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Belinda Towns – Project Manager TBL Reporting
The Monash Experience with Triple Bottom Line
ReportingBelinda Towns
Monash Environment Institute (MEI)
www.mei.monash.edu.au
Belinda Towns – Project Manager TBL Reporting
Introduction
• What TBL reporting is and what reports look like
• Why organisations are taking sustainability issues seriously
• Monash’s experience with Triple Bottom Line (TBL) Reporting
Belinda Towns – Project Manager TBL Reporting
What is triple bottom line (TBL) reporting?
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Ford – Name of Report
Belinda Towns – Project Manager TBL Reporting
Taking Sustainability Seriously
• Keen to be seen to be green• Care about people & environment• Community pressure• Regulations• Competitive edge• Innovative leader
Belinda Towns – Project Manager TBL Reporting
Taking Sustainability Seriously
Swiss Re: 'the economic costs of such [natural] disasters threaten to double to $150 billion a year in 10 years, hitting insurers with $30-40 billion in claims, or the equivalent of one World Trade Centre attack annually.'
Belinda Towns – Project Manager TBL Reporting
Taking Sustainability Seriously
Citigroup: first multinational bank to prohibit investment in any extractive industry in primary tropical forests and place severe restrictions on destructive investment in all endangered ecosystems worldwide.
Citigroup's New Environmental Initiatives requires:• documentation of legality prior to investment in any
logging or logging-related projects • auditing of climate-changing investments• investment of significant capital in renewable energy
projects.
Belinda Towns – Project Manager TBL Reporting
The Monash Experience2003 FTE Staff by Employment Type
Part-time 13%
Full-time 70%
Casual 17%
2003 FTE Staff by Classification
Academic52%
General 48%
2003 FTE Staff by Contract Type
Tenured 54%
Limited 29%
Casual 17%
Belinda Towns – Project Manager TBL Reporting
The Monash Experience2003 General Staff HEW Levels by Gender
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
HEW 10 & 10+
HEW 9
HEW 8
HEW 7
HEW 6
HEW 5
HEW 4
HEW 3
HEW 2
HEW 1 and below
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Percentage
Female
Male
Belinda Towns – Project Manager TBL Reporting
The Monash Experience2003 Students by Declared
Disability Status
Disability 3%
No Disability 97%
2003 Students by Socioeconomic Status
High 31%
Medium 28%
Low 10%
Other 31%
Belinda Towns – Project Manager TBL Reporting
The Monash ExperienceThree FTE staff were directly employed in environmental
improvement and compliance.
Almost 200 staff were involved in working on office based behavioural change and serving as members of relevant
committees.
Over $250,000 per annum was spent on environmental improvement and compliance, including direct staff costs
(the three FTE) and capital expenditure.
Belinda Towns – Project Manager TBL Reporting
The Monash Experience
Tonnes of CO2-e Emissions from Electricity Use
Berwick Caulfield Clayton Gippsland Parkville Peninsula
2002 1 646 15,981 62,139 8 034 3 149 3 839
2003 1 847 16,698 57,697 7 012 3 895 4 025
Belinda Towns – Project Manager TBL Reporting
The Monash Experience
In October, Caulfield campus organised a guest speaker and lunch attended by 90 staff to raise funds for the Cancer Council Victoria
The ITS Division supported staff participating in fundraising events, including the 'Around the Bay in a Day' 210 km cycle event for the Smith Family and the
Relay for Life, a 24 hour walk, for the Cancer Council Victoria
Gippsland campus donated used computers for refurbishment and distribution to school students without these facilities
2. Access to Information
Belinda Towns – Project Manager TBL Reporting
The Monash Experience
Male Female
Limited Tenured Limited Tenured
Academic 4.4 11.9 3.8 8.8
General 5.6 9.9 3.7 8.3
Staff retention (years) at 2003
3. Commitment to TBL v Staff resources & acceptance
Belinda Towns – Project Manager TBL Reporting
The Monash Experience
2002 7.37 hours p.a.
2003 7.39 hours p.a.
In-house training hours supplied to Monash staff by internal Monash providers
Expenditure on formal learning and development programs in 2003 was $5.2 million. This includes attendance at conferences, training courses and the Outside Study Program (OSP). This figure does not include training without direct charges, such as free seminars and on-the-job training, or the incidental costs of training such as travel and accommodation.
Institutional Benefits of Reporting
Belinda Towns – Project Manager TBL Reporting
The Monash Experience2003 Land Use - Berwick Campus
Sports Grounds 1%
Buildings 1%
Areas for new buildings0%
Vacant land 84%
Roads and Carparks 3%
Other (Walkways andGardens) 11%
2003 Land Use - Caulfield Campus
Sports Grounds 0%
Buildings 39%
Areas for new buildings11%
Vacant land 12%
Roads and Carparks 13%
Other (Walkways andGardens) 25%
Institutional Benefits of Reporting
Belinda Towns – Project Manager TBL Reporting
The Monash Experience
2003 Staff Access to Head of School/Department
Questionnaire
Access 2%
No Access 98%
2003 Staff Response to Head of
School/Department Questionnaire
Response 62%
No Response38%
Institutional Benefits of Reporting
Belinda Towns – Project Manager TBL Reporting
The Monash Experience
Non-recyclable catering items used at Monash controlled outlets over a 10 month period in 2003
Item Description No. of Items
Polystyrene Cups 345,000
Cup Lids 90,000
Plates 16,500
Plastic Cutlery 360,000
Polystyrene Containers 33,000
Stirrers and straws 190,000
Plastic Take-away Containers 108,805
Institutional Benefits of Reporting
Belinda Towns – Project Manager TBL Reporting
Conclusion
• What TBL reporting is and what reports look like
• Why organisations are taking sustainability issues seriously
• Monash’s experience with Triple Bottom Line (TBL) Reporting
