Corporate Case Studies
Andrew Cropp, NSW Regional Business Manager BlueScope Water with Steve Jacobs from Channel Nine's TODAY show and Bonython Public School students who won a new BlueScope Steel water tank in the Tank A Day Challenge. |
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Bonython school children share a joke with Steve Jacobs. |
Tank a Day Challenge spreads water conservation messageThe $1 million BlueScope Steel Tank a Day Challenge was launched this year to give a rainwater tank to a primary school in Australia every day of the school year – a total of 200 tanks. The Tank a Day Challenge is designed to teach young Australians about the water cycle and the importance of water harvesting, conservation and management and help primary schools develop their own water conservation programs. A new website – www.tankaday.com.au - includes educational materials, a water saving quiz, games and other information for primary school students, teachers, parents and the community. Over 1,800 primary schools – more than 25 per cent of all primary schools in Australia – have registered to participate in the Tank a Day Challenge – a very strong response to this initiative to raise awareness of the importance of water saving. The Challenge runs until June 2008.
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Kutuwalumi Purawarrumpatu Below: Kutuwalumi Purawarrumpatu  |
National Gallery Victoria (NGV) - Kitty Kantilla exhibitionA major retrospective of the work of Kitty Kantilla opened in April 2007 in the BlueScope Steel Indigenous Galleries at the Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia. Kitty Kantilla (Kutuwulumi Purawarrumpatu) (Tiwi c. 1928–2003) produced an exceptional body of work from the 1970s until her last days in 2003. The NGV has a major holding of Kantilla’s works across all media that has been built up through close liaison with Jilamara Arts & Craft Association. The manager of Jilamara invited the NGV to publish a book on Kitty Kantilla and to stage the retrospective exhibition. BlueScope Steel has been a major partner with the NGV since 2004 with the launch of the Colour Power: Aboriginal art post 1984 exhibition. This partnership with the NGV and sponsorship of the BlueScope Steel Indigenous Galleries helps us to live the commitments of Our Bond bringing strength, inspiration and colour to our communities. Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne, VictoriaThe Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne, a division of the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, is one of Victoria’s most precious areas of native bushland with 363 hectares of untouched heathlands, wetlands and woodlands. The RBG Cranbourne is home to the Australian Garden which features approximately 100,000 plants, including 1000 trees, in 15 different landscape displays and exhibition gardens. The first stage of the Australian Garden was completed in May 2006. It displays the striking features of Australian indigenous plants and gardens, with a focus on water conservation which reflects BlueScope Water’s own commitment to sustainable practices. BlueScope Water’s support of the Australian Garden assists in the research, development and design of water education and conservation programs, including a school’s program and teachers’ kit, a home gardeners’ program and an early childhood program.
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BlueScope Steel / AFS Intercultural Exchange Scholarship ProgramEstablished in 1987, the BlueScope Steel / AFS Intercultural Exchange Scholarship Program offers teenage children of BlueScope Steel employees the opportunity to participate in a cultural exchange. Since the program began, there have been more than 80 BlueScope Steel scholars who have spent a year living overseas with a host family and attending secondary school. Today, four international scholarships are offered each year to teenage children of employees in Australia, New Zealand, Asia and North America. |
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Above: Xueyuan Yu, daughter of Margaret Tang of BlueScope Buildings China. Right: Hafizah Adlia Mohamed Shafeii with her mother, Hamim AbuBakar, Vice President Safety, Environment and Occupational Health, Malaysia and Indonesia Cluster. |
In 2007, Nikki Hamilton travelled from Wollongong to Malaysia. Nikki’s father is a mill operator at Port Kembla Steelworks. “I was attracted to apply because of the opportunity of experiencing a new country and a different culture. I’m an active member of TS Albatross navy cadet unit in Wollongong and hope to become part of a Malaysian cadet unit while I’m there. When I finish school, I want to join the Royal Australian Navy and travel around the world,” said Nikki. Hafizah Adlia Mohamed Shafeii, whose mother is employed at BlueScope Steel in Malaysia, has lived in Australia for a year. Hafizah is the daughter of Hanim AbuBakar, Vice President Safety, Environment and Occupational Health, Malaysia and Indonesia Cluster. At the start of her year, Hafizah said she looked forward to learning about Australia and its people: “I heard a lot about Australia from my mother. I am really looking forward to experiencing it myself.” Shyloh Wyatt – whose parents both work at New Zealand Steel – won a scholarship to spend a year in Thailand. Shyloh said she looked forward to “gaining a better understanding and respect for other people’s differences.”
Xueyuan Yu has spent a year in Western Australia, a very different environment from her home in Shanghai, where her mother, Margaret Tang, works at Butler Buildings China. "I appreciate the chance BlueScope Steel has given me. It is an opportunity for me to experience a different culture, to grow in confidence and build intercultural communication,” said Xueyuan. “The AFS program provides a great channel for people of different countries to understand each other and current world situations and to enhance the friendship between people from totally different cultures.”
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