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Reducing our energy consumption
One of the key ways in which we monitor and manage our
environmental impact is through our energy (electricity, diesel and
water) consumption targets.
While we are pleased to be able to report that our consumption
of electricity was below our target for the year, we experienced a
significant spike in both water and diesel consumption. The increase
in diesel consumption is primarily the result of new sites in remote
locations being deployed during the year. Very few of these remote
sites are connected to the national power grid and so they need
generators running 24/7 instead. Delays implementing energy
saving projects and an increase in national power outages during
the year also impacted diesel consumption. The rise of 9% in water
consumption can be attributed to an increase in the number of
staff and facilities as a result of our regionalisation programme, the
acquisition of additional retail outlets during the year, and improved
data collection.
DIESEL (Litres)
WATER (m
3
)
ELECTRICITY (MWh)
113,800MWh (FY14)
6,833,590 L (FY14)
86,778m
3
(FY15)
78,100m
3
(Goal FY16)
48,963m
3
(FY14)
6,166,942 L (FY15)
5,550,247 L (Goal FY16)
98,018MWh (FY15)
71,562MWh (FY16)
9,704,395 L (FY16)
94,930 m
3
(FY16)
88,216MWh (Goal FY16)
FY14
FY15
FY16
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