Community Performance: 2006/2007 Performance  
 
Highlights 2006/2007
Performance 2006/2007
Actions 2007/2008
Case Study: BENCHMARKING AGL'S COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTIONS
Case Study: Employee Volunteering - Energy advice for Mission Australia

Action 2006/2007

Comment

Achieved

Provide tailored energy audits for 10 per cent of participants in the Warmth in Winter program and help implement the recommendations to improve energy efficiency. AGL was able to fund energy audits for 12 of the 210 participants of the Warmth in Winter program. This year we hope to increase that number. In progress
Raise the volunteering participation rate among our employees to 30 per cent by encouraging them to use their professional skills and expertise to help community groups and causes Against a backdrop of intense organisational restructuring and significant redundancies, 500 employees (around 30 per cent) of employees volunteered, many of them using their professional skills. Yes
Promote the Employee Giving program to further help employees understand the benefits of donating through matched giving Our sustained promotion of the Employee Giving program to all employees helped us to achieve the important milestone of $1 million to Employee Giving charity partners. Yes
Continue to work with the community on our major development projects Our community consultation process is central to the way we manage our operations. Yes
Continue to assist homeless crisis and emergency accommodation services to provide warm winter nights This year’s Warmth in Winter program has helped to fund the winter energy bill of nearly 300 emergency accommodation services. Yes