Viridian sustainability covenant

This Sustainability Covenant is a voluntary, four-year statutory agreement under section 49AA of the Environment Protection Act 1970 between Viridian (formerly Pilkington Australia), EPA Victoria, the Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) and Sustainability Victoria.

• Download the Viridian Sustainability Covenant (Adobe PDF file, 220KB)

Viridian was formed in 2008 from the acquisition of Pilkington Australia and New Zealand plus DMS Glass. Pilkington established its first Australian office in Melbourne in 1879, an unbroken 129-year relationship. Viridian is part of CSR Building Products Limited, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of CSR Limited (‘CSR’). CSR is an Australian based company, publicly listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. CSR has in excess of 8000 employees and market capitalisation of more than $3 billion.

Viridian’s Vision
‘ We aim to be a dynamic, market driven, global provider of glass products, judged best in class by our customers, our people and our shareholders.’

In Australia, Viridian employs 1,480 people nearly half of whom are employed in Victoria. Victorian operations include Australia’s largest float glass manufacturing plant and mirror, laminating and toughening lines at Dandenong. Six further processing operations are located in Victoria.

Viridian is committed to sustainable business growth as its central operating principle. For Viridian, this means producing products that have high societal and environmental values and deliver business growth and long-term profitability.

This Covenant is an agreement between the four parties to work together to:

• support Viridian to increase the resource efficiency of its products and services in a way that provides business growth; and
• inspire Victorian businesses to achieve sustainable growth by demonstrating the impressive economic, environmental and social benefits of this approach.

More information

Annual public reports of the covenant progress will be published on the EPA and Viridian websites.

First year report – Viridian Sustainability Covenant (Adobe PDF file, 192 KB)

The Authority authorises the copying of all or any part of the Covenant by any person who wishes to do so and also authorises the use by such a person of any copies made by the person.

Read an article published in The Age newspaper, Monday 19 February 2007 (Adobe PDF file, 72KB)

For further information contact:

EPA Victoria
40 City Road
Southbank Victoria 3006
Telephone: (03) 9695 2722
Send an email

Viridian
Gerard Heijden
95 Greens Road
Dandenong Victoria 3175
Telephone: (03) 9212 2275
Website: www.viridianglass.com