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Key ACHIEVEMENTS

Key Achievements for 2009

Governance

  • Strengthened our commitment to CR&S by instituting Board oversight with the Board Risk Committee overseeing all aspects of CR&S (effective August 2009)
  • Developed an internal audit function accountable to the Board Risk Committee
  • Implemented a Continuous Disclosure Committee comprising executive managers

CORPORATE REPORTING

  • Maintained our commitment to voluntary reporting and performance benchmarking:
    • responding to the Carbon Disclosure Project for the fourth year
    • maintaining our listing in the FTSE4Good Index
    • submitting our first application to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (inclusion in the DJSI World Index achieved in September 2009)
  • Recognised at the World Economic Forum in Davos as one of the Global 100 most sustainable companies

Environment

  • Completed NABERS Energy and Water ratings for the office portfolio
  • Achieved significant efficiency gains in our office and retail sectors
  • OfficeRetail
    Energy6%21%
    Water13%31%
    GHG5%23%
  • Established a comprehensive resource consumption database for all properties
  • Continued our sustainable developments at 1 Bligh Street, Sydney and 123 Albert Street, Brisbane

Social

OUR PEOPLE

  • Benchmarked our Employee Opinion Survey results against Australian and global benchmark standards
  • Completed 360 Degree Reviews for all managers
  • Developed a DEXUS leadership program for managers in conjunction with the Australian School of Business (AGSM)

OUR COMMUNITY

  • Launched a new employee volunteering program, so that each employee can take one day’s additional leave to participate in volunteering activity aligned with DEXUS’s business strategy and values
  • Increased the measurability of our community engagement programs by rolling out new reporting methods to more effectively track all financial and in-kind donations
  • Exceeded our 2007/08 contributions to registered charities and not for profit community groups by 61% to $540,000 (financial and in-kind contributions)