AUDIT-143 Hitachi GHG Audit Report v6

Iain Smale

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greenhouse gas emissions audit forHitachi Australia Pty LtdCarbon Planet LimitedPhone: 1300 76 99 31Email: [e-mail] Head OfficeLevel 4 / 170 North Terrace,Adelaide, South Australia 5000Int’l: [phone]Fax: [phone]Melbourne OfficeSuite 13 / 68-72 York St,South Melbourne, Victoria 3205Int’l: [phone]Sydney Office Suite 3 / Level 2 / 535 Crown St,Surry Hills, New South Wales 2010Int’l: [phone]AuthorBruno Andrighetto, Dr Marnie Telfer19th March, 2008This GHG audit report has been pre-pared for Hitachi Australia Pty Ltd.AddressHitachi Australia Pty LtdLevel 3, 82 Waterloo Road, North Ryde, NSW, 2113 Tel Direct: [phone]Page 2carbon planet greenhouse gas emissions audit executive summaryexecutive summaryexcuem m aryCarbon Planet conducted a compre- Table 1 Audit Results for Hitachi Australia Pty Ltdhensive audit of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions accountable to Hitachi Percentage of Source/Activity Emissions (tCO e/yr)2Australia Pty Ltd (Hitachi) for the 06/07Total (%)financial year.Utilities 1031.437.8%The purpose of the audit was to iden-tify the types and amounts of GHG Freight 533.0 19.5%emissions attributable to the Company’s operations so that the Company is in a Flights 469.217.2%position to set a course for reducing and/or removing the effect of those Professional Services 317.211.6%emissions with carbon credit offsets.Transport 163.16.0%The audit ...

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greenhouse gas emissions audit for Hitachi AustraliaPty Ltd

Carbon Planet Limited Phone: [phone] Email: [e-mail]

Adelaide Head Office Level 4 / 170 North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5000 Int’l: [phone] Fax: [phone]

Melbourne Office Suite 13 / 68-72 York St, South Melbourne, Victoria 3205 Int’l: [phone]

Sydney Office Suite 3 / Level 2 / 535 Crown St, Surry Hills, New South Wales 2010 Int’l: [phone]

Author Bruno Andrighetto, Dr Marnie Telfer

19th March, 2008

This GHG audit report has been pre- pared for Hitachi Australia Pty Ltd.

Address Hitachi Australia Pty Ltd Level 3, 82 Waterloo Road, North Ryde, NSW, 2113 Tel Direct: [phone]

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carbon planet greenhouse gas emissions audit

executive summary

executive summary

xeictueummray Carbon Planet conducted a compre- Table 1 Audit Results for Hitachi Australia Pty Ltd hensive audit of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions accountable to Hitachi Percentage of Source/Activity Emissions(tCO 2 e/yr) Australia Pty Ltd (Hitachi) for the 06/07 Total (%) financial year. Utilities1031.4 37.8% The purpose of the audit was to iden- tify the types and amounts of GHG Freight533.0 19.5% emissions attributable to the Company’s operations so that the Company is in a Flights469.2 17.2% position to set a course for reducing and/or removing the effect of those Professional Services317.2 11.6% emissions with carbon credit offsets. Transport163.1 6.0% The audit identified the key areas where the Company’s operations were Services144.0 5.3% responsible for significant levels of GHG emissions and concluded that the Equipment74.7 2.7% Company produced an overall total of 2732.6 tonnes of CO 2 equivalents dur- Total 2732.6100% ing the period under review. Flights This means that as a first step to- Professional Services 17.2% wards becoming CO 2 free™, the Com- 11.6% pany would need to purchase 2733 fully certified carbon credits. Transport 6.0% CO 2 free™ is a certification that means the business has completed Services comprehensive yearly greenhouse gas Freight 5.3% emissions auditing, has zero net green- 19.5% Equipment house gas emissions through offsetting 2.7% with fully certified carbon credits and has made a long term commitment to implementing low emissions policies. The Company’s audit results are summarised in Table 1 and shown Utilities graphically in Figure 1. 37.7% Figure 1 Audit Results for Hitachi Australia Pty Ltd

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Commentary on audit results Becoming CO 2  free™involves an ongoing commitment. Carbon Planet emphasises a philosophy of “reduce and then offset emissions” and in line with this, efficiency improvements are one of the easiest steps to take to re- duce emissions.

A comparison of the individual con- tributors to CO 2 e emissions revealed thatutilities contributed the greatest component of the total CO 2 e emissions evolved (1,031.4 tonnes, 37.8% of to- tal). The majority of the GHG emissions were attributed to electricity consump- tion, at 937 MWh per annum.

Freight of 9,745 tonnes of products contributed 533 tonnes of CO 2 e per year (19.5%) and this was the second biggest contributor to total GHG emis- sions.

The third largest contributor to emis- sions was aircraft transportation of staff, estimated at 469.2 tonnes of CO 2 e (17.2%). A total of 1,373,060 passenger kilometres were flown by staff during the auditing period.All remaining items contributed698.9 tonnes of CO 2 e or 25.6% of the total GHG emissions.

While there are still some initiatives that could assist to further reduce emis- sions, for example modern lighting technology, further reduction of general waste by recycling, and use of staff incentives to promote greater use of public transport, perhaps the most sig- nificant contribution that can now be made will be from the increasing pres- sure on partners and suppliers to also adopt a similarly progressive approach toward the goal of carbon neutrality. This will place downward pressure on Scope 2 and 3 emissions. Finally, pro- viding thought leadership is important and necessary to a successful carbon

neutral programme if Hitachi is commit- ted to be the change. Reporting Obligations Under Section 13 of theNational Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007 (NGER), Hitachi falls considerably below the minimum reportable corpora- tion threshold that applies in FY 2010- 11 of 50 kilotonnes of CO 2 e per year, or the facility threshold of 25 kilotonnes of CO 2 e per year, for the initial three years of the reporting period. Therefore, the company will have no mandatory reporting obligations for the foreseeable future. As a indicator only, Hitachi’s potential liability for reporting under the NGER Act would be 0.99 kilotonnes of CO 2 e. Further details Section 1 of this report provides an introduction to some of the key terms and principles used in the audit. Detailed commentary on the results of the audit is contained in Section 2 and additional recommendations are con- tained in Section 3. Volume II of the report contains a detailed description of the audit process and calculation methodology in accor- dance with the standards outlined by the Greenhouse Gas Protocol in the Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard (2004) and ISO 14064-1. Vol- ume I (this report) is based upon these standards and where necessary, should be read in conjunction with Volume II.

Disclaimer: Carbon Planet is a global carbon emissions management company, committed to ensuring that its emissions audit services are carried out to best practice in a rapidly developing industry. In conducting audits, Carbon Planet compiles with what it believes is currently the best practice standard - Interna- tional Greenhouse Gas Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standards, Australian Energy Audits Standard AS/NZ 3598:2000 and ISO 14064-1. This audit has been conducted subject to Carbon Planet’s Terms and Conditions of Audit and Education Services (“Terms”) and the Guidelines in the Terms. While Carbon Planet is committed to using its best endeavours, Carbon Planet cannot guarantee that the Guidelines used to conduct the Audit are, or will, remain the most reputable or accepted industry Guidelines, due to the rapid development of this industry. The Guidelines may over time be varied, replaced with upgraded Guidelines, or varied by Government regulation, and this may affect the efficacy and utility of the Audit in the future. Carbon Planet utilises what it considers to be the best practice methods and information available (“Methodology”) to produce this report. It is necessary that the Methodology is updated over time to ensure that it remains current. Carbon Planet expressly reserve the right to vary the use of the Methodology in the future and will not be liable for any different results or outcomes from the use of a different Methodology. Note that emissions auditing is a measurement service - it does not reduce emissions. Carbon Planet works with its customers to plan and implement emissions reduction strategies for a company’s operations including the use of certified carbon credits. By commissioning or using this report you acknowledge, accept and agree to the matters in this paragraph.

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