2005 Premier’s Business Sustainability Awards
 | “Organisations that improve their environmental performance almost invariably improve their social and economic outcomes too.” – Premier Steve Bracks Entries now closed. |
Past Winners | 2005 Winners | 2005 Finalists | 2005 Commemorative booklet | Background to the award | Awards partners | What is sustainability? | More information | Awards timing
Now in their fourth year, the Premier’s Business Sustainability Awards are the search for companies that are working to reduce their impact on the environment.
It’s about recognising innovation. Rewarding leadership. And demonstrating that the principles of sustainability can help drive productivity.
2005 Winners
Print Bound, Cheetham Salt and Western Water have won the 2005 Premier’s Business Sustainability Awards for integrating sustainability principles into all aspects of their businesses.
The Awards were announced by Victorian Premier Steve Bracks on 10 November 2005 in Melbourne.
Winner - Small Business category
Print Bound won the 2005 Award in the small business category, for its leading work in the print industry to minimise environmental impacts.
It has reduced its energy consumption by 40 per cent, reduced use of air polluting chemicals, and replaced 80 per cent of its ink tins with recyclable cartons.
Print Bound has also invested significant time into educating its clients and staff about environmentally sustainable practices.
Winner – Large Business category
Cheetham Salt won the Premier’s Business Sustainability Award for the large business category for its industry breakthrough in recycling ‘hide salt’.
Cheetham Salt is Australia’s largest producer and refiner of salt, and provides salt for curing animal hides.
Working with the CSIRO and industry experts, it has developed a system to purify used ‘hide salt’, and enable its reuse.
3000 tonnes of the used salt that previously went to landfill is now being recycled.
The solution has been a breakthrough for the sector, and is cutting costs and providing environmental benefits.
Winner – Public Sector category
Western Water won the Premier’s Business Sustainability Award for the public sector category.
Western Water provides water and sewerage to an area of around 3000 square kilometres.
In 2001, it set a target to recycle all water and treated sewage by December 2006 – a first for Victorian water businesses.
It has since lifted its recycling rate from 61 per cent in 2001/02 to 88 per cent in 2004/05 - an increase of 27 per cent. This improvement allowed 519 million litres of potable water to be saved in 2004/05, by substitution with recycled water.
2005 Finalists
The 2005 Premier’s Business Sustainability Awards finalists were:
| Large Business | Cheetham Salt* |
 | Investa Property Group |
| Princes Laundry Services Pty Ltd |
| Public Sector | The Northern Hospital |
| Western Water* |
| Small Business | Print bound Pty Ltd* |
| The Cape Otway Centre for Conservation Ecology |
| Third Ecology Architects |
*Category winner
2005 Awards commemorative booklet
A special commemorative booklet has been produced to highlight the 2005 Award winners and finalists, and celebrate their achievements.
Download your copy. <Link to pdf>
Background to the awards
The Premier’s Business Sustainability Award was instituted in 2002, to recognise and highlight those businesses leading the way in environmental sustainability.
The Awards attract entries from a wide range of sectors, including finance, education, manufacturing, property, retailing, energy and government.
They are awarded in three categories - small business, large business and public sector – acknowledging the different roles and resources of organisations.
Print Bound, Cheetham Salt and Western Water won the 2005 Premier’s Business Sustainability Awards. Find out more about past winners <link to past winners pages>.
Award partners
In 2005, the Premier’s Awards enjoyed a continuing partnership with the Banksia Environmental Foundation, which oversees the independent judging of the Awards.
The Awards program also welcomed two new partners - the Australian Industry Group and the Municipal Association of Victoria – who have supported the Victorian Government in recognising the sustainability achievements of organisations across the state.
What is sustainability?
For businesses, becoming more sustainable means finding news ways of operating – ways to achieve the same outcome with fewer natural resources and less impact on
Using less electricity, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and recycling materials formerly seen as ‘waste’ are all ways to become more sustainable, and make sure we don’t leave the cupboard bare for future generations.
More information
If you have questions about the Premier’s Business Sustainability Awards after please contact:
| post | Banksia Environmental Foundation 232 Albert Road, South Melbourne VIC 3205 |
| web | www.banksiafdn.com |
| info@banksiafdn.com | |
| phone | (03) 9684 4667 |
Awards timing
The Premier’s Business Sustainability Awards each year in October/November, and the call for entries begins in the middle of the year.
Sustainability Victoria will co-ordinate the Awards on behalf of the Premier from 2006. Visit Sustainability Victoria’s web site at www.sustainability.vic.gov.au