National environment award returns to Western Australia
CSBP Limited has retained a prestigious national environmental award, thanks to the company’s ongoing commitment to research and advice on the efficient use of fertilizers.
This is the second year running that CSBP Limited has been given the Fertilizer Industry ‘Platypus’ Environmental Award.
The leading company manufactures, imports and distributes fertilizers on the west coast.
CSBP Limited was recognised for its ongoing research into best practice fertilizer use. It was also praised for communicating best practice management strategies to farmers, particularly regarding product type and quantity, and the methods and timing of application.
By using best practice management strategies, farmers can reduce losses of nutrients off-site through leaching and run-off. This means that nutrients stay on the farm where they are needed.
The 2004 Platypus Award was presented to CSBP Limited in Canberra recently by Mike Lee, General Manager of the Natural Resource Management Team, a joint initiative of the Australian Government’s Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry Department and Environment and Heritage Department.
Mr Lee congratulated CSBP Limited for actively communicating the benefits of improved nutrient management to farmers in terms of potential increases in profits per hectare, describing the company’s work as “eco-efficiency in action”.
Andrew Macrae, CSBP Limited’s Manager – Procurement, accepted the Platypus Award on behalf of the company.
Nick Drew, Executive Manager for Fertilizer Industry Federation of Australia (FIFA), congratulated CSBP Fertilisers on the award win.
Mr Drew said the fertilizer industry as a whole could be proud of its proactive, positive approach to environmental excellence and eco-efficiency.
“The awards celebrate the efforts of companies like CSBP, which spend a great deal of resources on improving environmental outcomes,” he said.
The Platypus Award is one of four environmental awards presented annually by FIFA to acknowledge and promote eco-efficiency excellence within the fertilizer industry. The awards were established as part of an Eco-efficiency Agreement with the Australian Government Department of the Environment and Heritage.
The 2004 awards were presented this month as part of the FIFA annual general meeting in Canberra.
Fertspread took home the Fertilizer Industry Kookaburra Environmental Award for 2004 for its enthusiastic adoption and promotion of the fertilizer industry’s Fertcare and Accu-Spread programs.
Fertspread is one of the first companies in Australia to achieve Fertcare accreditation and has been heavily involved in its promotion within the industry.
The 2004 Fertilizer Industry Eucalyptus Environmental Award went to Impact Fertilisers.
Impact Fertilisers won the award for establishing a storm-water retention and recycling system at its single superphosphate manufacturing plant in Hobart. Impact Fertilisers has also achieved Fertcare accreditation.
The 2004 Fertilizer Industry Snapper Environmental Award went to Garry Kuhn from Incitec Pivot Limited.
The Snapper Award is an individual honour, awarded to Mr Kuhn for his unwavering commitment to best practice fertilizer use. My Kuhn has made considerable contributions to fertilizer industry eco-efficiency strategies, such as the Eco-efficiency Agreement with the Australian Government and the National Cadmium Management Strategy. He has also provided significant support to the implementation and reporting of the Great Barrier Reef Water Quality Protection Plan.
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CSBP Limited was awarded the 2004 Fertilizer Industry Platypus Environmental Award. Mike Lee, General Manager of the Australian Government’s Natural Resource Management Team presented the Platypus Award to Andrew Macrae, CSBP Limited’s Manager – Procurement.
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Darryl Dent
CSBP General Manager
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