Hume Building Society launches carbon offset program

Hume Building Society Staff and family members following a great mornings planting

The Hume Building Society staff and their families planted 700 plants on Gateway Island to offset the carbon emissions of their vehicle fleet on Sunday 14 August 2005, to launch this new program.  Hume became the inaugural member when they chose to take up the Woodland option of this new program being offered by parklands Albury Wodonga.  Hume undertook a balanced revegetation project, where in addition to the 17 trees required to take up the emissions, a further 85 under storey plants per vehicle were be planted.

Locally, parklands is offering businesses and organisations the opportunity to offset their car emissions through helping to revegetate the regional parklands through the Forest and Woodland packages.

The Forest package covers the basic requirements to satisfy the carbon offsets required per vehicle per year.  As such the planting will be in a forest-type project where one year membership per vehicle @ $37.50 (+ GST) will see 17 trees planted.  If the business or organisation assists with the planting, membership is $30 (+ GST) per vehicle.

"At Hume, we take pride in being part of the community and believe that participation in this program will further enhance our natural environment as a community asset for everyone to enjoy”, said Hume CEO, Andrew Saxby.

One of the important aspects that attracted Hume with their involvement in the program is the ability of the regional parklands to create an amphitheatre effect for Albury Wodonga.  In effect, the regional parklands have become the “lungs” of the cities. As such, they are using the “lungs” to take up the carbon emissions.

parklands are excited to have Hume as a partner in establishing the most magnificent lifestyle in the region through the development of the regional parklands. 

If your business or organisation is interested in becoming part of this growing program, please contact parklands on (02) 60236714.

(Information sourced from the Australian Greenhouse Office)