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Sustainability Report 2005-2006

Department of the Environment and Water Resources, 2007

Economic Performance at a glance

Economic Performance at a glance
Economic template type	Summary title	GRI	Goals met? 2005-06	Goals 2006-07
Revenues	Net sales (revenues)	EC1	None set	None set
	Geographic breakdown of markets	EC2	None set	None set
	Total sum of taxes of all types paid, broken down by country	EC8	None set	None set
Expenditures	Gross expenditures by payment	PA8	None set	None set
	Gross expenditures by classification	PA9	None set	None set
	Capital expenditures by classification	PA10	None set	None set
	Sustainability criteria for expenditures and financial commitments	PA12	Assess the extent of environmental purchasing activity under Outcomes 1 and 2 and identify opportunities to improve purchasing performance Complete a cost-benefit analysis of opportunities to purchase greenhouse offsets for Outcomes 1 and 2 (from direct and indirect sources)	Assess the extent of environmental purchasing activity and identify opportunities to improve purchasing performance
Procurement	Procurement policy	PA11	None set	Review and enhance procurement guidelines and instructions (including the Chief Executive Instructions and DEH Procurement Guidelines) to identify any areas for improvement by end of 2006-07
	Public policy and procurement practices links	PA13	Complete top 100 suppliers environmental performance survey Continue to better the Australian Government’s goal of agencies allocating a minimum of 10% of their Sydney-Canberra air travel to smaller airlines Continue to better the Australian Government’s goal of agencies allocating a minimum of 10% of their domestic air travel to smaller airlines	Continue to better the Australian Government’s goal of agencies allocating a minimum of 10% of their domestic air travel to smaller airlines
	Percentage of goods purchased covered by environmental or social labels or certifications	PA14	None set	Continue to track the value of goods and services procured from suppliers responding to the supply chain environmental performance survey
Suppliers	Cost of all goods, materials and services purchased	EC3	None set	None set
	Percentage of contracts that were paid in accordance with agreed terms, excluding agreed penalty arrangements	EC4	Increase the portion of invoices paid within 30 days to more than 92%	None set
	Supplier breakdown by organisation and country	EC11	None set	None set
	Total payroll benefits (including wages, pensions, other benefits and redundancy payments)	EC5	None set	None set
Indirect Economic Impacts	The organisation’s indirect economic impacts	EC13	Complete regional economic contribution assessments for at least two more Outcome 1 and Outcome 2 sites by end June 2006	None set
Donations	Donations to the community, civil society, and other groups, broken down in terms of cash and in-kind donations per type of group	EC10	None set	None set

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