Corporate Projects
Grow West have been fortunate to be working in partnership with Landcare Australia Limited to obtain corporate support and project sponsorship. Grow West corporate partners assist in landscape change through revegetation projects, staff planting days at the same time achieving corporate business and environmental outcomes within their organisations.
Aviva
Aviva joined Grow West to help facilitate important planting works to be undertaken within the Lake Dewar planting site.
Aviva undertook a group planting day on Sunday, 14 September and it was attended by 77 Aviva staff and family members. 3,000 plants were planted across three hectares of steep terrain which reached the target despite challenging weather conditions.
The day illustrated the importance of partnerships in achiveing environmental improvements, with the day organised by Grow West, planting coordinated by Greening Australia and catering provided by the Bacchus Marsh Lions Club.
Congratulations to Aviva for its achievements.
Medibank Private
Medibank Private has become one of the first corporate sponsors to commit to 'Grow West Project', a project supported by Landcare Australia.
To date, Medibank Private over the past 2 years have planted over 6,500 indigenous trees and shrubs and have had 4 staff/family planting days. Their aim as good corporate citizens, is to offset their paper consumption by planting trees. Medibank Private use 19,000 reams of paper per year which equates to 1150 trees.
eTree
eTree is a Computershare initiative with Landcare Australia. It is Australia's first environmental incentive scheme to encourage shareholders to register for electronic communications in return for increased reforestation activities around Australia and New Zealand.
Every time a shareholder registers to receive their shareholder communications electronically at www.eTree.com.au, a donation of up to $2 is made to Landcare Australia. This goes towards specified reforestation projects in the state or territory in which the shareholder lives.
Grow West has been chosen as a major eTree project in Victoria. The sponsorship dollars that have been received from eTree have enabled 65ha of revegetation works to be carried out within the project area as well as tree planting on the Western hwy escarpment.
Norman Wettenhall Foundation
An environmental organisation, The Norman Wettenhall Foundation's objective is to support projects that enhance or maintain the vitality and diversity of the Australian natural living environment. There is a particular emphasis on advancing the interests of native birds and the habitats upon which they depend. Norman Wettenhall had a lifelong interest in birdwatching and in the Australian landscape.
Norman Wettenhall Foundation has sponsored the Grow West 2006 Myrniong Parks Link Project in partnership with eTree.
ABN/AMRO
Landcare Australia Limited sourced funds through the ABN AMRO and AGL Workplace Giving Programs for the Grow West Project. These funds were used to purchase tree planting tools that assist in numerous tree planting days with the community.
