ESG Reporting

Contact community contributions

Contact Contributions and other spending

Membership of associations or advocacy organisations

Participates in projects or committees

Key metrics

Services to customers

Energy wellbeing

Greenhouse & Energy

• Operational greenhouse gas footprint (material sites and fuels)

Group Scope 1 emissions

_{Generation intensities consist of thermal/geothermal/total generation emissions (tCO2e) divided by the thermal/geothermal/total generation volume (MWh), including Te Rapa direct sales.
Some prior year intensity figures have been updated compared to what has been included in past integrated reports (which excluded Te Rapa direct sales). However, we think this now consistently and better reflects the emission intensity levels. Te Rapa was closed in June 2023 so will not be included in intensity calculations going forward.}

Group Scope 2 and 3 emissions

• All categories are measured in tCO2e

_{*Simply Energy Scope 2 emissions data now combined with Contact Energy.}

_{Note: The completion of a swaption deal with Genesis in late 2022 resulted in the large reduction of scope 3 emissions in the ‘Fuel and energy-related activities’ category for FY23. For more info on our emissions, see our Greenhouse Gas Inventory.}

Geothermal assets at 30 June 2023

¹Includes direct heat sold to Tenon and Nature's Flame
²Ineligible asset in relation to Contact's Green Borrowing Programme
³Calculated as Total Eligible Green Assets / Total Eligible Green Debt Instruments
Note: For more information on our Green Borrowing Programme, see https://contact.co.nz/aboutus/sustainability/financial-sustainability

Other emissions (metric tonnes)

_{Note: All figures are best estimates based on available information. NOx is calculated on TCC data only, SOx and Dust is all thermal stations except Te Rapa. Direct Mercury is based on 80% of Geothermal gas stacks in FY21 and FY22, otherwise 100%}

Energy consumption by primary fuel source 

_{*Re-calculated using conversion factor of 1 GJ = 0.277778 MWh
**Calculated using converstion factor of 1 MM Btu = 0.29307 MWh}

Revenue from non-renewable fuels

Waste

Total solid waste disposed (i.e. not recycled, reused or incinerated waste for energy recovery)

Hazardous waste

Hydro power density

_{* Hydropower Sustainability Standard requires a power density greater than 5W/m2.}

• Water reported in Megalitres (ML)

Non-consumptive water usage

Total water withdrawal**

Total water discharge**

Total water consumption

_{* Freshwater}

_{** Measures previously reported under 'discharge' and 'withdrawal' have been restated as 'consumption'. Figures include evaporation from cooling towers, soakage to land, steamfield traps and other minor miscellaneous consumption.}

Site rehabilitation and restoration

_{* Independent assurance has been undertaken for the Torepatutahi Wetland restoration work, and Te Kiri o Hine Ka protection work. Other restoration and protection work has not been assured.}

_{We work with a variety of stakeholders to help identify habitats to protect and restore and we engage an Ecologist to undertake an assessment to develop a restoration plan for the particular area, including the types of management techniques necessary to address risks to biodiversity at each habitat.}

Threatened species list

• IUCN Red list

• New Zealand Threat Classification System (NZTCS)

Mitigating actions 

Human activity is causing a decline of biodiversity in Aotearoa New Zealand, through climate change, introduced invasive species, land / sea use change, direct exploitation, and pollution. Contact takes a range of mitigating actions to reduce our impacts on biodiversity. Our efforts are informed by a mitigation hierarchy (Avoid, Minimise, Restore, Offset, Compensate). For example:

• We regenerate and restore local biodiversity in our areas of operation. Expert environmental effects assessments are undertaken for all new sites that inform the development of operational Biodiversity Management Plans to avoid, reduce, mitigate or restore any impacted biodiversity at all sites. The plans set out physical work priorities for steps like exclusion fencing, native tree planting, pest plant & animal control and establishing riparian margins. Contact and DOC have been working with landowners and volunteers at multiple sites in the lower Clutha Mata-au catchment over a number of years to enhance freshwater fish habitat. As well as benefiting native fish, the fencing and riparian planting provide a buffer to waterways from stock damage, run-off, bank erosion and sedimentation.

• We engage independent ecologists and consult with tangata whenua to advise on and deliver ecological restoration plans for critical biodiversity and unique ecosystems. This includes native tuna (eel) and kanakana (lamprey) on the Clutha Mata-Au and geothermal vegetation across the three geothermal fields we operate on. The plans identify critical biodiversity issues and provide a blueprint for prioritising and restoring the areas, normally over several years.

• We seek as a priority to avoid impacts on biodiversity where practicable, a consideration through the Resource Management Act process. For example, reconfiguration and refinement of the Southland Wind Farm footprint has been an iterative process undertaken by Contact in collaboration with expert ecologists to minimise the effects on habitat loss associated with vegetation removal. This exercise has been undertaken to avoid, where practicable, impacts on high and very high value habitats and associated species, including the use of pre-existing roads to the greatest extent possible. 

• Where we cannot fully avoid impacts on biodiversity, we reduce our impact on local flora and fauna, for example through our native fish trap and transfer programmes around our hydro power stations, and the monitoring and mitigation for losses of the rare geothermal vegetation around our geothermal operations. We will also continue to plant more than 20,000 indigenous plants annually to help retore and enhance biodiversity.

• We transform areas of exotic forest (once harvested) with indigenous species on land we own. We recently harvested 7 hectares of exotic forest and replanted the area in a mixture of indigenous species, planting over 15,000 plants. We also return and/or transform pasture into indigenous forest on our land where it is not sustainable for pastoral agriculture, to enhance biodiversity corridors throughout our areas of operation. For example, the Stratford Riparian Management Plan directed by the Taranaki Regional Council identifies areas that are not suitable for pastoral use and return these areas into indigenous vegetation.

Electricity output by primary energy source

Geothermal generation

Please refer to the Sustainable Finance webpage

Installed capacity of operated generation assets

• Installed capacity of operated generation assets
• Pool generation volume
• Equivalent availability factor

Hydro

Geothermal

Taranaki combined cycle (TCC)

Stratford Peakers

Whirinaki

Te Rapa (spot generation only)

_{Note: Te Rapa has ceased operation from June 2023}

Executive Ownership

_{Note: Above represents shares fully owned by the executive team (incl vested shares) as a % of base salary - calculated as: value of shares * number of shares / base. Shares awarded to CEO began vesting in FY23}

Hiring

_{Total number of new employee hire rates and the percentage of open positions filled by internal candidates.}

Training & development

Supplier screening

We do not monitor non-Tier-1 suppliers.

_{* Method of identifying 'Significant Suppliers' at time of submission was suppliers accounting for 80% of spend for each business unit using FY20 - FY22 spend + suppliers identified as high risk due to geographical location by PWC.}

_{Initially 92 suppliers were identified but 13 were not included as they were no longer used.}

Safety data at 30 June

Work-related injuries*

_{The main types of work-related injuries: Strains, sprains, laceration, crush and puncture wound}

_{Work-related hazards that pose a risk of high-consequence injury: Energy sources, hazardous substances, working at height, working in confined spaces, lifting heavy loads, working with mobile plant, working around water, excavations, fitness for work, staying safe while driving, scope of work change.}

_{The main types of work-related injuries: Strains, sprains and lacerations}

_{Work-related hazards that pose a risk of high-consequence injury: Energy sources, harzardous substances, working at height, working in confined spaces, lifting heavy loads, working with mobile plant, working around water, excavations, fitness for work, staying safe while driving, scope of work change.}

_{The main types of work-related injuries: Open wound not involving traumatic amputation (i.e. cut finger)}

_{Work-related hazards that pose a risk of high-consequence injury: Energy sources, hazardous substances, working at height, working in confined spaces, lifting heavy loads, working with mobile plant, working around water, excavations, fitness for work, staying safe while driving, scope of work change.}

_{The main types of work-related injuries: Foreign body in eye, Strains and sprains.}

_{Work-related hazards that pose a risk of high-consequence injury: Energy sources, hazardous substances, working at height, working in confined spaces, lifting heavy loads, working with mobile plant, working around water, excavations, fitness for work, staying safe while driving, scope of work change.}

_{* Monitored contractors excluded from above}

_{** Rate is calculated on worked hours normalised to 1,000,000 hours.}

Work-related ill-health*

_{Work-related hazards that pose a risk of ill health: Energy sources, harzardous substances, working at height, working in confined spaces, lifting heavy loads, working with mobile plant, working around water, excavations, fitness for work, staying safe while driving, scope of work change.}

_{* Monitored contractors excluded from above}

Other safety data

_{Tier 1 - a significant loss of containment of hazardous material or energy
Tier 2 - a lesser loss of primary containment or a significant degradation of barriers
Tier 3 - learning event where issues have been identified in our process safety barriers or controls}

Reportable privacy incidents

_{We started recording the number of privacy breaches from 1 December 2020. Most of the privacy breaches were considered minor in nature (for example, affected one or two customers causing little or no harm). In FY23, we introduced better recording for the source of complaints (i.e from customers (outside parties) vs staff).}

Reportable business ethics breaches

Additional public disclosures (ESG)
Risk reporting
Climate related risk guidance