TABLE 1: SUMMARY OF SUSTAINABILITY VICTORIA OUTCOMES AND INITIATIVES IN 2014–15* Sustainability Victoria’s priorities Outcome Sustainability Victoria’s 2014–15 programs Reach Helping Victorians use energy and materials more efficiently. Increased energy efficiency of households and commercial office buildings engaged in our programs. First Rate 5 Smarter Households (Smarter Choice, Smarter Renovations and Whitegoods rebate) Commercial Offices Building Calculating Cool Retailers to households Direct to households Mid-tier office building owners Increased energy and materials efficiency of small to medium- sized businesses and schools engaged in our programs. Smarter Resources Smarter Business ResourceSmart Schools Program Small to mid-sized businesses Schools and early childhood centres Helping Victorians avoid waste. Increased awareness and uptake of waste-reduction practices in targeted sectors. Get it Right on Bin Night Love Food Hate Waste (Household Food Waste Avoidance) Smarter Business, Smarter Resources – Beyond Waste Small to mid-sized businesses Local government authorities to households Ensuring Victoria has integrated, statewide waste management. Planning and coordinating the implementation of integrated, statewide waste management. Australian Packaging Covenant Baseline Waste Data SWRRIP Victorian Community and Business Waste Education Strategy Waste and Resource Recovery Investment Strategy Waste and Resource Recovery Procurement Support Waste Data Collection and Governance Local government authorities and waste and resource recovery industry Local government authorities to households
The total funding available for this program over the four years of implementation is $3.95 million. Further progress is also being made through allocation of $9.75 million by the Victorian government between 2014–17 for improving resource recovery centres/transfer stations and rural landfill infrastructure across Victoria (Figure 5). As 15 landfills are to be closed across the life of the program, eight more need to be closed by the end of 2016–17. In 2014–15 we helped a number of rural and regional local governments to meet the new requirements for landfill liners outlined in Victoria’s Best Practice Environmental Management regulatory tool. Landfill liners are a great practical solution but they require significant capital investment. Our $3.5 million Transition Support Fund provides financial support for installation of liners over the four years of the program. This year we funded completed landfill liner installations in Cobram, Bairnsdale and Castlemaine. By the end of 2015–16 we’ll have supported the installation of liners in 14 new landfill cells. The project is being delivered in partnership with 33 local governments and Victoria’s seven new waste and resource recovery groups. FIGURE 5: NEW AND PLANNED IMPROVEMENTS TO RESOURCE RECOVERY CENTRES/TRANSFER STATIONS AND RURAL LANDFILL INFRASTRUCTURE ACROSS VICTORIA. Rural and Regional Landfill Support program (new resource recovery centres/transfer stations) Rural and regional resource recovery centre/transfer station upgrades (Rural and Regional Transfer Station Upgrade Fund)
A new road for used tyres There is great potential for tyre-derived products to be used by the asphalt and roads industry. In particular, crumb rubber as an additive to asphalt (known as crumb rubber asphalt, CRA) can significantly enhance the performance of roads. In collaboration with the Australian Road Research Board, the Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage Protection and the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads, we sought to understand the barriers faced by the asphalt and roads industry that inhibit wider use of CRA. Key barriers identified to-date include the increased cost of CRA products, the potential safety issues in its application, and road construction specifications that prevent broad application. In 2014–15, in partnership with Downer, we funded Close the Loop to commercialise an asphalt additive that uses a mixture of recycled cartridge toner, ground tyres and waste oil. Coupled with additional recycled content such as glass and asphalt, the new additive enables Downer to make an asphalt mix that is 99 per cent recycled. Production of the new product will divert 3,000 tonnes of waste from landfill every year and create 12 new jobs in Victoria. In 2014–15 Sustainability Victoria co-funded a feasibility study with the Northern Grampians Shire Council to assist with management of a priority tyre stockpile in Stawell. The first phase of this work has been completed, with assessment of options for mitigating the fire risk and using the tyre stockpile as a resource for productive outcomes. The second phase will engage with key stakeholders to investigate potential processing options, particularly those that contribute to job creation and ongoing safe industry practices in the region. The study will be completed by September 2015. The Tyre Stewardship Australia (TSA) is a key partner in developing sustainable tyre markets. The TSA was established to administer a national tyre product stewardship scheme, funded by a 25-cent levy on each tyre imported into Australia. The scheme promotes the safe handling and disposal of end-of-life tyres, as well as the development of viable markets for the estimated 48 million end-of-life tyres generated in Australia annually. Funding through the scheme will enable TSA to audit and accredit the end-of-life tyre supply chain, and provide opportunities for market development. In 2014–15 we also worked with VicFleet and the Department of Treasury and Finance to amend the Victorian Government Standard Motor Vehicle Policy. TSA-accredited organisations are now the Victorian Government’s preferred suppliers, encouraging better management of the waste tyre supply chain.
Performance and Remuneration Committee The primary role of the Performance and Remuneration Committee is to assist the board in fulfilling its corporate governance responsibilities through: › Chief Executive Officer recruitment, selection, performance and succession › executive performance and succession › monitoring and compliance. In 2014–15 the committee reviewed the performance of the CEO for 2013–14 and confirmed his performance plan for 2014–15. In 2014–15 the committee comprised three board members: Ross McCann, Lydia Wilson and Arron Wood. Table 6 shows committee members’ meeting attendance. In 2014 Ross McCann replaced Lydia Wilson as Chair and Arron Wood assumed membership of the committee from July 2014. TABLE 6: PERFORMANCE AND REMUNERATION COMMITTEE MEMBERS’ MEETING ATTENDANCE. Committee member Meetings eligible to attend Meetings attended Ross McCann 2 2 Lydia Wilson 2 2 Arron Wood 2 1
Part 6 Workforce Our executive team Throughout 2014–15, the executive team comprised the CEO, five directors and a manager, each accountable for key organisational functions, program delivery and line management. Our executive team as at 30 June 2015 is shown below in Sustainability Victoria’s organisational chart.
June 2014– June 2015 Ongoing employees Fixed term and casual employees Employees (headcount) Full-time (headcount) Part-time (headcount) FTE FTE June 2014 95 70 25 88.80 21.9 June 2015 89 73 16 84.10 27.9 2015 2014 Ongoing employees Fixed term and casual employees Ongoing employees Fixed term and casual employees Employees (headcount) FTE FTE Employees (headcount) FTE FTE Gender Male 31 30.8 12.9 42 41.8 6.9 Female 58 53.3 15 53 47 15 Total age Under 25 0 0 2 0 0 0 25–34 15 14.8 10 15 14.8 10 35–44 41 38.3 10.9 42 37.8 9.9 45–54 21 19.2 3 23 21.8 1 55–64 11 10.8 2 14 13.4 1 Over 64 1 1 0 1 1 0 Total classification VPS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 VPS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 VPS 3 3 3 1 3 3 1 VPS 4 33 30 7 33 29.6 10 VPS 5 38 35.4 13.9 38 35.8 8.9 VPS 6 14 14.7 1 16 15.4 2 STS 1 1 0 0 0 0 Executive 0 0 5 5 5 0 Total 89 84.1 27.9 95 88.8 21.9 Notes: All employment levels during the last full pay period in June of each year. Excluded are those on leave without pay or absent on secondment, external contractors/consultants, and temporary staff employed by employment agencies. reflect figures
Board member Role Details $ Arron Wood Director of Kids Teaching Kids. Sponsorship for the 2015 Melbourne Water Kids Teaching Kids Conference 5,000 Suzanne Evans Risk and Audit Committee Member for the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning. Accommodation Licence and Business Services Agreement for five regional office locations 65,221 Total 70,221 Note 21. Remuneration of executives and payments to other personnel (i.e. contractors with significant management responsibilities) Remuneration of executives The number of executive officers, other than the Minister and accountable officer during the period are shown in the first two columns in the table below in their relevant income bands. The base remuneration of executive officers is shown in the third and fourth columns. Base remuneration is exclusive of bonus payments, LSL payments, redundancy payments and retirement benefits. The total annualised employee equivalent provides a measure of full-time equivalent executive officers over the reporting period. Several factors have affected total remuneration payable to executives over the year. A number of employment contracts were completed during the year and renegotiated. Bonus payments were not made during this year. Total remuneration Base remuneration 2015 2014 2015 2014 Income band No. No. No. No. $100,000 – 109,999 1 0 1 0 $160,000 – 169,999 0 2 0 2 $170,000 – 179,999 2 0 2 0 $180,000 – 189,999 0 1 0 1 $190,000 – 199,999 1 0 1 0 $200,000 – 209,999 0 0 0 1 $220,000 – 229,999 0 1 0 0 Total number of executives 4 4 4 4 Total annualised employee equivalents(i) 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 Total amount $742,992 $753,674 $739,822 $735,224 Notes: (i) Annualised employee equivalent is based on paid working hours of 38 ordinary hours per week over the 52 weeks for a reporting period.
Legislation Requirement Page reference Legislation Sustainability Victoria Act 2005 (Vic) 2, 29, 50, 81 Environment Protection Act 1970 (Vic) 2, 25, 81, 82 Environment Protection and Sustainability Victoria Amendment Act 2014 (Vic) 76 Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Vic) 43 Building Act 1983 (Vic) 43 Financial Management Act 1994 (Vic) 50 Victorian Industry Participation Policy Act 2003 (Vic) 43 Protected Disclosure Act 2012 (Vic) 44
NEW ALLOCATIONS MADE UNDER EXISTING SUSTAINABILITY FUND SUPPORT PROGRAMS Overseen by the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning Funding Program: Communities for Nature Grants Program: Round 4 – Small Grants Organisation Program Funding support $ Lalor Gardens Primary School Council Reclaiming the Indigenous Natural Environment 6,450 Lancaster Primary School Native Plants to Bring Wildlife Back into the Area 2,040 Lions Club of Geelong Breakfast Inc. Western Beach Foreshore Revegetation and Coastal Erosion Reduction Project 5,510 Loddon Plains Landcare Network Wheel Cactus Control Community Day Program 7,670 Longwood Plains Conservation Management Network Qualifying Landholders to Carry out 1080 Fox Baiting for Threatened Bush Stone Curlews and Lambs 10,000 McKenzie’s Hill Action and Landcare Group Old Diamond Hill Community Parklands – Step Two 10,000 Melton Specialist School The 3 R’s Rustic Horticulture Project: Reclaim! Recycle! Revegetate! 9,340 Middle Yarra Landcare Network Brush-tailed Phascogales Habitat Enhancement 10,000 Moorabool Catchment Landcare Group Upper Moorabool River – Revegetation and Seed Collection of Victorian Volcanic Plains Habitats 10,000 Moyston Landcare Group Inc. No More Needles for Moyston 9,980 Mt Rothwell Landcare Volunteers Re-vegetating Highly Threatened Ecosystems 10,000 Murrayville Landcare Group Reducing Rabbit and Fox Numbers in the North West Mallee 9,955 Nagle College Landcare Group The Nagle College Rainforest Project 10,000 Nature Glenelg Trust Local Catchment Habitat Improvement to Reduce Nutrient Runoff to Deep Lake in Western Victoria 10,000 Niddrie Primary School Niddrie Primary – Indigenous Revegetation of School Grounds 9,970 Northern Grampians Landcare Group Northern Grampians Weed and Rabbit control 9,148 Nullawil Progress Association Environmental Education for Community 3,100 Parklands Albury Wodonga Protecting Koetong Remnant Vegetation Corridor 10,000 Pierrepoint Land Protection Group Revegetate and Protect 3,278 Project Platypus Integrated Environmental Works in the Upper Wimmera 10,000 Rainbow and District Landcare Group Just Bait, no Gold at the end of the Rainbow for Rabbits 9,938 Ringwood Secondary College Restoration of Hill Street Gully and Waterway 10,000 Rolling Hills Primary School Weed Wipeout and Conservation Classroom 4,331 Serendip Sanctuary Volunteers Endangered Brush-tailed Rock-Wallaby Captive Breeding Expansion 10,000
NEW ALLOCATIONS MADE UNDER EXISTING SUSTAINABILITY FUND SUPPORT PROGRAMS Overseen by the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning Funding Program: Communities for Nature Grants Program Round 5 – Small-Medium Grants Organisation Program Funding support $ Alvie Tree Planters Lake Corangamite Reserve Revegetation Project 13,950 Anglesea and Aireys Inlet Society for the Protection of Flora and Fauna (ANGAIR) Anglesea Heath Boneseed Removal 3,700 Australasian Native Orchid Society, Victorian Group Inc. Saving the Federally-Listed Brilliant Sunorchid Thelymitra Mackibbinii 18,000 Australian Network for Plant Conservation Saving the Federally-Listed Metallic Sunorchid and Wimmera Spider-orchid from Weed Invasion 10,585 AWARE Wildlife AWARE Release of Rehabilitated Native Wildlife 2,448 Axe Creek Landcare Group Maintaining Remnant Habitats 6,000 Balcombe Estuary Reserves Group Mt Martha Inc. Upper Citation Woodland Restoration (Zone 12B) Mt Martha 11,174 Bass Valley Landcare Group Inc. Communities for Nature – Balancing Landscape Restoration with Sustainable Community Safety 49,650 Bellarine Bayside Foreshore Committee of Management Growing Social and Ecological Resilience in St Leonards 10,985 Bendigo Four Wheel Drive Club Boneseed in Bendigo 2,000 Blackburn Creeklands Advisory Committee Revegetation of Habitat Corridors in the Blackburn Creeklands – 2015 Plants in 2015 4,854 Blampied-Kooroocheang Landcare Group Seed Security – Protecting Our Local Landscapes 50,000 Brentwood Secondary College ‘Gumbuya’ Landscaping Proposal – Senior School Common Area 49,995 Broadford Land Management Group Inc. Managing Waterway Erosion in the Colin Officer Flora Reserve 9,500 Broken Boosey Conservation Management Network Bed and Breakfast for the Birds – Nestboxes and Vegetation for the Turquoise Parrot 50,000 Campaspe River and Land Management Group A River Runs Through It 11,080 Cardigan Windermere Landcare Group Rediscovering Winter Swamp 5,240 Cardinia Catchment Landcare Inc. Cardinia Reservoir to Berwick Bio-link Community Project 45,100 Cardinia Environment Coalition Inc. Increasing Refuge Sites for Arboreal and Terrestrial Fauna in the Landscape 7,670 Connecting Country (Mount Alexander region) Inc. Habitat for Bush Birds – Linking Mount Alexander to Metcalfe 49,750
NEW ALLOCATIONS MADE UNDER EXISTING SUSTAINABILITY FUND SUPPORT PROGRAMS Overseen by the Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Group Funding Program: Metropolitan Local Government Waste and Resource Recovery Fund: Competitive Grants Organisation Program Funding support $ City of Melton Resale Centre Upgrade and Best-practice Hard Waste Collections 200,000 City of Monash Diverting Polystyrene from Landfill 20,831 Maroondah City Council Communicating with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities in Multi-Unit Developments 66,000 City of Yarra Community Resource Recovery Hubs 100,000 City of Yarra Business/Shopping Precinct Resource Recovery Project 106,000 Moreland City Council Bright Sparks: Small Appliance Reuse, Repair and Recycling 90,000 City of Yarra Food Know-How: Regional Food Waste Avoidance Program 352,000 City of Melbourne Improving Recycling in Multi-Unit Dwellings 200,000 NEW ALLOCATIONS MADE UNDER EXISTING SUSTAINABILITY FUND SUPPORT PROGRAMS Overseen by the Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Group Funding Program: Metropolitan Organics Strategy: Metropolitan Organics Fund Organisation Program Funding support $ Citywide Service Solutions Food Waste Recycling from Queen Victoria Market 300,000 Department of Health Recycling Food Waste from Hospitals in the Parkville Precinct 200,000 City of Melton ‘Back to Earth’ at Melton Botanic Gardens 30,000 Garden State Mulching Services Undercover Receival and Decontamination of Garden Waste for Transfer to a Composting Facility 125,000 Knox Transfer Station P/L Coldstream Green Organics Receival and Compost Sales Area Upgrade 61,000 SITA Australia Increase Recovery of Currently Unmarketable Oversize Organics Processing By-product 92,000 City of Whittlesea Composted Green Waste to Peri-Urban Farms 15,000 Moreland City Council Food Waste Recovery Hub 10,000 City of Monash Improvements to Green Waste Bay to Reduce Contamination 128,000 Melbourne Cricket Club Provision of an Organics Dehydrator to Process Food Waste Generated at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 20,000
NEW ALLOCATIONS MADE UNDER EXISTING SUSTAINABILITY FUND SUPPORT PROGRAMS Overseen by Sustainability Victoria Funding Program: Regional Waste and Resource Recovery Groups Support Package Regional Waste and Resource Recovery Group (WRRG) Program Funding support $ Goulburn Valley Improved Data Reporting 17,000 Loddon Mallee Construction of Shed at Mildura Landfill 49,520 Gippsland Gippsland Landfill and Transfer Station – Integrated Cost Modelling 25,000 NEW ALLOCATIONS MADE UNDER EXISTING SUSTAINABILITY FUND SUPPORT PROGRAMS Overseen by Sustainability Victoria Funding Program: Community Sustainability Infrastructure Fund Organisation Program Funding support $ Glenelg Shire Council Percy Street Public Place Recycling (PPR) Project 50,000 PGM Refiners Pty Ltd LCD Recycling Plant 470,000 Benalla Golf Club Benalla Golf Club Solar System 15,832 Toolamba Primary School Toolamba Primary School Solar System 35,500 Woodend Primary School Woodend Primary School Solar System 15,963 Close the Loop Infrastructure Feasibility Study – Recycled Asphalt Additives Incorporating Waste Tyres, Paint and Toner 120,000 Mazenod College-Mulgrave Mazenod College Solar System 50,000 Moyne Shire East Beach Tip Protection 60,000 City of Greater Geelong Geelong Energy Efficient Buildings 169,275 Pinewood Primary School Sustaining Pinewood 7,921 Morgans Supermarket (Melton and Sunbury) Morgans Supermarkets Strategic Energy-Efficiency Upgrades 22,510 Brunswick Secondary College Recycling and Waste Reduction System Introduction and Case Study 18,500 Northern Grampians Shire Feasibility Study – Identifying and Addressing Barriers to Recycling Tyres in Stawell 22,000 Kia-Ora Piggery Pty Ltd Waste Food Value-Adding and Anaerobic Waste to Energy 380,000 Hepburn Shire Council Waste to Energy Implementation Strategy 75,000 South Pacific Laundry Boiler Infrastructure Upgrade 35,000 Hepburn Shire Hepburn Shire Council – Kerbside Collection Expansion 110,000
NEW ALLOCATIONS MADE UNDER EXISTING SUSTAINABILITY FUND SUPPORT PROGRAMS Overseen by Sustainability Victoria Funding Program: Smarter Resources, Smarter Business program: Capital Funding Round 3 Grants: Energy-Efficiency Projects R Radford and Son Pty Ltd Optimizing Abattoir Energy Efficiency 25,000 Austco Polar Cold Storage Austco Polar – New Evaporative Condenser 25,000 Vawdrey Manufacturing Installation of New Variable Speed Drive Air Compressor 25,000 Montague Coldstorage Installation of Evaporator Fan Speed Control – South Building 25,000 Caswell Nominees Pty Ltd as Trustee for The Alpine Toboggan Park Unit Trust Funfields – Variable Frequency Drives to Water Pump Motors 15,560 Results Fitness Consulting Pty Ltd Variable Speed Drive Upgrades to Sea Baths Pool and Spa Pumps 10,872 CMTP Pty Ltd CMTP Pty Ltd – Installation of Variable Speed Drives on Dust Extraction Systems 18,737 Wingara Wine Group Pty Ltd Agitator Replacement Project 25,000 Tian Ai International (Proud Chic) Proud Chic – Efficiency Initiative 25,000 Sims Markette Pty Ltd ATF The Sims Western Trust Refrigeration Energy Efficiency Project 13,622 Stefano’s Mildura Brewery Pty Ltd Stefano’s Mildura Brewery - Energy Efficiency Improvements to Steam and Refrigeration Systems 25,000 JC Quality Foods JC Quality Foods – Efficiency Initiative 25,000 NDY Management Pty Ltd NDY Group 115 Batman Street Energy Efficiency Tuning 15,744 Tahbilk Pty Ltd Tahbilk Pty Ltd - Tahbilk Refrigeration Plant Improvement 7,750 Hilustre Coatings Pty Ltd Hilustre Coatings Pty Ltd - Powder Coating Modification Project 22,753