This guide assists printers to understand the Finsbury Green Star Rating (FGSR) questionnaire by:

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1 A GUIDE TO THE FINSBURY GREEN STAR RATING This guide assists priters to uderstad the Fisbury Gree Star Ratig (FGSR) questioaire by: clarifyig the meaig of questios outliig scorig criteria i greater detail highlightig evirometal improvemets that will icrease ratigs Importat Kowledge Read the questioaire first before attemptig to complete it as there is a requiremet to provide data ad upload PDF documets. This meas collatig iformatio before returig to the FGSR which will the take about 10 miutes to complete. The istructio Upload documetary evidece to validate these claims throughout the FGSR, refers to whether a particular activity ad the subsequet claim by you ca be exterally verified. Priters ca claim they udertake a certai activity; however, uless it is exterally verified it will score less poits. Evidece ca be i the form of: statemets from suppliers cosultats reports ivoices audits by a appropriately qualified idepedet professioal ay other supportig documetatio that you believe will validate the claim You must upload your evidece i PDF format. There is a 10Mb limit for all uploaded documets i total ad the FGSR oly allows for oe PDF per respose. Please combie multiple pages of evidece for a specific questio ito oe PDF. The FGSR assumes that if a check box is uchecked or data is ot uploaded, the respose is NO. Note: You ca roll the poiter over a questio to get clarificatio. This feature ca also be quite helpful i uderstadig how to aswer a questio. Eviromet ISO Quality ISO 9001

2 Scorig system As a geeral rule more poits are allocated if suitable evidece has bee uploaded ad verified. A miimum of 20% is required to qualify for a Fisbury Gree Star Ratig with the differet levels as follows: >20% = H >25% = H H >30% = H H >40% = H H H >50% = H H H >60% = H H H H >70% = H H H H >80% = H H H H H >90% = H H H H H The FGSR comprises three sectios Certificatios ad public disclosure [40 poits maximum] Materials, waste ad water [20 poits maximum] Carbo ad eergy [40 poits maximum] Certificatios ad public disclosure Geerally this sectio is straightforward. You either have these certificatios ad documets or ot. Not all compaies ca afford these certificatios; however, the FGSR has bee weighted to help smaller firms that have udertake the Sustaiable Gree Prit program. Be sure to list the Auditig compay ame ad Certificatio umber so that these ca be idepedetly verified. 2

3 Materials, waste ad water This sectio eables all priters to gai good poits provided they ca validate their claims give that most priters are udertakig these iitiatives already. How may kilolitres of water do you use per aum? is sourced from your water bills. How may toes of waste did you sed to ladfill i the last year? is sourced from your waste disposal bills, but make sure you oly list what actually goes to ladfill. This iformatio is used i part to calculate the idicative CO2 figure i the fial report. Make sure that you Upload documetary evidece to validate these claims for maximum poits. What other activities do you udertake to reduce waste? geerates o poits; however, this iformatio may be useful to prit buyers i gaiig a uderstadig of some of the other iitiatives you udertake. 3

4 Carbo ad eergy This sectio relates to carbo ad eergy usage ad is used i calculatig the idicative CO2 figure i the fial report. By choosig a state, we are able to apply the correct CO2 calculatios to your carbo footprit, give that each state of Australia has a slightly differet carbo footprit depedig o how they geerate their eergy. Scope 1 for most priters relates to fuels used for compay owed vehicles, like cars, vas ad trucks. Use the Carbo Reductio Istitute calculator to determie toes of CO2 for each vehicle ad the eter the total amout. Scope 2 is simply the amout of electricity used per aum sourced from your electricity bills ad expressed i kwh. Scope 3 is ot compulsory as these calculatios are doe by a exteral orgaisatio i the process of a Life Cycle Assessmet (LCA). Most priters will ot have udertake this report because it is costly ad quite ivolved. Nevertheless, there are a umber of priters i Australia who have completed a LCA. This questio is importat because it is take ito cosideratio whe aswerig the Do you offset emissios ad if so what is the stadard of those offsets? questio. What calculator method has bee used to validate Scope 3 emissios? will be kow to you if you have completed a LCA. A certificate of this method will be cotaied i the report so simply upload it. Do you offset emissios ad if so what is the stadard of those offsets? helps the FGSR determie whether the stadard of those carbo offsets is formally recogised by the Australia Govermet, ad whether your compay is operatioally or completely carbo eutral. It is a claim that some priters make i their marketig material; however, How may toes did you offset? alog with its evidece, absolutely removes ay doubt. Do you offer cliets the optio to offset emissios o a project you do t? meas that if you are ot operatioally carbo eutral you buy offsets o a job-by-job basis. This service offerig is usually easy to check as it is ormally promoted o your website. 4

5 A Emissios Reductio Pla is a iteral policy documet that states what you have already doe ad what you ited to do i the future, to reduce CO2 emissios. Reducig eergy ad waste to ladfill are the two mai areas for priters. Udertakig a eergy audit by a exteral orgaisatio ca also be a valid step i this process. Typically they make recommedatios o how to reduce your eergy like the iitiatives listed i the questio Have you implemeted ay of the followig iitiatives to reduce your footprit? What happes ext? Followig a completio of the FGSR your applicatio will be reviewed for accuracy ad a Summary Report will be ed back to you withi 48 hours. If there are clarificatios required the we will commuicate via before releasig the Summary Report. If there are questios that have bee aswered icorrectly, or clarificatio is sought, you may be required to resubmit the etire FGSR. If your compay s credetials chage at ay time after the iitial FGSR, such as a additioal certificatio or a improved activity or better evidece, you are also required to resubmit the questioaire. I that way the FGSR ca track ad retai records of your progress ad improvemet over time. As a geeral rule it is good practice to do this at the begiig of each fiacial year. Summary Report The Summary Report will show how you ve aswered each questio ad how your compay scored o each of the three mai sectios ad i total. At the top of Page 2 the FGSR shows the star ratig ad CO2 ratig. The CO2 ratig is expressed as a idicative savig or cost per $10,000. This calculatio has bee based o your aswers to questios i the Materials, waste ad water ad Carbo ad eergy sectios of the questioaire ad developed by the Carbo Reductio Istitute, based o their work i the Australia pritig idustry. The example above shows that the compay i questio saves 323kg of CO2 for every $10,000 eared due to their evirometal iitiatives; however, there is room for improvemet as there is also a CO2 cost of 1,021kg per $10,000. A operatioally carbo eutral compay, for example, would be Savigs 1,344kg ad Cost 0kg. FINAL COMMENTS The FGSR ad Health Ratig is trasparetly displayed to the priter ad prit buyer i our procuremet software pritools sourceit. Fisbury Gree is committed to esurig the accuracy ad trasparecy of this iformatio to suppliers ad prit buyers. Ay further questios regardig FGSR should be directed to: Rod Wade Busiess Services Maager rwade@fisbury.com.au