NGER—Greenhouse and energy information 2009–2010

Corporations registered under the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007 (the NGER Act) are obliged to report greenhouse gas emissions, energy production and energy consumption to the Greenhouse and Energy Data Officer (GEDO).

In accordance with section 24 of the NGER Act, the GEDO is publishing an extract of this information for the 2009–2010 reporting year. The GEDO must publish, for each corporation whose group had scope 1 and scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions above the 2009–2010 threshold of 87.5 kilotonnes, the following totals that the corporation has reported:

  • scope 1 greenhouse gas emissions
  • scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions, and
  • energy consumption.

The same information is also published for all corporations that hold a Reporting Transfer Certificate (RTC). As the publishing thresholds do not apply to RTC holders this means that all corporations that hold a RTC will have these three totals published in relation to that RTC.

The information in this publication is a subset of the total information reported by corporations to the GEDO. Only some corporations will have their information published due to one or more of the following reasons:

  • Some corporations may have de-registered since reporting for the 2008–09 financial year.
  • Some corporations are registered for the 2010–11 financial year, but not for 2009–2010.
  • A registered corporation may not have met one of the reporting thresholds.
  • A registered corporation may not have met the 2009–2010 publishing threshold.
  • A registered corporation may not have submitted its NGER report in time for this publication.
  • A registered corporation may have applied under section 25 of the NGER Act to have all or part of its greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption totals withheld from publication.

The information contained in this publication is as reported by a registered corporation, including any resubmissions, as at 24 February 2011. Information published for the 2009–2010 financial year will be updated from time to time as a consequence of resubmissions that change corporate group totals.

Registered corporations are listed alphabetically by their registered business name, which may differ from their trading name. Some well-known facilities or trading corporations will be reported under the business name of their controlling corporation and so may not be readily recognisable.

Some registered corporations have an application pending to have all or part of their reported information withheld from publication by the GEDO. Under section 25 of the NGER Act, information may be withheld from publication if it would reveal commercially sensitive information or trade secrets.

Information specified by a corporation under a section 25 application has been withheld from this publication. This is noted in the table, pending consideration of the application. This publication will be updated from time to time following the finalisation of these applications.

2009–10 Greenhouse and Energy information by registered corporation

Information reported to the GEDO as at 6 May 2011

This table should be read in conjunction with the explanatory notes that follow the table. Greenhouse gas emissions totals are listed as tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (t CO2-e); energy consumption totals are listed as gigajoules (GJ). All data is 'as reported' by the controlling corporations.

Registered corporations Total scope 1 greenhouse gas emissions
(t CO2-3) 		Total scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions
(t CO2-3) 		Total energy consumption
(GJ)
A J Bush & Sons Pty Ltd 109 012 19 114 1 133 354
A.A. Scott Pty Ltd 129 552 6 234 1 886 589
A.C.N. 098 904 262 Pty Ltd 124 893 0 1 794 184
A.C.N. 137 191 023 Pty Ltd 81 012 69 537 1 733 594
AAPC Limited 17 716 174 845 1 012 140
ACTEW Corporation Ltd1 58 762 160 241 760 868
Adelaide Brighton Ltd 3 095 806 291 221 20 892 346
Aditya Birla Minerals Ltd 83 786 26 550 1 650 346
AGL Energy Limited1 1 435 808 53 594 36 061 683
Air Liquide Australia Limited 4 014 291 482 1 348 329
Alcan Gove Pty Limited 1 987 588 7 808 29 230 557
Alcoa Australian Holdings Pty Ltd1 6 757 567 9 804 728 148 367 174
ALDI Stores (A Limited Partnership) 37 750 135 237 855 288
Alinta Energy Limited 7 863 143 145 715 100 083 644
Amalgamated Holdings Limited 370 145 731 757 974
Amcor Limited 510 377 511 524 9 966 094
AMP Limited 7 360 173 098 737 234
Anglo American Australia Limited 4 059 269 590 957 10 959 630
AngloGold Ashanti Australia Limited 148 797 316 2 911 075
Apache Energy Limited 864 379 937 158 747 704
APT Pipelines Limited 305 076 92 951 3 248 069
Arnotts Biscuits Holdings Pty Ltd 28 982 61 980 781 497
Arrow Energy Ltd 394 246 40 304 3 740 091
Asciano Limited 1 023 720 108 494 15 100 720
Aurora Energy Pty Ltd 502 846 92 372 11 159 694
Auscan Holdings Pty Ltd 144 361 60 1 981 701
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd 7 126 160 043 654 413
Australian Postal Corporation 88 275 221 724 2 141 555
Axia Energy Australia Pty Ltd 488 958 0 9 652 581
AZSA Holdings Pty Limited 6 117 764 526 177 9 864 248
Baiada Pty Limited 134 785 170 264 2 197 475
Barrick (Australia Pacific Holdings) Pty Ltd 190 018 244 699 4 704 787
Barrick (PD) Australia Limited 161 427 104 433 3 448 488
Bega Cheese Limited 41 346 94 877 1 349 124
BGC (Australia) Pty Ltd 95 994 65 119 2 147 615
BHP Billiton Aluminium Australia Pty Ltd 2 313 184 350 985 37 414 742
BHP Billiton Energy Coal Australia Pty Ltd 873 293 56 018 3 466 128
BHP Billiton Limited 5 150 942 1 819 255 39 290 140
BHP Billiton Nickel Operations Pty Ltd 132 110 3 222 1 643 685
Big Ben Holdings Pty. Limited 216 370 29 608 903 323
Billiton Manganese Australia Pty Ltd 522 231 174 541 8 218 336
BlueScope Steel Limited 10 791 351 1 424 605 129 555 224
BM Alliance Coal Operations Pty Ltd 2 469 229 1 067 608 20 250 981
BOC Limited 28 381 640 598 2 733 282
Boeing Australia Holdings Proprietary Limited 34 464 54 788 692 761
Boral Limited2 2 328 307 546 048
BP Regional Australasia Holdings Pty Ltd 1 472 407 477 610 28 725 886
Bradken Limited 29 817 89 723 944 418
Brickworks Ltd 293 363 127 345 6 322 368
Brisbane City Council1 222 603 76 827 2 721 895
Building Supplies Group Holding Pty Ltd 91 697 320 198 9 322 717
Burrup Fertilisers Pty Ltd 1 538 899 0 30 037 216
Byrns Smith Unit Trust 84 113 7 813 1 225 589
C S Energy Limited 16 824 919 98 818 198 800 018
Cadbury Australia Limited 35 438 56 598 780 491
Cairnton Holdings Limited 141 365 96 015 1 130 632
Caledon Coal Pty Limited 181 627 14 531 101 383
Caltex Australia Limited 1 817 628 312 073 448 489 860
Cargill Australia Limited 59 891 47 464 846 475
Cement Australia Holdings Pty Ltd 2 744 673 262 268 13 581 930
Centennial Coal Company Limited 1 985 142 239 621 1 552 207
Centro Properties Limited 2 890 151 880 622 973
CEVA Pty Ltd 67 562 21 260 1 051 066
CH2M Hill Australia Pty Ltd 264 388 220 5 151 556
CHEDHA Holdings Pty Limited 19 247 1 326 616 4 178 109
Chevron Australia Holdings Pty Ltd 330 061 4 171 3 644 792
CITIC Pacific Mining Management Pty Ltd 166 879 423 2 537 087
Coalpac Pty Ltd 91 025 2 041 316 563
Coca-Cola Amatil Limited 54 639 130 757 1 482 864
Comgen Australia Pty Ltd 379 888 9 226 1 024 030
Commonwealth Bank of Australia 25 054 407 569 1 898 167
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation1 16 381 114 763 692 589
Competitive Foods Australia Pty Ltd 13 690 128 497 746 553
Conoco Phillips Australia Gas Holdings Pty Ltd 1 574 820 2 718 192 255 357
Coogee Chemicals Pty Ltd 32 215 119 496 3 111 996
Country Energy 59 018 871 881 4 118 209
Crane Group Limited 15 697 98 938 657 891
Cristal Australia Pty Ltd 49 250 53 441 905 772
Crown Limited 31 357 144 129 1 056 976
CSR Limited 631 392 431 932 52 212 722
D.M. & M.T. Nolan Pty. Ltd 144 713 3 863 2 336 873
David Jones Limited 4 850 104 448 419 571
DBNGP (WA) Transmission Pty Limited 355 676 1 792 6 339 440
Delta Electricity 20 453 113 233 034 233 568 391
Devereaux Holdings Pty Ltd 166 162 13 822 1 500 211
Dexus Holdings Pty Limited 7 871 133 822 612 409
Donaldson Coal Pty Limited 94 128 12 246 269 470
Doral Mineral Industries Limited 18 481 69 791 588 016
Downer EDI Limited 209 004 45 462 10 139 177
Ecogen Holdings Pty Ltd 434 502 29 698 8 649 319
ElectraNet Pty Ltd 1 568 240 720 1 137 091
Electricity Generation Corporation T/A Verve Energy 8 418 390 6 014 107 524 921
Electricity Networks Corporation1 22 164 897 453 4 126 013
Energex Limited 143 827 1 315 254 8 478 472
Energy Developments Limited 1 045 811 2 806 23 655 245
EnergyAustralia1 29 755 1 247 933 5 451 397
Enhance Place Pty. Limited 417 219 37 5 796 093
Envestra Limited 607 017 42 197
Envirogen Pty Ltd 129 409 32 2 300 038
Eraring Energy 12 067 677 49 594 135 012 143
Ergon Energy Corporation Limited 97 581 831 799 4 771 533
ERM Kwinana Holding Pty Ltd 788 365 634 15 415 954
ETSA Utilities 12 797 533 794 2 651 255
Exxonmobil Australia Pty Ltd 2 578 735 260 236 630 356 337
Fairfax Media Limited 7 197 89 997 459 563
Farstad Shipping (Indian Pacific) Pty Ltd 166 623 0 2 383 732
Felix Resources Limited 162 530 22 113 1 248 912
Fletcher Building (Australia) Pty Ltd 81 844 247 926 3 546 260
Food Investments P/L 99 765 196 079 2 391 438
Ford Motor Company of Australia Limited 33 842 201 248 1 219 581
Fortescue Metals Group Ltd 444 705 39 714 6 663 106
Foster's Group Limited 78 223 155 676 1 683 584
Frequency Infrastructure Australia Holdings Pty Ltd 1 907 162 098 672 042
Fulton Hogan Australia Pty/Ltd 75 988 16 541 7 391 231
General Motors Australia Ltd 32 354 118 459 1 129 461
Gladstone Ports Corporation Limited 33 056 71 682 771 459
Global Switch Australia Pty Limited 0 101 422 410 245
Gold Fields Australia Pty Ltd 97 570 195 533 2 329 395
Goldfields Power Pty Ltd 204 732 0 3 967 626
Goodman Fielder Limited 75 569 93 240 1 573 545
GPT Management Holdings Ltd 17 331 161 585 808 969
Graincorp Limited 51 269 133 760 1 341 051
Grange Resources Limited 196 376 53 398 4 065 160
Great Energy Alliance Corporation Pty Ltd 19 797 636 231 396 219 375 235
Gujarat NRE Coking Coal Limited 786 245 48 504 231 934
Hanson Australia (Holdings) Proprietary Limited 169 774 61 916 2 078 250
Harvey Norman Holdings Limited 26 095 153 927 939 392
HCPH Holdings Pty Limited 90 112 39 599 6 342 631
Healthscope Limited 11 372 99 888 606 950
Heinz Watties Pty Ltd 44 410 45 597 795 146
Holcim Participations (Australia) Pty Ltd. 186 702 81 108 3 106 125
Holiday Inns Holdings (Australia) Pty Ltd 14 159 97 427 662 076
Honan Holdings Pty Ltd 342 065 220 495 5 291 062
HRL Limited 2 474 092 179 180 32 129 829
Hunter Water Corporation 34 802 66 134 359 668
Hydro Aluminium Kurri Kurri Pty Ltd 366 598 2 509 193 13 756 568
IBM A/NZ Holdings Pty Limited 1 192 98 735 378 567
ICC Holdings Pty Limited 168 832 2 021 2 816 398
Idemitsu Australia Resources Pty Ltd 439 876 110 259 3 411 644
Iluka Resources Limited 633 799 243 839 8 745 443
Incitec Pivot Limited1 987 302 173 768 24 070 980
Inghams Enterprises Pty Limited 71 831 213 800 1 934 116
Integral Energy Australia 19 848 672 021 2 894 718
International Energy Services Pty Ltd 150 235 2 296 2 160 575
International Power (Australia) Holdings Pty Ltd 17 247 970 312 865 199 368 414
IPMG Pty Limited 15 743 83 737 618 859
Isaac Plains Coal Management Pty Ltd 101 766 11 550 865 389
ISPT Pty Ltd 5 120 94 023 442 162
James Hardie Austgroup Pty Ltd 23 219 69 268 707 892
JBS Holdco Australia Pty Ltd 184 613 159 812 2 249 435
Jellinbah Group Pty Ltd 193 485 7 908 1 718 503
Jet Systems Pty Ltd 120 739 2 008 1 815 974
John Swire & Sons Pty Ltd 14 758 85 651 535 470
Kagara Ltd 41 442 48 708 789 798
Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines Pty Ltd 227 996 319 917 4 681 820
Kimberly Clark Pacific Holdings Pty Ltd 119 544 250 559 4 754 826
Koppers Australia Pty Ltd 148 904 35 116 4 234 529
Leighton Holdings Limited 684 758 243 487 7 811 131
Lend Lease Corporation Limited 23 731 118 689 813 650
LGL Australian Holdings Pty Ltd 18 686 97 564 641 954
Linfox Pty Ltd 215 728 48 982 3 281 256
Lion Nathan National Foods Pty Ltd 103 998 287 951 3 136 840
Loy Yang Holdings Pty Ltd 10 186 782 20 296 116 129 307
LyondellBasell Australia (Holdings) Pty Ltd 8 056 136 989 16 875 871
Macarthur Coal Limited 302 491 60 606 2 515 673
Macquarie Generation 23 408 791 175 836 262 206 181
Macquarie Group Limited 5 961 92 386 460 470
Mars Australia Pty Ltd 32 153 96 577 934 209
McCain Foods (Aust) Pty Ltd 34 088 79 793 1 235 769
McDonald's Australia Ltd 2 871 128 991 530 434
Melbourne Water Corporation1 189 503 230 532 1 728 167
Metro Trains Melbourne Pty Ltd 3 693 281 611 885 083
Metropolitan Health Service 24 488 126 659 984 181
Millennium Inorganic Chemicals Limited 127 010 77 869 2 434 168
Minara Resources Limited 568 356 263 9 903 265
Mirvac Limited 12 450 234 257 1 106 351
Mitchell Corp Australia Pty Ltd 100 362 1 007 1 578 920
MMG Management Pty Ltd 162 728 276 572 4 104 082
MML Holdings Pty Ltd 22 267 88 530 745 788
Monash University 17 968 120 910 700 780
Mount Gibson Iron Limited 110 923 730 1 594 218
Multinet Group Holdings Pty Limited 274 966 2 705 28 423
Murray Goulburn Co-operative Co. Limited 145 795 491 733 5 111 806
Myer Holdings Limited 2 662 223 650 898 301
National Australia Bank Limited 9 602 148 666 663 118
Nestle Australia Ltd 39 547 168 670 1 841 239
New Hope Corporation Limited 309 466 38 462 1 956 968
New Zealand Milk (Australasia) Pty Ltd 175 808 190 754 3 489 607
Newcrest Mining Limited 662 673 668 764 16 999 481
Newmont Australia Holdings Pty Ltd 359 963 500 443 7 651 526
News Australia Holdings Pty Limited 6 193 121 911 574 243
Nippon Meat Packers Australia Pty Ltd 56 124 57 133 781 448
Norske Skog Industries Australia Limited 263 300 794 292 8 570 512
Northgate Australian Ventures Corporation Pty Ltd 29 682 198 473 1 052 081
Norton Gold Fields Limited 33 352 70 987 795 637
NRG Victoria 1 Pty Ltd 7 034 972 56 572 77 407 252
Nyrstar Australia Pty Ltd 387 923 467 344 9 292 468
OneSteel Limited 2 583 496 1 302 775 42 986 108
Orica Limited 2 113 590 435 106 18 413 538
Origin Energy Limited 1 873 394 52 965 130 471 364
Owens-Illinois (Australia) Pty Ltd 509 925 314 745 8 354 398
OZ Minerals Limited 97 274 181 875 2 248 569
OzGen Holdings Australia Pty Ltd 10 173 421 38 468 113 493 236
Paper Australia Pty Ltd 415 035 224 058 15 046 741
PaperlinX Limited 146 503 42 803 3 346 556
Parmalat Australia Ltd 22 513 80 877 691 924
Peabody Energy Australia Pty Ltd 2 575 759 155 264 3 548 750
Pechiney Consolidated Australia Pty Limited 983 247 6 899 753 37 273 659
Penrice Soda Holdings Limited 302 675 219 418 4 085 377
Perilya Limited 9 436 110 275 551 355
PMP Limited 20 448 94 283 702 265
Port Waratah Coal Services Limited 989 121 696 505 568
Power and Water Corporation 1 127 228 130 516 21 491 276
Pratt Consolidated Holdings Pty. Ltd. 353 221 1 021 007 17 692 231
Prime Infrastructure Holdings Limited 131 761 3 929 189 974
Prosafe Production Services (Australia) Pty Ltd 478 201 0 1 149 211
PTTEP Australia Perth Pty Ltd 144 106 453 915 430
Public Transport Authority of Western Australia 9 263 98 856 559 047
Qantas Airways Limited 3 956 061 224 024 57 806 437
Qenos Holdings Pty Ltd 839 465 351 664 39 473 326
QIC Limited 2 582 108 532 447 175
QMAG Limited 219 541 74 343 1 456 570
QR Limited 703 556 723 609 12 999 230
Queensland Alumina Limited 3 556 459 726 522 47 784 970
Queensland Electricity Transmission Corporation Limited 8 341 1 688 473 6 869 586
Queensland Nickel Pty Ltd 1 248 685 43 692 17 211 129
Queensland Nitrates Pty Ltd 713 007 49 471 3 305 209
Rail Corporation New South Wales 86 273 638 463 3 817 961
Ramsay Health Care Limited 14 945 151 385 867 738
Resolute Mining Limited 15 026 105 730 649 819
Rio Doce Australia Pty Limited 1 235 783 101 102 1 802 666
Rio Tinto Limited 7 701 301 9 651 903 127 321 860
Roc Oil Company Limited 139 533 0 762 450
Salvage Pty Ltd 8 734 173 526 766 046
Santos Ltd 3 571 231 39 723 35 325 601
SCA Tissue Australia Pty Limited 50 148 176 444 1 494 014
Sembsita Australia Pty. Limited 371 394 23 671 918 458
Shell Australia Limited 1 442 496 493 836 337 883 431
Silicon Metal Company of Australia Pty Ltd 31 156 319 265 3 140 181
Silk Logistics Group Holdings Pty Limited 90 481 5 1 300 393
Simplot Australia (Holdings) Pty Limited 79 440 51 907 1 359 467
Snowy Hydro Limited 167 917 335 450 17 866 132
Sonoma Mine Management Pty Ltd 181 711 31 720 1 308 110
South Australian Water Corporation 57 036 215 746 1 328 719
Southern Cross Airports Corporation Holdings Limited 4 277 88 658 436 990
SP Australia Networks (Transmission) Ltd 29 618 1 522 520 4 529 293
SPI (Australia) Assets Pty Ltd 561 873 282 173 2 958 214
SPI Electricity & Gas Australia Holdings Pty Ltd 151 296 669 007 2 118 580
St Barbara Limited 80 318 53 972 1 655 132
St Vincent's Health Australia Ltd 9 221 116 168 610 381
Stanwell Corporation Limited 7 445 704 18 101 84 465 134
State Transit Authority of NSW 142 904 10 775 2 293 569
Stockland Corporation Ltd 19 099 128 755 775 649
Sun Metals Holdings Limited 13 337 883 693 3 646 512
SunWater 2 626 160 734 687 809
Sydney Water Corporation 139 789 313 368 2 086 852
Tabcorp Holdings Limited 9 849 141 800 737 235
Tarong Energy Corporation Limited 8 230 839 135 085 94 325 696
Tarong North Pty Ltd 394 776 3 849 4 534 247
Teekay Holdings Australia Pty Ltd 117 088 1 353 1 618 215
Telstra Corporation Limited 57 243 1 382 642 6 078 979
Thales Australia Holdings Pty Ltd 45 432 47 210 462 895
The Maddingley Mine Trust 96 424 383 19 105
The Trustee for Costa's Unit Trust 33 177 65 637 637 327
The Uniting Church in Australia Property Trust (Q) 14 762 84 251 571 040
The University of Queensland 3 523 123 686 539 991
Tiger Airways Australia Pty Limited 206 287 0 3 077 075
Tiwest Pty Ltd 559 566 243 077 8 691 909
Toll Holdings Limited 437 525 95 164 6 586 645
Toyota Motor Corporation Australia Ltd. 42 129 128 132 1 157 858
TransAlta Energy (Australia) Pty Ltd 692 651 73 13 289 639
Transfield Services Limited 1 167 022 108 688 19 832 820
Transfield Worley Power Services Pty Ltd 2 052 048 0 23 228 357
TransGrid 15 305 2 045 795 8 363 761
Transpacific Industries Group Ltd 776 057 43 258 2 685 173
TRUenergy Holdings Pty Ltd 15 612 214 227 828 221 553 056
TT-Line Company Pty Ltd 152 787 1 462 2 085 306
Unimin Asia Pacific Pty Ltd 309 140 195 779 3 090 012
United Energy Distribution Holdings Pty Limited 6 603 603 150 1 868 829
University of Melbourne 13 402 122 091 614 280
V/Line Corporation 80 243 11 960 1 185 738
Valemus Australia Pty Ltd1 64 212 65 550 1 191 266
Veolia Transport Australasia Pty Ltd 57 002 204 661 1 521 585
Virgin Blue Holdings Ltd 1 730 209 14 256 24 913 641
Vodafone Hutchison Australia Pty Ltd 71 112 072 436 308
Waste Recycling and Processing Corporation (Trading as WSN Environmental Solutions) 411 580 10 364 331 513
Water Corporation 125 330 458 603 2 364 091
Wesfarmers Limited 2 403 609 2 760 935 41 042 209
Westfield Holdings Limited 9 467 329 538 1 379 053
Westpac Banking Corporation 7 430 186 869 864 732
Whitehaven Coal Limited 301 714 9 557 1 337 393
Woodside Petroleum Ltd. 8 391 652 38 443 1 557 762 307
Woolworths Ltd 357 961 2 470 480 10 451 985
Xstrata Holdings Pty Ltd 2 692 486 1 130 619 18 504 353
Yancoal Australia Pty Limited 252 509 76 285 2 088 207
Reporting Transfer Certificate Holders
Oceanic Coal Australia Limited 35 359 263 45 060
Peabody (Burton Coal) Pty Ltd 134 806 28 834 1 213 192
Wilpinjong Coal Pty Ltd 494 168 22 135 709 059
Xstrata Coal Queensland Pty Limited 158 544 43 000 1 136 071

Footnotes:

  • These corporations have voluntarily provided information to the GEDO concerning GreenPower renewable energy purchases or voluntarily surrendered Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs).
  • Greenhouse and energy information has been withheld from publication under the provisions of section 25 of the NGER Act.

Explanatory information

Nature of the information

  • The greenhouse gas emissions and energy information reported under the NGER Act only represents part of Australia's total greenhouse gas emissions, energy production and energy consumption. The NGER legislation covers corporations in all sectors of Australia's economy, however it does not cover:
    • corporations that are below certain reporting thresholds
    • entities that are not a constitutional corporation, such as individuals or most government entities
    • reporting of greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture, land use change and forestry sources in relation to biological processes (but emissions from all other sources, energy production and consumption are included from these industries), and
    • reporting of emissions abatement from greenhouse gas projects.
  • In addition to this publication, the information captured under the NGER Act is used to inform government policy formulation; help meet Australia's international reporting obligations; assist Commonwealth, State and Territory government programs and activities; and, can be used in any future carbon pricing mechanisms.
  • A corporation's emissions and energy consumption reflect, to a considerable extent, the nature of the industry in which it is engaged. Some industries are more emissions-intensive or energy-intensive than others, and operate in response to domestic and international consumer demands. A corporation may also have a number of facilities, with operations across a number of industry sectors.
  • Corporations identified in this publication may have other contextual information on the emissions and energy profile of their corporate group, as well as any steps they have in place to improve the emissions intensity or energy efficiency of their activities.
  • The information of a registered corporation may reflect activities from one or many facilities in its corporate group. These facilities may also have been under the operational control of the registered corporation or one of potentially many group members.
  • The Act allows each partner or participant in a joint venture or partnership to nominate one entity to submit a report, however this is not mandatory. Where nomination does not occur, information for a joint venture or partnership facility must be fully reported by the corporate group of each partner in the partnership or participant in the joint venture.

Comparing information across yearly reports

  • A reduced corporate threshold of 87.5 kilotonnes of greenhouse gas emissions applies for both reporting and publication for the 2009–10 year, so more corporations will have their information published than for the 2008–09 period:
    • a number of corporations registered for the 2008–09 reporting year did not meet the applicable threshold—125 kilotonnes or more of greenhouse gas emissions—and their information was not therefore published for that year. They may however meet the lowered threshold of 87.5 kilotonnes of greenhouse gas emissions applying for the 2009–10 reporting period.
    • additional corporations have registered for the 2009–10 reporting period due to the lowered threshold.

When comparing the information published for a registered corporation for the 2008–09 period with that published for the 2009–10 reporting year, differences in scope 1 or 2 greenhouse gas emissions or energy consumption figures may be attributable to:

  • Changes in the corporate structure of a registered corporation. For example, a corporation may have taken over another corporation, acquired new facilities or disposed of existing facilities during the 2009–10 reporting period, resulting in significant changes to information reported.
  • Changes in production. For example, a corporation may have increased or decreased its levels of production or changed its methods of production.

Greenhouse gas emissions

  • A corporation emits a greenhouse gas when it releases or it causes the release of such a gas into the atmosphere as a result of its activities.
  • Scope 1 emissions are the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere because of activities at a facility controlled by the corporation. An example of this would be gases emitted when burning coal to generate electricity at a power station.
  • Scope 2 emissions in relation to a facility, are the release of greenhouse gases emitted because of the electricity, heating, cooling or steam that is consumed at the facility but which is generated elsewhere. An example of this would be greenhouse gases emitted to generate electricity which is transmitted to a car factory and used to power the car factory's lighting. The greenhouse gas emissions are part of the factory‘s scope 2 emissions. It is important to recognise that scope 2 emissions from one facility are part of the scope 1 emissions from another facility.

Energy consumption

  • Energy production and consumption information collected under NGER legislation provides governments with important data on energy flows occurring throughout the economy.
  • Energy is defined as a list of fuels and energy commodities in schedule 1 of the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (NGER) Regulations 2008.
  • Energy consumption, in relation to a facility, is the use or disposal of energy from the operation of the facility, including own use and losses in extraction, production and transmission. Own use includes each conversion of energy from one form into another—for example, energy that is extracted, captured or manufactured at the facility—that is used in the operation of the facility.
  • Energy can be transformed into different energy/fuel commodities a number of times within a facility as several energy products are made and used. For example, coal may be consumed to produce coke, which in turn can be consumed to generate further energy products.
  • In addition, some forms of energy produced upstream at one facility may be a downstream input for use or conversion to other energy forms at either:
    • the same facility
    • another facility under the operational control of the same group member
    • another facility under the operational control of a group member from the same corporate group, or
    • another facility belonging to another corporate group.
  • The NGER legislation requires the total amount of each commodity to be reported, including each transformation of energy from one fuel or commodity into another.
  • The published total energy consumption figure encompasses all conversions of energy and fuel that occur within a corporate group as energy is transformed into different commodities. This figure may be larger than other 'energy consumption' figures reported in other forums, where transformations of energy within a facility or between facilities within the same corporate group may not be included.

Appendix of amendments to publication of greenhouse and energy information reported in 2009–10

Original (Version 1.0) published 24 February 2011

Version 1.1 published 6 May 2011:

  1. Revised data published for: APT Pipelines Limited; Caledon Coal Pty Limited; Paper Australia Pty Ltd; Woodside Petroleum Limited.

    Note: A systems error resulted in the publication of incorrect greenhouse and energy information for the 2009–10 reporting year for two corporations: APT Pipelines Limited and Woodside Petroleum Ltd. The systems error has now been rectified and the correct information published.
  2. Listing of RTC holders reordered alphabetically.

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