Connex’s environmental mandate to use energy and resources wisely was achieved

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• Business Environment
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• CASE STUDY (20 Marks)
• Connexs environmental mandate to use energy
  and resources wisely was achieved by implementing
  Prima Consultings Sustainability Management
  solution Sustainability SCO2recard. All
  relevant data is collected in a centralized
  database which enables Connex to automatically
  monitor and assess its carbon emissions. The cost
  of carbon has been minimized at four levels
  Reduced energy consumption bills. Reduced
  administration overheads. Compliance with NGER,
  EREP GRI legislation. A reduction in the
  number of carbon permits that need to be
  purchased. Utilizing carbon management software
  to automate reliable, accurate reporting and
  financial forecasting is essential to enable
  organizations to understand the impacts of
  possible what if scenarios.

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• It also provides an invaluable resource for
  the benchmarking of emission reduction
  initiatives over time, providing tangible results
  that demonstrate improvements made. Featured
  Organizations Connex is Australias largest
  commuter rail network which operates 331 train
  fleet, travelling across 15 train lines to
  provide 12,664 services to the people of
  Melbourne each week. Prima Consulting is a
  professional services company that specializes in
  Information Management. Prima Consulting provides
  services to major Australian organizations as
  well as key government departments. The Problem
  to be Addressed Connex has an environmental
  mandate to use energy and resources wisely and as
  such, required a framework to support an ongoing
  commercial strategy for the integration of Carbon
  Management.

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• Tracking consumption and emissions
  obligations under the current National Greenhouse
  Emission Reporting (NGER) was creating a mass of
  data entry, with up to 70 percent of Connexs
  sustainability departments time being spent on
  collating reports. Connexs obligations include
  adhering to the Australian Governments greenhouse
  gas reporting system (OSCAR) and meeting the
  Victorian Governments requirements for an
  Environment and Resource Efficiency Plan (EREP),
  whilst keeping the long term view of the Global
  Reporting Initiative (GRI) for Sustainability
  Reporting.
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• Answer the following question.
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• Q1. How Prima Consultings Sustainability
  Management solution helped Connex in
  sustainability? Explain
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• Q2. Discuss the role played by Connex in relation
  to NGER, OSCAR and GRI.

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