The Office of the Auditor General’s Carbon Neutral Action Report

As per the requirements in the Provincial Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets Act, this report identifies the actions taken by the Office of the Auditor General over the past year to minimize our greenhouse gas emissions. It also provides an overview of our plans to continue minimizing these emissions in the coming years. 

Actions Taken to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions in 2009

• Established a baseline of the Office's "green activities" upon which to improve and measure achievement. This included an assessment of travel, office supplies, paper consumption and office events that promote envrionmentally-conscious behaviour.
• Removed garbage bins from employee work stations and implemented a comprehensive recycling program which includes organics, soft plastics, refundable containers, mixed containers, mixed paper and corrugated cardboard.
• An expansion of the Office's bike storage was completed to accommodate and encourage cycling.
• A commitment to reduce paper consumption by providing wireless internet access throughout the office to allow for and encourage paperless meetings, setting all computers to print double-sided and reporting the number of pages printed on network printers each  month.
• The use of Smartec was also adopted by the Office to allow for better tracking of staff travel emissions. furthermore, staff are required to travel by hybrid taxi for all trips in Victoria.

Actions Taken to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions in 2010

A printable version of the Office's 2010 Carbon Neutral Action Report is available here.