Australia's 3rd Largest Bank Making Environmental Strides
ANZ CEO JOHN MACFARLANE
Australia's third largest bank, ANZ is working on several major environmental improvement projects to reduce its footprint in Australia and New Zealand.
The bank has set 2009-2010 as their target for becoming completely carbon neutral. In order to accomplish this they will invest in renewable energy to offset greenhouse gas emissions.
The second part of their environmental plan is the building of a new facility in Melbourne's Docklands which will be the most sustainable commercial building in Australia.
The 10 story ANZ tower will have six wind turbines on top which will generate 10,000kW hours of electricity a year. Other features include solar silver cells, a landscaped roof, stormwater reuse, water recycling, air conditioning with 100 percent fresh air and a tri-generation plant where natural gas will be used to simultaneously generate electricity, heat and cooling.
ANZ has created a section of their website dedicated to environmental issues.
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