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Mater wins sustainability award

Wednesday, 16 November 2011

Mater Health Services has won the 2011 Business South Bank Sustainability Award due to our comprehensive approach to water, energy and waste management across campus.

Mater’s Sustainability Manager Chris Hill said he was delighted Mater had been honoured by Business South Bank for its efforts to date.

“This award acknowledges an ongoing organisation-wide commitment to sustainable business practices and a genuine understanding about Mater’s responsibilities as a provider of exceptional care.” he said.

“While we are still relatively early in our sustainable journey, changes made at different levels of the organisation are starting to gather momentum.” Mr Hill said.

“Our next focus will be on consumption management, with an aim to reduce our carbon footprint by reducing energy loads throughout Mater.”

The Sustainability Committee commented that Mater not only demonstrated strong achievements across all criteria, but also provided an example of what can be successfully achieved when change moves through an organisation from board to staff level.

Some of the key initiatives Mater has implemented in the past 12 months include:

• The Turn it off campaign encouraging staff to switch off lights, computers and air-conditioning at the end of the day.
• The negotiation of a new waste contract which will lead to segregation and recycling of waste across all of Mater.
• Encouraging staff to use videoconferencing rather than travel to other sites for meetings to reduce carbon emissions.

For more from the Business South Bank Sustainability Committee click here

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