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NEWS SEPTEMBER 2007 September 2007 QR LIMITED CONFIRMS GREENHOUSE GAS ABATEMENT WITH AGO The Australian Greenhouse Gas Office (AGO) have completed their auadit of QR's abatement activities for the financial year 2006/2007. At 1.3 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions for the 2006/2007 financial year, QR is operating at year 2000 emissions with almost double the freight task. Of the 860 agreements made with the AGO, QR remains the largest primary transport operator and the only large freight haulage rail operator. QR signed its Greenhouse Challenge Cooperative Agreement in 2000, with 1998/99 as its base-reporting year. Since this time, the organisation has reported cumulative abatement reduction of 329,000 tonnes of CO2 equivalent (tC02-e) in 2002/2003. QR reported an annual reduction of 158,500 tC02-e for the reporting year of 2001/2002. In 2007, QR reported a total cumulative abatement reduction of 1,700,000 tCO2-e since 2000, representing an increased average reduction every year since 2000 of 242,820 tC02-e. QR is currently operating at their Year 2000 greenhouse gas emmission levels and achieving this while delivering almost twice the Year 2000 haulage task totalling 237 million tonnes in 2006/2007. QR has adopted many initiatives to achieve its greenhouse gas abatement including improved asset utilisation, infrastructure development and upgrading, rollingstock innovation and upgrading and enhanced efficiency of train operations. Back to Media Room July 2007 QR WIDE WATER REDUCTION CAMPAIGN As the drought in South East Queensland shows no signs of ending soon, the QR Water Reduction Campaign team has been busy. Stepping up efforts to meet our targets and providing staff with tips and advice on how they can make a difference. QR staff have been focussed on cutting back on water consumption as the organisation continues to strive towards water reduction targets. Read full story July 2007 REGIONAL FREIGHT WATER WISE Regional Freight has a strong focus on improving their environmental management and has embraced the challenge. Over the last week, 17 water tanks with a total capacity of 99 000 litres have been installed at the Acacia Ridge terminal. Read full story June 2007 QR LIMITED LEADS THE WORLD IN NARROW GAUGE TECHNOLOGY QR has implemented rail solutions in 26 countries around the world. From Kenya to India and Malaysia to Hong Kong. Read full story |
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CONTENT CONTACTS Environmental Strategy Tony Ramsden, Manager Environmental Strategy Telephone: (07) 3235 1414 National Policy Stephen Baines, General Manager National Policy Telephone: (07) 3235 5239 Freight John Montague, General Manager Sales & Marketing Telephone: (07) 3235 5157 Tenile Bishop, QRNational Freight Communications & Marketing Telephone: (07) 3235 5491 Passenger Anna Whybird, General Manager, Communications and Community Relations Telephone: (07) 3235 3642 GORAIL Program Kathy Ranford, Program Manager, GORAIL Telephone: (07) 3235 1822 Strategic Innovation Di Lyons, Manager Strategic Innovation Telephone: (07) 3235 3768 |
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