Pilkington sustainability covenant
This Sustainability Covenant is a voluntary, four-year statutory agreement under section 49AA of the Environment Protection Act 1970 between Pilkington (Australia), EPA Victoria, the Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) and Sustainability Victoria.
- Download the Pilkington Sustainability Covenant (Adobe PDF file, 384KB)
- Download the Pilkington Sustainability Covenant summary (Adobe PDF file, 215KB)
Pilkington is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of glass and glazing products for the building and automotive markets. Pilkington established its first Australian office in Melbourne in 1879, an unbroken 127-year relationship. Today the company has global revenue of €4 billion with manufacturing sites in 24 countries on five continents and sales in 130 countries.
In Australia, Pilkington 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.
Pilkington is committed to sustainable business growth as its central operating principle. For Pilkington, 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 Pilkington 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 Pilkington websites.
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
Pilkington
Malcolm Deery
95 Greens Road
Dandenong Victoria 3175
Telephone: (03) 9212 2275
Website: www.pilkington.com.au
Ai Group - www.aigroup.asn.au
Sustainability Victoria - www.sustainability.vic.gov.au