040 887 |
CSR Limited | 644 541 | 433 382 | 57 925 158 |
DBNGP (WA) Transmission Pty Limited | 371 996 | 2 267 | 6 770 519 |
Delta Electricity | 22 228 878 | 201 841 | 253 026 794 |
Devereaux Holdings Pty Ltd | 148 377 | 15 247 | 1 403 159 |
Dexus Holdings Pty Limited | 8 831 | 179 236 | 804 691 |
Downer EDI Limited | 200 453 | 45 291 | 9 939 461 |
Ecogen Holdings Pty Ltd | 687 728 | 22 411 | 13 592 048 |
ElectraNet Pty Ltd | 639 | 249 600 | 1 070 824 |
Electricity Generation Corporation | 10 965 617 | 0 | 137 182 369 |
Electricity Networks Corporation | 22 472 | 960 073 | 4 250 700 |
Energex Limited | 152 829 | 1 329 165 | 8 320 168 |
Energy Developments Limited | 763 914 | 2 991 | 17 299 642 |
EnergyAustralia1 | 25 974 | 1 366 650 | 5 884 661 |
Envestra Limited | 627 161 | 45 | 193 |
Eraring Energy | 13 254 417 | 4 291 | 148 090 920 |
Ergon Energy Corporation Limited | 98 202 | 886 151 | 4 921 879 |
ERM Kwinana Holding Pty Ltd | 270 318 | 3 970 | 5 319 565 |
ETSA Utilities | 11 255 | 626 062 | 2 836 989 |
Exxonmobil Australia Pty Ltd | 2 671 605 | 292 806 | 664 798 527 |
Farstad Shipping (Indian Pacific) Pty Ltd | 156 098 | 0 | 2 233 161 |
Felix Resources Limited | 1 331 988 | 35 222 | 2 325 517 |
Fletcher Building (Australia) Pty Ltd | 93 571 | 268 564 | 4 040 913 |
Food Investments P/L | 104 179 | 213 463 | 2 589 381 |
Ford Motor Company Of Australia Limited | 45 875 | 182 095 | 1 206 635 |
Fortescue Metals Group Ltd | 324 263 | 37 159 | 4 854 016 |
Foster's Group Limited | 66 601 | 168 848 | 1 694 945 |
General Motors Australia Ltd | 37 708 | 173 278 | 1 384 411 |
Gold Fields Australia Pty Ltd | 104 030 | 221 054 | 2 320 942 |
Goldfields Power Pty Ltd | 193 906 | 0 | 3 749 180 |
Goodman Fielder Limited | 99 057 | 96 464 | 1 937 518 |
GPT Management Holdings Ltd | 25 769 | 168 516 | 957 933 |
Graincorp Limited | 16 958 | 115 041 | 616 164 |
Grange Resources Limited | 191 493 | 27 716 | 3 955 186 |
Great Energy Alliance Corporation Pty Ltd | 18 962 761 | 313 211 | 210 600 596 |
Gujarat NRE Minerals Limited | 673 538 | 50 584 | 230 622 |
Hanson Australia (Holdings) Proprietary Limited | 174 344 | 67 373 | 2 176 261 |
Harvey Norman Holdings Limited | 7 835 | 154 188 | 674 100 |
HCPH Holdings Pty Limited | 124 577 | 53 491 | 8 179 237 |
Holcim Participations (Australia) Pty Ltd. | 212 215 | 65 788 | 3 469 234 |
Honan Holdings Pty Ltd | 365 711 | 206 341 | 5 324 937 |
HRL Limited | 2 423 970 | 177 470 | 32 759 413 |
Hydro Aluminium Kurri Kurri Pty Ltd | 369 995 | 2 496 761 | 13 673 532 |
Hydro-Electric Corporation | 332 836 | 8 231 | 6 645 117 |
ICC Holdings Pty Limited | 138 848 | 1 811 | 2 270 369 |
Idemitsu Australia Resources Pty Ltd | 398 168 | 249 293 | 4 024 707 |
Iluka Resources Limited | 913 321 | 534 110 | 13 389 297 |
Incitec Pivot Limited | 1 015 938 | 217 339 | 24 763 196 |
Inghams Enterprises Pty Limited | 58 050 | 230 561 | 1 773 293 |
Integral Energy Australia | 12 481 | 792 802 | 3 388 043 |
International Power (Australia) Holdings Pty Ltd | 17 968 483 | 193 974 | 208 409 630 |
JBS Holdco Australia Pty Ltd | 186 221 | 146 658 | 2 036 690 |
Jellinbah Group Pty Ltd | 173 253 | 7 053 | 1 396 717 |
Jet Systems Pty Ltd | 126 803 | 2 176 | 1 830 973 |
Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines Pty Ltd | 244 751 | 317 830 | 4 868 909 |
Kimberly Clark Pacific Holdings Pty Ltd | 118 665 | 281 325 | 5 379 255 |
Kirin Holdings (Australia) Pty Ltd | 71 983 | 217 934 | 2 192 961 |
Koppers Australia Pty Ltd | 147 319 | 34 846 | 4 069 739 |
Leighton Holdings Limited | 478 444 | 114 785 | 5 278 962 |
Linfox Pty Ltd | 202 075 | 45 340 | 3 067 091 |
Lion Nathan Limited | 41 945 | 90 724 | 1 188 969 |
Loy Yang Holdings Pty Ltd | 10 139 886 | 1 892 | 115 927 457 |
LyondellBasell Australia (Holdings) Pty Ltd | 43 766 | 124 647 | 1 329 509 |
Macarthur Coal Limited | 267 176 | 54 532 | 2 117 660 |
Macquarie Communications Infrastructure Limited (inc Australia) | 1 528 | 155 950 | 632 152 |
Macquarie Generation | 25 290 141 | 219 704 | 286 920 709 |
Macquarie Group Limited | 13 775 | 123 152 | 682 302 |
Mars Australia Pty Ltd | 33 611 | 99 833 | 970 959 |
McDonald's Australia Ltd | 3 135 | 127 267 | 523 990 |
Melbourne Water Corporation1 | 194 574 | 196 103 | 1 371 863 |
Metropolitan Health Service | 25 130 | 125 893 | 970 848 |
Millennium Inorganic Chemicals Limited | 147 896 | 77 371 | 2 612 383 |
Minara Resources Limited | 565 719 | 350 | 7 444 640 |
Mirvac Limited | 15 676 | 280 697 | 1 329 376 |
Monash University | 19 288 | 116 700 | 712 728 |
Multinet Group Holdings Pty Limited | 292 777 | 3 022 | 44 928 |
Murray Goulburn Co-operative Co. Limited | 163 197 | 486 264 | 5 376 795 |
Myer Holdings Limited | 2 485 | 226 531 | 895 125 |
National Australia Bank Limited | 6 273 | 160 510 | 636 977 |
Nestle Australia Ltd | 39 451 | 175 015 | 1 824 915 |
New Hope Corporation Limited | 251 834 | 33 314 | 1 444 572 |
New Zealand Milk (Australasia) Pty Ltd | 173 677 | 192 962 | 3 420 657 |
Newcrest Mining Limited | 625 060 | 606 129 | 13 271 688 |
Newmont Australia Holdings Pty Ltd | 323 755 | 31 456 | 5 060 037 |
News Australia Holdings Pty Limited | 6 618 | 126 954 | 590 642 |
Nippon Meat Packers Australia Pty Ltd | 65 428 | 63 368 | 886 135 |
Norilsk Nickel Australia Pty Ltd | 66 651 | 68 421 | 1 321 883 |
Norske Skog Industries Australia Limited | 287 583 | 731 550 | 8 726 270 |
Northgate Australian Ventures Corporation Pty Ltd | 21 045 | 163 280 | 814 912 |
NRG Victoria 1 Pty Ltd | 8 019 597 | 50 710 | 86 846 520 |
Nyrstar Australia Pty Ltd | 428 281 | 384 820 | 9 848 345 |
OneSteel Limited | 2 559 167 | 1 188 190 | 40 012 454 |
Orica Limited | 2 318 304 | 437 851 | 18 517 011 |
Origin Energy Limited | 1 295 988 | 36 037 | 39 593 731 |
Owens-Illinois (Australia) Pty Ltd | 516 956 | 324 944 | 8 271 308 |
OZ Minerals Limited | 316 355 | 516 987 | 7 002 359 |
OzGen Holdings Australia Pty Ltd | 10 408 622 | 50 990 | 114 198 398 |
PaperlinX Limited | 576 124 | 283 250 | 17 903 163 |
Peabody Energy Australia Pty Ltd | 2 388 636 | 174 231 | 2 741 213 |
Pechiney Consolidated Australia Pty Limited | 992 708 | 6 853 651 | 36 492 069 |
Penrice Soda Holdings Limited | 308 055 | 224 150 | 4 104 392 |
PMP Limited | 24 457 | 104 867 | 806 125 |
Power And Water Corporation | 1 060 894 | 95 457 | 19 203 602 |
Pratt Consolidated Holdings Pty. Ltd. | 311 457 | 879 085 | 13 655 412 |
Qantas Airways Limited | 4 007 170 | 229 313 | 58 563 182 |
Qenos Holdings Pty Ltd | 795 872 | 323 917 | 35 787 772 |
QMAG Limited | 229 584 | 78 034 | 1 592 682 |
QR Limited | 719 326 | 700 294 | 13 055 947 |
Queensland Alumina Limited | 3 835 786 | 703 021 | 50 048 084 |
Queensland Electricity Transmission Corporation Limited | 8 607 | 1 649 464 | 6 567 572 |
Queensland Nitrates Pty Ltd | 544 806 | 25 633 | 3 037 398 |
Rail Corporation New South Wales | 85 128 | 617 508 | 3 673 271 |
Ramsay Health Care Limited | 14 608 | 147 583 | 839 292 |
Resolute Mining Limited | 22 735 | 110 832 | 771 067 |
Rio Doce Australia Pty Limited | 1 429 939 | 94 255 | 2 046 151 |
Rio Tinto Limited | 7 662 229 | 9 401 386 | 126 386 064 |
Roc Oil Company Limited | 277 125 | 0 | 1 169 160 |
Salvage Pty Ltd | 8 145 | 130 783 | 603 130 |
Santos Ltd | 3 370 189 | 42 708 | 33 141 054 |
SCA Tissue Australia Pty Limited | 53 061 | 176 750 | 1 551 155 |
Sembsita Australia Pty. Limited | 385 700 | 16 645 | 619 059 |
Shell Australia Limited | 1 439 589 | 458 902 | 298 311 340 |
Silicon Metal Company Of Australia Pty Ltd | 37 127 | 319 566 | 3 804 566 |
Silk Logistics Group Holdings Pty Limited | 137 546 | 5 550 | 2 021 122 |
SingTel Optus Pty Limited | 4 603 | 273 244 | 1 078 156 |
Snowy Hydro Limited | 182 702 | 697 803 | 17 333 438 |
Sonoma Mine Management Pty Ltd | 134 865 | 25 292 | 1 012 528 |
South Australian Water Corporation | 70 006 | 373 897 | 1 861 545 |
SP Australia Networks (Transmission) Ltd | 13 503 | 1 636 619 | 4 873 268 |
SPI (Australia) Assets Pty Ltd | 552 149 | 264 734 | 2 474 982 |
SPI Electricity & Gas Australia Holdings Pty Ltd | 212 551 | 666 878 | 2 164 602 |
St Barbara Limited | 64 768 | 69 492 | 1 271 108 |
Stanwell Corporation Limited | 7 277 109 | 13 907 | 86 130 709 |
State Transit Authority Of NSW | 137 825 | 9 052 | 2 178 923 |
Stockland Corporation Ltd | 18 957 | 126 438 | 761 379 |
Sun Metals Holdings Limited | 15 562 | 815 213 | 3 303 488 |
SunWater | 2 785 | 129 077 | 550 565 |
Sydney Water Corporation | 151 462 | 323 923 | 1 877 169 |
Tabcorp Holdings Limited | 9 870 | 145 525 | 748 699 |
Tarong Energy Corporation Limited | 6 714 430 | 164 324 | 78 377 433 |
Tarong North Pty Ltd | 2 649 130 | 2 179 | 29 966 473 |
Telstra Corporation Limited | 64 647 | 1 317 310 | 5 894 615 |
The Maddingley Mine Trust | 167 252 | 420 | 16 718 |
Tiger Airways Australia Pty Limited | 132 008 | 0 | 1 969 084 |
Tiwest Pty Ltd | 564 168 | 227 901 | 8 176 212 |
Toll Holdings Limited | 409 822 | 89 658 | 6 179 331 |
Toyota Motor Corporation Australia Ltd. | 40 711 | 124 685 | 1 128 851 |
TransAlta Energy (Australia) Pty Ltd | 692 706 | 69 | 13 415 287 |
Transfield Services Limited | 1 455 341 | 198 809 | 24 270 801 |
TransGrid | 15 504 | 2 225 457 | 9 083 567 |
Transpacific Industries Group Ltd | 1 430 510 | 36 527 | 3 030 865 |
TRUenergy Holdings Pty Ltd | 15 826 183 | 256 951 | 209 168 930 |
TT-Line Company Pty Ltd | 144 675 | 1 254 | 1 974 832 |
Unimin Asia Pacific Pty Ltd | 205 880 | 71 010 | 1 652 865 |
United Energy Distribution Holdings Pty Limited | 5 421 | 634 533 | 1 949 628 |
University Of Melbourne | 14 828 | 119 381 | 637 870 |
Veolia Transport Australasia Pty Ltd | 57 732 | 475 209 | 2 320 700 |
Virgin Blue Holdings Ltd | 1 734 892 | 14 167 | 24 976 991 |
Waste Recycling And Processing Corporation | 675 074 | 9 046 | 369 723 |
Water Corporation | 110 206 | 470 679 | 2 192 704 |
Wesfarmers Limited | 3 012 159 | 2 696 528 | 42 717 141 |
Westfield Holdings Limited | 12 444 | 344 807 | 1 443 271 |
Westpac Banking Corporation | 8 581 | 183 494 | 864 490 |
Whitehaven Coal Limited | 254 924 | 4 258 | 1 152 436 |
Woodside Petroleum Ltd. | 8 198 156 | 44 224 | 115 701 316 |
Woolworths Ltd | 330 883 | 2 424 625 | 10 242 010 |
Xstrata Holdings Pty Ltd | 2 762 361 | 1 089 718 | 18 098 366 |
Reporting Transfer Certificate Holders
Registered corporations
|
Total scope 1
greenhouse gas emissions
(t CO2-e)
|
Total scope 2
greenhouse gas emissions
(t CO2-e)
|
Total energy
consumption
3(GJ)
|
|---|
Peabody (Burton Coal) Pty Ltd | 144 152 | 21 716 | 1 366 898 |
Wilpinjong Coal Pty Ltd | 370 118 | 14 122 | 57 123 |
Footnotes
- These corporations have voluntarily provided information to the GEDO concerning their GreenPower renewable energy purchases or voluntarily surrendered Renewable Energy Certificates. This information has been published on the
Department of the Environment - Climate change website.
- Greenhouse and energy information has been withheld from publication under the provisions of section 25 of the NGER Act.
- Energy consumption data may have been reported differently by different corporations. Please refer to the explanatory information following this table for further details.
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Explanatory Information
The emissions and energy information reported under the Act represents only a part of Australia's total greenhouse gas emissions, energy production and energy consumption. The NGER legislation covers corporations in all sectors of Australia's economy, however it does not cover:
- corporations that are below certain reporting thresholds
- entities which are not a constitutional corporation, such as individuals or most government entities
- reporting of greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture, land use change and forestry sources (in relation to biological processes), but energy production and consumption is included from these industries, and
- reporting of emissions abatement from greenhouse gas projects.
In addition to this publication, the data captured under the NGER Act will be used to inform government policy formulation, help meet Australia's international reporting obligations, assist Commonwealth, state and territory government programs and activities and underpin the introduction of an emissions trading scheme.
A corporation's emissions and energy consumption reflect, to a considerable extent, the nature of the industry in which it is engaged. Some industries are more emissions-intensive or energy intensive than others, and operate in response to domestic and international consumer demands. A corporation may also have a number of facilities with operations across a number of industry sectors.
Corporations identified in this publication may have other contextual information on the emissions and energy profile of their corporate group and steps they have in place to improve the emissions intensity or energy efficiency of their activities.
Data for a registered corporation may reflect activities from one facility or thousands of smaller facilities in their corporate group. These facilities may also have been under the operational control of the registered corporation or one of potentially many group members. Some of these NGER facilities may not meet the threshold for CPRS facilities.
The Act allows each partner or participant to a joint venture or partnership to nominate one entity to report the data, however this is not mandatory. Where nomination does not occur, data for a joint venture or partnership facility may be fully reported in the corporate group of each partner in the partnership or participant in the joint venture.
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Greenhouse gas emissions
A corporation emits a greenhouse gas when it releases such a gas into the atmosphere as a result of its activities.
Scope 1 emissions are the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere because of activities at a facility that is controlled by the corporation. An example of this would be gases emitted by burning coal to generate electricity at an electricity production facility (i.e. a power station).
Scope 2 emissions in relation to a facility, are the release of greenhouse gases emitted at a second facility because of the electricity, heating, cooling or steam that is consumed at the facility. An example of this would be greenhouse gases emitted to generate electricity, which is then transmitted to a car factory and used there to power the car factory's lighting. The greenhouse gas emissions are part of the factory's scope 2 emissions. It is important to recognise that scope 2 emissions from one facility are part of the scope 1 emissions from another facility.
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Energy consumption
The information collected under the NGER legislation on energy production and consumption will inform governments on the flow of energy through the economy and assist decision making.
Energy is defined as a list of fuels and energy commodities in schedule 1 of the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (NGER) Regulations. Energy consumption, in relation to a facility, is the use or disposal of energy from the operation of the facility including own use and losses in extraction, production and transmission. Own use includes energy that is extracted, captured or manufactured at the facility and used in the operation of the facility. Within a facility energy may be consumed as it is transformed into other energy products. This may happen several times as several energy products are made. Consequently energy consumption (and production) may appear to be higher than the net energy production of the facility. For example, coal may be consumed to produce coke, which in turn is consumed to generate further energy products. These products are also consumed in the facility or by other members of the registered corporation's group.
The NGER legislation requires the total amount of each commodity to be reported each time energy is transformed from one fuel or commodity into another. It is important to note that some forms of energy produced upstream at one facility may be a downstream input for use or conversion to other energy forms at either:
- the same facility
- another facility within the same corporation
- another corporation in the same corporate group, or
- another corporation in another corporate group.
In this first year of reporting, some corporations may not have reported each energy transformation that has occurred within their corporate group. The GEDO will work with corporations to identify any omissions and improve consistency in future years.
Energy consumption data reported by a corporation under the NGER Act may be different to other net energy consumption statistics. As the NGER legislation requires reporting of each transformation of energy in a corporate group, energy consumption data reported in this publication may be higher than net consumption statistics published in other forums, such as under the Energy Efficiency Opportunities program.
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Information quality
Given 2008Ð09 was the first year of reporting under the NGER legislation, it is recognised there have been some inconsistent approaches to applying reporting methodology between different corporate groups, particularly in relation to reporting on energy consumption. Therefore caution should be taken when comparing different corporation's reported totals. The GEDO will be undertaking further education activities, including publishing supplementary guidance, to assist stakeholders applying consistent methodologies in future reporting years.
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Appendix of amendments to publication of greenhouse and energy information reported in 2008-09
Original (Version 1.0) published 28 February 2010
Version 1.4 published 25 February 2011:
- Cover added and other format changes.
- Revised data published for: Alcan Gove Pty Limited; AZSA Holdings Pty Limited; Babcock & Brown Infrastructure Limited; Babcock & Brown Power Pty Ltd; Coca-Cola Amatil Limited; Delta Electricity; Rio Tinto Limited; Shell Australia Limited; SingTel Optus Pty Limited; SPI (Australia) Assets Pty Ltd; Stanwell Corporation Limited; United Energy Distribution Holdings Pty Limited; Xstrata Holdings Pty Ltd.
Version 1.3 published October 2010:
- Full data published for OzGen Holdings Australia Pty Ltd; Pechiney Consolidated Australia Pty Limited and Queensland Alumina Limited following rejection of applications made under section 25 of the NGER Act.
- Revised data published for: CHEDHA Holdings Adelaide Energy Limited; Comgen Australia Pty Ltd; Leighton Holdings Limited and QR Limited.
- Farstad Shipping (Indian Pacific) Pty Ltd totals included.
Version 1.2 published 17 March 2010:
- Reflection of machinery of government change.
Version 1.1 published 9 March 2010:
- Cadbury Australia Limited totals included.