Some important initiatives are underway
at Express Glass.

At Express we're always looking at the way we do things. We're constantly improving our systems for booking and tracking jobs so that you have the knowledge you need about work in progress.

We look at the most efficient means of scheduling jobs to ensure the fastest response times for emergency repairs, so that your sites are made secure.

And we keep an eye on cost, to make sure we offer the most competitive rates available.

Perhaps you knew all that. But what you may not know is that we are also spending time looking at the way our business affects the environment.

Some of our initiatives are shown below:

Planting trees - Greenfleet.

We have signed up with Greenfleet, a non-profit organisation which focuses on improving long-term environmental conditions through its 'emissions offset' tree planting program. Our contribution will add to the two million trees planted since 1997 on behalf of Australian motorists and fleets, and will offset the CO2 emissions of our entire fleet. The program involves planting native trees using seed gathered locally to preserve genetic integrity. Furthermore, the planting reclaims degraded and cleared land, repairing the habitat for native wildlife.
 

Sourcing lower CO2 emissions glass.

Our major glass supplier is Pilkington, an Australian company that has spent $130m upgrading their plant in Dandenong to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The upgrade incorporates a state-ofthe-art five beam chemical vapour deposition (CVD) coater that will allow for production of new, environmentally efficient glass products, including energy saving glass for buildings, self-cleaning glass and glass that will be used in solar energy production.
 

'No Energy' glass transportation.

We recently introduced the 'Nomad' system, an efficient way of transporting large (and heavy) panes of glass. This is a unique invention that uses manual energy (ie, people power) to handle glass in the factory and on site. By using this system, we replace the need for powered forklifts, mini-cranes and other powered support vehicles that were previously used for glass handling.
 

LPG fleet conversion.

We are currently rolling out fleet vehicles which have been converted to LPG gas.
 

Recycling glass; Green powered office.

Further initiatives are underway for the recycling of glass and to source power for our facilities from renewable energy suppliers.