Community & Environment

EBOS continues its 17-year partnership with not-for-profit environmental organisation, Greenfleet. Since 2007, we have offset a  significant part of our outbound transport emissions by donating over $2 million to Greenfleet’s important work revegetating land with native trees and restoring biodiverse habitats.

In FY24 we increased our offsets with Greenfleet by 10% on FY23 and we intend to increase our offsets by 10% again in FY25.

The climate action that EBOS has helped Greenfleet to deliver means we are also supporting the conservation of biodiversity and  restoring habitat for our native wildlife. In 2022, Greenfleet restored 362 hectares of protected koala habitat, which equates to planting nearly a hectare each day, and triples the 2021 koala conservation impact.

In FY24, EBOS offset 18,261 tonnes CO2e with Greenfleet. 

EBOS supports the global consensus that governments, corporates, and civil society must work together to limit global warming within
1.5 degrees Celsius of pre-industrial levels. Our business and stakeholders will benefit from effective strategies to transition to a low carbon economy.

New in FY24

Successful implementation of a new cloud-based system for recording Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions, including Scopes 1, 2 and 3.
• The 500kW roof-mounted array at Parkes was completed and commissioned.
• We continued to develop our Carbon Reduction Plan.
• Pursuant to the New Zealand Financial Reporting Act 2013, we continued to prepare our first Climate Statement, which will be released in October 2024.

EBOS Climate Impacts, Risks and Opportunities

EBOS has established metrics and targets to steer progress in limiting global warming, guided by the Climate Active Standard. We are currently focussed on reducing building-related Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions that we control by improving energy efficiency and switching to renewable energy sources. We are also assessing our Scope 3 GHG emission boundaries more comprehensively to refocus our targets on where we can make the most impact.

Carbon Reduction Targets

FY23 - Zero reported Scope 1 GHG emissions after offsets*

FY27 - Zero reported Scopes 1 and 2** GHG emissions after offsets*

*Means that EBOS invested in offsets equivalent to its gross Scope 1 emissions. The offsets acquired and retired were Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs). Further details regarding our Scope 1 boundaries and exclusions and limitations and our approach to reporting targets will be included in our 2024 Climate Statement that will be released in October 2024.

**Using market-based Scope 2 reporting.

In FY24, we reached an important milestone in our solar array project with the electrification of the new 500kW roof-mounted solar   array at Parkes, NSW. Our focus has now turned to the installation of a 5MW ground-mounted solar array in Parkes. We continue to work with regulators on the necessary approvals for subsequent works with the aim to generate electricity equivalent to our forecast Australian electricity needs during FY27.

Since 2018, Black Hawk has partnered with New South Wales youth support program BackTrack to help vulnerable young people receive the holistic, flexible, and long-term support they need to get their lives back on track.

BackTrack was founded by Bernie Shakeshaft in 2006 with the objective to “keep kids alive, out of jail and chase their hopes and dreams” through a combination of education, life skills, employment, accommodation and wraparound youth work.

A key program is Paws Up  which teaches participants (aged 12-18) valuable skills such as responsibility, by caring and training a team of 30 dogs for jumping competitions, handling demonstrations, visits to nursing homes and school visits around the area.

Older participants gain additional trades skills by building new yards for dogs at the BackTrack shed and residential property. Black Hawk supports BackTrack and the Paws Up program by ensuring the dogs have the best nutrition and veterinarian care and by providing young people with clothes and uniforms, helping youth chase their dreams with the support of some incredible canines. 

For nearly two decades, TWC has been a charity partner of Ovarian Cancer Australia (OCA), raising over $2 million for critical research  and to support women living with the disease.

Some examples of TWC’s fundraising efforts this year included more than $20,000 raised in a special fundraising gala event at their  annual Masterclass event and $100,000 in February as part of Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month.

Ovarian Cancer is an insidious disease with the five-year survival rate sitting at 48 per cent; each day five Australian women are  diagnosed with ovarian cancer and three will die from the disease.

In FY23, TWC and 16 industry partners donated part proceeds from product sales to OCA, raising a total of $322,000.

MALPA is a charity organisation that seeks to address the inequality in health outcomes between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians and empower First Nations communities to take charge of their health and wellbeing.

One of the organisation’s primary initiatives is the Young Doctors program, which employs respected community members to teach traditional and contemporary methods of creating healthy communities to younger generations.

Over 15 weeks, grade four Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal school students participate in the program, which equips them with knowledge about a wide range of health topics, including nutrition, hygiene, health literacy, environmental health, well-being and identity. Importantly, the Young Doctors program is designed to empower young people to become health leaders among their peers and in their local communities.

The idea of children being ‘doctors’ is deeply embedded in Indigenous culture and life and this program brings an innovative, community centric approach to closing the gap in health and contributes toward reconciliation.

Since 2014, EBOS has been supporting the MALPA Young Doctors program by providing health packs, which are presented to students during the project graduation ceremonies. The packs include a range of essential healthcare items and empower these Young Doctors to take their learnings forward for the benefit of their local communities.

Land Search & Rescue New Zealand (LandSAR) is a national volunteer organisation with a team of over 3,500 trained volunteers who provide 24/7 search and rescue assistance to missing and injured people across New Zealand.

A special unit of the LandSAR team are the LandSAR Search Dogs which use their highly-attuned scent and tracking skills to assist and locate people in rescue missions.

Black Hawk is proud to continue its partnership with LandSAR by feeding its team of 45 highly-trained search and rescue dogs.

Annually, Black Hawk donates 4,800kg of Black Hawk dog food as well as Aristopet worming tablets to ensure the dogs are provided with the  highest quality nutrition and pet care to perform optimally during the physically demanding rescue situations.