Highlights

Origin's major achievements over the past five years

• An ability to measure our greenhouse gas emissions both within our business and customer supply chain.
• Significant investment in gas-fired generation which allows us to generate electricity at about half the greenhouse gas intensity of the National Electricity Market.
• An increased commitment to renewable geothermal energy through an investment in and joint venture with Geodynamics Limited.
• A successful pilot development and progress towards commercialisation of our SLIVER® solar cell technology.
• Advocating a carbon pricing regime to lower greenhouse gas emissions as a member of the Australian Business Roundtable on Climate Change.
• A customer base with the highest penetration of GreenPower at over 50 per cent greater than the national average.
• The ranking of our GreenEarth 100 per cent solar, 100 per cent wind and 100 per cent wind offset products by Green Electricity Watch as the three best products on the market for 2007, the group’s fourth consecutive report in which a selection of our products have been recognised as market leading.
• Increased assistance to customers experiencing financial difficulty through industry leading policies and services such as our Power On program.
• Improvement in our health and safety performance since 2003 from a Total Recordable Incident Frequency Rate of 25.9 to 16.3 in 2007.
• The delivery of quality local programs in consultation with the communities in which we operate, in turn strengthening our relationship with these communities.
• Compound Total Shareholder Return of 32.4 per cent per annum from listing in February 2000 to 30 June 2007.
• External recognition of our commitment, progress and leadership in sustainability through various awards and acknowledgements from leading rating agencies including Ethical Investor Magazine’s ‘Sustainable Company of the Year’ for 2007.