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Greening Australia (VIC)

10 Buckingham Drive

Heidelberg, VIC

03) 9450 5300

greeningaustralia.org.au

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Our Organisation About Us

Greening Australia is a solutions-driven organisation that

is doing something practical about Australia‟s

environmental problems. We do much more than simply

plant trees. Greening Australia tackles critical issues like

salinity, declining water quality, soil degradation, climate

change and biodiversity loss through an innovative blend

of practical experience, science, community engagement

and commitment. With a network of over 350 staff in 80

locations across the continent and support of a further

1200 volunteers, Greening Australia lives and works with

people from remote, regional and metropolitan

communities. As Australia‟s premier advisers on

vegetation management, Greening Australia is

passionate about protecting and restoring the health,

diversity and productivity of our unique landscapes.

Apolitical and not-for-profit, Greening Australia partners

with business, government and community organisations

to achieve outstanding environmental outcomes.

Since its foundation in 1982, Greening Australia has

pioneered innovative partnerships and successfully

managed large and small projects. With a clear focus on

delivering the requirements of a defined project within

budget and on time, Greening Australia successfully

works with a range of stakeholders in government,

business and the community.

Our Vision A healthy, diverse and productive environment treasured

by the whole community.

Our Mission To engage the community in vegetation management to

protect and restore the health, diversity and productivity

of our unique Australian landscapes.

Company Information ABN – Greening Australia Ltd 40 002 963 788

(Deductible Gift Recipient status)

ABN – Greening Australia (Vic) 74 120 231 530

ACN – Greening Australia (Vic) 120 231 530

About Us

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Our People

Project Staff & Specialists Greening Australia has staff located right

across the state and around the country, that

whilst based in regional teams, join together

to form project teams depending on the

needs of the task at hand. Our skill base

ranges from highly qualified ecologists and

planners, education and community

engagement specialists, to practical on-

ground technicians. Collectively, our staff

have a vast amount of expertise, experience

and skills, ensuring the consistent delivery of

exceptional natural resource project

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Our Board The Board of Greening Australia (Vic) has a

unique blend of skills encompassing the

environment, business, education,

government, communications and the law.

Board President, Emeritus Professor Barry

Hart has a high public profile as an educator

and scientific researcher, who seeks to convert

research knowledge into a form that can be

used by resource management agencies and

industry. Together, the Board members

contribute a wealth of experience, knowledge

and expertise as they guide corporate

governance, and assist the management team

and Chief Executive Officer. Our Board

members represent a significant resource for

Greening Australia Victoria and also to those

organizations with which we partner.

Our People

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Vegetation Management Greening Australia (Vic) offers key biodiversity

and native vegetation management services to

a diverse range of corporations, government

agencies, community groups, clients and

partners across the state. These services are

focused on assisting stakeholders to achieve

their environmental objectives through

effective environmental management and

include:

Technical support and advisory

services – in-house expertise & strong

research

Biological and ecological assessments

(flora, fauna, „net gain‟)

Conservation Action Planning

Technical advice on biodiversity and

native vegetation management

Technical advice on rehabilitation and

revegetation techniques

GIS mapping and GPS capabilities

Vegetation quality assessment

Expert advice on rehabilitation

techniques

Specialist knowledge of native

vegetation communities

Property advisory services for

landholders/land managers

Project management and

implementation - practical experience

in on-ground action

Design and management of

conservation and restoration projects

Development of Environmental and

Site Management Plans

Site planning, preparation and

implementation of vegetation

management and revegetation works

Advanced skills and experience in

revegetation of degraded landscapes

Indigenous seed supply and

management

Development of specialist revegetation

equipment

Monitoring and evaluation – you can’t

track what you don’t measure!

Monitoring and evaluation of

conservation and revegetation

programs/projects

Scientific trials

Auditing of environmental outcomes

Community Engagement Greening Australia (Vic) delivers professional

education and training services providing

capacity building in the natural resource

management, environmental and agricultural

sectors. This includes natural resource

managers, farmers, government agency staff,

indigenous communities, teachers and

community based volunteer groups.

We offer the full range of training consultative

processes – from needs analysis to post

implementation evaluation – and as a not-for-

profit organisation our aim is to provide training

in accordance with our mission in the most

sustainable way. Our focus is practical events

and delivering the best information in a broad

range of formats, including:

training events – including forums,

seminars, field days and one-off or

multi-day courses

education tools – such as „how to‟

manuals, webtools or induction CD‟s

community engagement – involving

school planting days or demonstration

sites for capacity building

Our Work

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Indigenous Approach Greening Australia has been involved over

many years with community capacity building

in environmental management, enhancement

and protection. As part of this core business

Greening Australia has been working closely

with the Indigenous Communities to achieve a

number of important outcomes including

on-ground projects, community education,

cultural awareness training and community

capacity building.

Greening Australia is working with Indigenous

Communities to highlight Indigenous values in

the landscape. Greening Australia is the

preferred environmental contact for Wandoon

Estate and with Wurundjeri Tribal Land

Council, the indigenous corporations which are

currently being considered as Registered

Aboriginal Parties under the new Cultural

Heritage legislation.

These programs have all been well received

by participants and supported by the

Indigenous Communities. The engagement of

traditional owners is essential in these

programs and Greening Australia has worked

on maintaining excellent relationships with the

traditional owner groups.

Cultural Field Days give Traditional Owners an

opportunity to share their stories in their words,

speaking on country, looking at the landscape

and examining the resources available. It is

our aim to provide participants with

Indigenous perspectives of the land and

relevant information about site management.

Greening Australia has developed the Cultural

Heritage Guidelines and Engagement

Protocols for the Port Philip Catchment

Management Authority. These protocols

provide a guide about when CMA staff should

contact Indigenous Communities and what sort

of engagement is appropriate. It is framed

within the context of the Aboriginal Cultural

Heritage Bill 2006 and draws careful attention

to the impacts of working in culturally sensitive

areas.

Schools for the Environment Program This „Schools for the Environment‟ program

has been developed to address the

„biodiversity gap‟ in school communities across

Victoria and provides Greening Australia with a

tangible contribution to the local community,

the local environment and practical education

of our children. Schools for the Environment

combines schoo- based education with local

volunteer group expertise to strengthen

communities and create genuine

environmental outcomes.

The program has been purposefully designed

to complement Zoos Victoria‟s Stewards for

Sustainability program and the Australian

Government‟s Australian Sustainable Schools

Initiative (AuSSI), both programs well

recognised and highly regarded in themselves.

The program includes the following key components:

Planning - providing student and teacher biodiversity training sessions conducting eco-audits and on-ground habitat action plans in their school and/or local surrounds

Environment – planting days on public land/community sites. Schools may also select a flagship animal relating to local species, to provide a focus for school / community revegetation projects

Social – strengthening community linkages by connecting community groups with schools and stakeholders eg „friends of„ and Indigenous groups, local government, Zoos Victoria, Parks Victoria and other volunteers creating shared ownership of local projects

Education - addressing key learning activities related to climate change, indigenous vegetation and native fauna. Schools generate sustainability plans by thinking globally and acting locally. Teachers are equipped with curriculum resources.

Leadership – providing hands on opportunities to participate in school revegetation projects with the creation of on-going learning landscape for the school and local community to share and build on.

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Our Experience

Current and recent projects

Project: The Moolapio Project Client: Alcoa of Australia The Moolapio project is a ground-breaking

partnership initiative commenced in 2006

between Greening Australia and Alcoa of

Australia, and is initially focused on five-

hundred hectares of Alcoa‟s land at Point

Henry near Geelong. The outstanding natural

features of the Moolapio site, and the long

term commitment by Alcoa, is enabling the

combination of all the necessary ingredients to

effect real conservation and landscape

change, namely, ecologically rigorous

planning, science-based restoration practice

and evaluation and a diverse approach to

community engagement. Key components in

achieving this vision of the project will be the

broad-scale restoration (300 ha over 15 years)

of a grassland ecosystem and a concurrent

program to improve the condition of the

extensive coastal wetlands that make up the

site, making the project of great significance in

terms of its scientific and conservation values.

The grassy ecosystem restoration work is

based on a ground-breaking technique

developed by Greening Australia‟s Dr. Paul

Gibson Roy in conjunction with Melbourne

University, via the Natural Heritage Trust

(NHT) funded „Grassy Groundcover Research

Project. The technique represents a radically

different approach to traditional revegetation

methods and has huge implications for the

NRM industry if proven to be successful on a

broad scale. It could change our entire

approach to revegetation.

Project: Project Hindmarsh Partner/Client: Wimmera CMA, Hindmarsh Landcare Network and Hindmarsh Shire Council Project Hindmarsh, honoured with a National

Landcare Award in 2008, is a district- wide

initiative that initially focused on an 1,800 km

network of roadside reserves to recreate links

between the Big and Little Desert National

Parks. The significance of this work is now

being further consolidated by engaging district

landholders in the protection and restoration of

native vegetation and the establishment of an

ever more complete web of „Biolinks‟.

Since commencing in 1998 the project has

worked on more than 200 district properties,

direct seeded 2,150 km of seedlings,

established 1.75 million new trees and shrubs.

It has protected, enhanced or revegetated over

2,000 ha with the assistance from over 2,300

volunteers (involved 8 planting weekends),

established 133 km of shelterbelts, constructed

246kms of protective fencing and replanted

107 km of vegetation gaps on roadside

reserves.

Project: Deep Creek Road, Mullum Mullum Creek, Landscape and Revegetation Project Client: VicRoads

This project enabled the restoration of

approximately 5 ha of land adjacent to the

Mullum-Mullum Creek in the vicinity of the

Deep Creek road bridge. A highly diverse

selection of over 100 species indigenous trees,

shrubs, ground covers and grasses were

successfully established with a total of over

60,000 plants.

The works comprise the construction and

maintenance of all landscape and associated

work adjacent to Deep Creek Road and

Loughnan Road in accordance with the

VicRoads specifications and drawings.

Our Experience

Noon Flowers, Point Henry

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Project: Net Gain revegetation of

Seamist property

Partner/Client: Basslink Greening Australia (VIC) has been contracted

to undertake Basslink‟s Net Gain obligations

resulting from 69 km of overhead tower/cabling

linking Tasmanian power to the La Trobe

Valley. Seamist Park, the 230 ha property

acquired by Basslink for the off-set obligations,

adjoins the Nullundung State Forest and will

be given over to the public at the end of the

project. This project involves the development

of a landscape plan, revegetation

implementation plan, community Involvement

plan, native animal control strategy, project

management and the implementation of 10

year revegetation project, including supply of

equipment and training.

A range of revegetation methods have been

used and trialled to achieve habitat hectare

targets in the various Ecological Vegetation

Classes across the site. The placing of logs

for their habitat value was the first step in

reinstating vegetation on the property.

Project: Urban Bushcare

Client: Port Phillip and

Westernport CMA

Urban Bushcare is a comprehensive program

for native vegetation restoration, community

engagement and education throughout Greater

Melbourne. Greening Australia has

coordinated the Urban Bushcare program

since 1999 with initial funding through the

Commonwealth Government‟s NHT and

support from the Port Phillip and Westernport

Catchment Management Authority.

To date, the program has helped over 150

community groups, schools and land

managers carry out works to their local

environments to the value of $2.1 million.

This has directly enhanced over 700 ha of

urban bushland and has seen the

establishment of over 375,000 native trees,

shrubs and grasses.

Project: Schools for the Environment

Partners: CityLink Transurban and

RACV

Through the Schools for the Environment

program, Greening Australia Victoria offers

physical, technical and hands-on support to

primary and secondary schools to develop and

deliver sustainability education and

revegetation projects. These projects provide

support to indigenous plant communities by

helping to protect and restore habitat, involving

stakeholders from within the community and

integrating sustainability principles into the

school curriculum. Such revegetation works

can be developed either within the school

grounds or in the surrounding environs.

The program, as delivered over the last 9

years, also incorporates delivery of

professional development for educators via

curriculum support materials and annual

forums around the state.

Project: Cranbourne Terminal Station, Landscape and Revegetation Project Client: SPI Powernet Greening Australia is currently undertaking a

large revegetation project for SPI Powernet‟s

Cranbourne Terminal Station. These works

will allow for the re-instatement of

approximately

9 ha of former pasture land with mixed local

Indigenous species by both tubestock planting

and the Hydroseeding of an “Urban Forest”.

The works require the planting of 19,000

tubestock and the Hydroseeding of over

350,000 plants. The works comprise all site

preparation and landscape works, followed by

a one year maintenance program at the

completion of planting.

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Grassy Groundcover Research Project Temperate south-eastern lowland native

grasslands are among Australia‟s most

threatened plant communities and have been

listed as a nationally threatened ecological

community under the federal governments

Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Act

1999. In Victoria, these communities have

been reduced in range to less than 1% of their

pre-European distribution.

Remnant populations survive as scattered

small communities and are under continued

risk from agricultural activities, urban

expansion and road and rail development.

While conservation of remnant populations has

been a primary focus for some decades, their

continuing destruction necessitates that

reconstruction of new populations on secure

sites is considered in tandem with

conservation of existing populations.

The Grassy Groundcover Restoration Project

(GGRP) was initiated to improve resources

and knowledge useful for restoring Australian

grasslands through direct seeding. Its focus

was twofold:

to reconstruct species-rich assemblages

(representative of locally occurring

remnants) onto land with an agricultural

history; and

to produce of large quantities of high

quality, provenance seed, in seed

production systems.

The GGRP was undertaken at 13 separate 1

ha restoration sites across the south-west of

Victoria encompassing soil and climatic

variation. This allowed the easy comparison of

methods and their effectiveness across a

range of widely spaced sites in Victoria.

All individual sites are located on land with an

agricultural history on Plains Grassland or

Open Woodland (Redgum, Buloke and Box).

Prior to the GGRP, the most common

technique for restoring grassland communities

was by the reintroduction of plants grown as

container-stock. While this represents

efficiencies in the use of limited seed

resources, introducing individual plants is

labour-intensive and expensive. In addition,

the establishment and the development of self-

perpetuating populations under field conditions

are seldom reported. Direct seeding is a

technique that has long been used in Australia

for revegetation with native trees and shrubs,

but has only more recently been investigated

for the reintroduction of herbaceous species

(primarily grasses and a few selected forbs).

The GGRP was undertaken and administered

by Greening Australia in partnership with the

University of Melbourne. A large number of

participants were involved in the construction

phase of this project (approximately 150

people), and the achievement of its goals was

due to the combined experience, energy and

enthusiasm of these volunteers, contractors

and staff. A steering committee and a technical

panel were established for to ensure proper

governance of the project.

The GGRP has demonstrated it is possible to

reconstruct grassy plant communities on

agricultural lands by direct seeding. The

techniques developed by the GGRP allow for

multiple outcomes; from the development of

provenance-based seed crops, to the

reinstatement of highly diverse plant

communities, to the establishment of perennial

native pasture for fodder.

Learning‟s from this work will enable

landholders, community or landcare groups

and restoration practitioners to undertake

habitat restoration at a range of scales. The

advances achieved in restoration outcomes by

the GGRP further enhance Greening

Australia‟s role as an innovator in tackling the

critical issue of biodiversity loss and whole-

farm sustainability through a creative blend of

practical experience, science and community

engagement.

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Transforming Our Landscapes To „transform our landscapes‟, Greening

Australia seeks to recreate “resilient

landscapes” – landscapes that are not only

able to retain their natural and social values

but which also have a high capacity to adapt to

changing circumstances.

Wetlands and wetland species have been

dramatically affected by vegetation clearance

and changed drainage. Dryland salinity is a

major concern in the north, causing dieback of

native vegetation and pasture lands and

increasingly saline wetlands. Exotic weeds and

feral animals threaten native plants and

animals through competition and predation.

The recognition that extensive areas of

Australia‟s important landscapes were at risk,

acted as a catalyst for change. Greening

Australia‟s response to these challenges

required a deliberate shift of scale of our

on-ground restoration, from working at a local

patch level to operating at a regional scale

covering many thousands to millions of

hectares.

This new strategy, known as Transforming Our

Landscapes, will guide our work for decades.

We recognise that the challenges face dare

beyond the capacity of any single organisation

or sector to address. Our approach combines

the forces of the private and public sector, of

community, business and government.

To „transform our landscapes‟, Greening

Australia seeks to recreate “resilient

landscapes” – landscapes that are not only

able to retain their natural and social values

but which also have a high capacity to adapt to

changing circumstances.

Historically, we have worked with landholders

on their land to address local problems, but as

we take on these national challenges we had

to rethink our approach. To achieve change of

the magnitude required, Greening Australia is

now starting to work at a scale never before

attempted.

We are, therefore, developing robust

partnerships with the community, Government,

the business sector and private individuals to

ensure that we can call upon the full

complement of leadership, governance,

management and implementation skills

required for success.

We employ a diverse and innovative array of

technical, scientific, policy and market

approaches that deliver net benefit across the

three pillars of sustainability - environment,

society and the economy – in the landscapes

where we work. These approaches are

underpinned by sound science and managed

within a robust planning framework.

Transforming our Landscapes is characterised

by a focus on:

ecological resilience;

a higher proportion of the landscape

under perennial vegetation;

commercial land uses that are managed

to deliver a wider array of services in

addition to traditional commodities; and

a meaningful role for indigenous

Australians.

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Habitat 141 Habitat 141, named for the 141st line of

longitude that parallels the Victoria/SA border,

is a 50-year initiative to restore and reconnect

a number of iconic landscapes stretching

700km. It spans a rainfall gradient of 800mm

on the south coast around Portland to 250mm

at Renmark/Wentworth on the Murray River.

The largest environmental restoration project

ever tackled in Victoria, Habitat 141 is a bold

program to restore rivers, wet-lands and

bushland and to reconnect some of our most

ecologically important parks and reserves.

This is achievable because Habitat 141 region

is one of very few places in Australia where

extensive wilderness areas form a series of

„stepping stones‟ from the southernmost

coastal areas right through

to the arid zone.

The program aims to address challenges such

as climate change and biodiversity loss by

reconnecting those stepping stones; the

extensive heathlands and mallee bushland of

Murray-Sunset (Billiat), Big Desert, Wyperfeld

(Ngarkat) and Little Desert National Parks

down through to the red gum country and

threatened buloke grassy wood-lands, through

The project will restore natural connections

between reserve systems (e.g. national parks)

and other areas of public and private remnant

native vegetation. It will also tackle pest and

weed pressures and restore the health of

existing native bush ecosystems to help

species cope with climate change.

This will be achieved by identifying, for action,

key areas within the Habitat 141 region which

can connect the large reserve systems and

remnant vegetation and then restoring

functional bush

ecosystems along these „corridors‟ – a process

known as connectivity.

Through its partnership with the international

NGO, The Nature Conservancy, Greening

Australia has adopted the Conservation Action

Planning framework which is currently guiding

conservation action in many projects in

countries around the world. This well tried tool

provides a rigorous process for identifying

assets, determining threats, identifying

responses and measuring results.

Greening Australia has lead the development

of Conservation Action Plans (CAPs) within the

Habitat 141 region.

This has lead to the identification of four

discrete zones, each with their own unique

challenges and opportunities. From south to

north, these zones are:

Zone 1 – Greater Glenelg

Zone 2 – West Wimmera

Zone 3 – Wimmera Mallee Tatiara

Zone 4 – Murray Mallee

A key feature identified throughout these

zones is the growth of rural poverty, job and

population loss in towns and increasing levels

of social distress. Functioning ecosystem

restoration can only be achieved if there is a

functioning community to support it.

National ‘biodiversity hotspots’ and our focus sites for landscape-scale change

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Biodiverse Carbon Greening Australia is offering a premium

quality carbon sequestration product that

delivers multiple environmental benefits over

and above CO2 abatement, including:

Improved biodiversity outcomes through

addressing habitat loss and

fragmentation;

Addressing inappropriate land and water

use and promoting multiple land uses that

provide truly sustainable productive

landscapes;

Removing invasive plant species and

managing pest species;

Enhancing the resilience of ecosystems in

the face of rapid climate change (greater

frequency and intensity of drought, flood

and fire); and

Adding value to local communities

through enhanced sustainable land

management practices and the

diversification of farm income.

Large scale (at the 1000s of hectares scale),

multi-species forest and woodland sinks are to

be established on previously cleared (Kyoto

compliant) land and will be managed by

Greening Australia for in excess of 100 years.

These large carbon sink plantings will be

located within key “at risk” landscapes spread

across the Australia continent and will be

targeted in areas where the opportunity exists

to re-establish connectivity between large

native vegetation remnants including State

Forests, National Parks and other reserves.

This strategic approach is designed to realise

the multiple environmental and socio-economic

benefits listed above.

While in the first instance this a CO2

abatement product, the focus on large scale

restoration also enhances the resilience of

these landscapes in the face of climate

change. As such the Greening Australia

product adds value to Australia‟s effort to

adapt to climate change given that

accumulation of CO2 in the atmosphere to date

will inevitably result in some degree of climate

change.

Risk Management is a major component of the

design of our carbon product. Greening

Australia is building a risk management buffer

into its national pool. The establishment of

large resilient landscapes also translates to

reduced risk when compared to small scale,

disaggregated bio-sequestration plantings.

Finally our goal of connecting established

remnant vegetation means that species

recruitment and vegetation re-establishment

after events that damage our carbon assets is

maximised.

We have, over the past 26 years,

demonstrated the capacity to establish and

maintain significant restoration plantings

across Australia. The first carbon plantings

have already been established in one of our

strategic landscapes “Gondwana Link” in the

south west of Western Australia. In the first

phase of building our carbon pool, Greening

Australia has identified additional strategic

landscapes in Queensland, NSW, South

Australia, Tasmania and the tri-state Habitat

141 region.

Greening Australia is now an Australian

Government approved Greenhouse friendly

abatement provider. In order to meet the

requirements of this rigorous accreditation

scheme, the carbon plantings will meet a

range of minimum standards, including:

In most cases, depending on customer

preference, Greening Australia will own

and/or control the carbon asset for a

minimum of 100 years after the carbon

credit is generated;

Greening Australia will ensure regular

independent third party audits of the

carbon asset and all related

administrative, accounting and reporting

practices;

The credits will be registered on an

accredited carbon trading platform in

Australia; and

A comprehensive risk management

strategy will be employed to ensure that

issues like fire, disease and climate

change are mitigated.

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The Occupational Health and Safety Act 1985 requires an employer to

provide and maintain so far as practicable for employees a working

environment that is safe and without risks to health. Greening

Australia (Vic)‟s Occupational Health and Safety Policy is

explicitly framed to ensure that the health and safety of our

staff is placed above all other aspects of our operations.

Greening Australia (Vic) will do everything in its power

necessary to provide a healthy and safe work

environment for all of its employees and volunteers. We

adopt a „compliance plus‟ OHS policy - compliance with all

regulation, and going beyond compliance by achieving best

practice through continuous improvement. The Occupational

Health and Safety Management System which supports this

policy is the blueprint for best practice OHS in all areas of our

work.

Responsibilities Management Managers are collectively and

individually responsible for providing and

maintaining so far as is practicable a working

environment that is safe and without risk to

health.

Occupational Health and Safety Committee

The role of the Occupational Health and Safety

Committee is to advise managers on and

coordinate the development and

implementation of an Occupational Health and

Management Safety System and OHS

initiatives in Greening Australia (Vic).

Risk Management Greening Australia Vic has recognised Risk Management as an integral part of good management practice. Risk Management is integrated into the organisation philosophy, practices and business plans rather than viewed or practiced as a separate program. The Risk Management process is the systematic application of management policies, procedures and practices to support the minimisation of risk within the business and to maximise opportunities. This is the establishment of a context, the identification of risks, evaluating and treating risks, monitoring and communication of risks and where appropriate establishing recovery and business continuity plans.

This risk management policy establishes the procedures that support the integration of risk management within the company management practices and the general principles of a balance of benefit against cost. Review of the status of risk at organisational, functional and project level every are conducted every two months. Reports of risk classified as „Extreme‟ and „High‟ are considered at all meetings of the Board.

Insurance

Public Liability Insurance is held under Policy No. 10M 0324822 underwritten by CGU Insurance Ltd. Professional Indemnity Insurance is held under Policy No. LPP010153588 underwritten by Vero Insurance Ltd. Group Personal Accident Insurance is held under Policy No. AGPA 000033ACT underwritten by Ace Insurance Ltd. Directors and Officers Liability Insurance is held under Policy No. LPP010153675 underwritten by Vero Insurance Ltd.

Our Safety

Regulatory Framework