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CAPRICORN MEMBERS BENDIX LOOKS TO REDUCE EMISSIONS NOW GET MORE The company has commenced a series of VALUE FROM THEIR environmental initiatives GROCERIES In this column, Capricorn Society’s Group CEO, David Fraser, discusses the latest way members can get more value At Capricorn, we are always looking at ways to help our Members get more value from their business purchases. With Woolworths at Work joining our extensive network of Preferred Suppliers, I am pleased to announce that this now includes their grocery purchases too. The new partnership with Woolworths at Work is evidence that more and more big-name brands are recognising the win-win benefits that come with servicing the auto repair community as a Capricorn Preferred Supplier. For our Members, it is an easier, smarter and healthier way to get their workshop’s groceries and essential items. By purchasing on their Capricorn Trade Accounts, our Members benefit from participation in one of Australasia’s most generous rewards programs. All Woolworth’s at Work purchases earn Members one Capricorn Rewards point for every dollar spent. When you consider how much is spent on groceries over a year, the number of rewards points that can be accumulated through this service will be significant. Additional advantages for Capricorn Members include free next day delivery for any Woolworths at Work orders over $99.00 (in non-remote areas) and access to a personalised website that is packed with time saving features to make grocery and essentials shopping easier than ever. Woolworths at Work also offers Capricorn Members a “Click and Collect” option. Purchasing through Woolworths at Work is another way Members can consolidate more of their business expenses on one monthly invoice. With only one bill to pay, doing the accounts is a much simpler process to manage.
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Leading Australian brake manufacturer Bendix has commenced a series of initiatives with a strong environmental approach to the business to reduce emissions. In a major move the company has signed up with Greenfleet, a leading not-for-profit environmental organisation, to offset 170 company and employee vehicles on a mission to protect the climate by restoring our Australian and New Zealand forests. Greenfleet is said to be Australia’s first carbon offset provider and since 1997 the organisation has planted 9.6 million trees, creating more than 500 biodiverse forests in Australia and New Zealand which are protected for 100 years and have offset more than 3.5 million tonnes of CO2-e. Greenfleet is currently working with more than 400 organisations, many of which have been offsetting carbon emissions for over 10 years. Using the Full Carbon Accounting Model (FullCAM), developed by CSIRO and approved by the then Australian Department of the Environment, the organisation ensures the carbon uptake of each forest at each planting site. Greeenfleet forests are legally protected on-title for up to 100 years from land clearing, harvesting and construction, even if the land is sold. In cases of natural disaster such as fire, floods and drought, or damage from browsing animals or pests, the trees are replaced or planted in other areas. To provide the right foundation for a complex forest to ultimately emerge in each bioregion, the plantings include a range of trees including locally adaptive species in any planting to ensure resilient forests will thrive and flourish. After any planting, regular checks are made especially during the establishment phase to check on the health and growth rate of the trees. “We’re thrilled to have FMP join our network of committed supporters,” Greenfleet Chief Executive Officer, Wayne Wescott, said. “By partnering with Greenfleet, FMP is taking practical climate action with lasting environmental benefits. The native forests we’re planting to offset FMP’s vehicle emissions will be legally protected for up to 100 years.” “FMP are offsetting hundreds of tonnes of CO2 emissions, but they’re also enabling ecosystem restoration right here in Australia. This means conserving biodiversity and creating habitat for our critically endangered native wildlife.” The move by Bendix involves its many employees, thus ensuring the greatest impact on carbon emission reduction is achieved and is just one of many initiatives being introduced by the company to protect the environment.
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“As an environmentally conscious company, the FMP Group is initiating a series of projects to reduce carbon emissions and the Greenfleet approach has allowed us to not only counter our fleet vehicle emissions but to also include the many vehicles owned by our employees,” FMP Group (Australia) Pty Ltd General Manager, George Kyriakopoulos, said.
Yours cooperatively, David Fraser Group CEO, Capricorn Society Ltd
“The company is dedicated to creating a better environment for future generations and with Greenfleet we join with a number of other major corporate conscious national and international companies in this objective.”
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Australian Automotive Aftermarket Magazine March 2021
