Linking more of our electricity use to renewable energy

Energy is essential to helping keep our homes, services and workplaces safe, comfortable and operating each day. Electricity use is also a significant part of BaptistCare’s Scope 2 emissions profile. 

BaptistCare is linking more of its electricity use to renewable energy through a combination of power purchase agreements, renewable electricity retail arrangements and Large-scale Generation Certificates, or LGCs. 

In NSW and the ACT, a 10-year agreement with Flow Power commenced in January 2025. The agreement covers around 15,000 megawatt hours of electricity each year, linked to solar and wind generation in NSW. Based on our 2022 NSW and ACT Scope 1 and 2 carbon footprint baseline, the agreement is expected to reduce the region’s reported operational carbon footprint by around 70 percent, primarily through reduced market-based Scope 2 electricity emissions. 

In Western Australia, BaptistCare has entered a power purchase agreement with Alinta Energy. The agreement covers around 4 gigawatt hours each year and includes LGCs linked to the Yandin Wind Farm. It is expected to reduce our WA market-based Scope 2 electricity emissions by nearly 100 percent. 

In Victoria, BaptistCare has entered a four-year retail electricity supply agreement for renewable energy with ENGIE for its Victorian portfolio of 18 sites. The agreement commences in January 2027 and matches approximately 10,000 megawatt hours of electricity consumption each year with renewable attributes through ENGIE’s RECO product, linked to the Waubra Wind Farm near Ballarat and supported by LGCs. 

For South Australia and Tasmania, we will purchase additional LGCs to match smaller electricity loads and support reduced market-based Scope 2 electricity emissions. 

Because BaptistCare sites remain connected to the shared electricity grid, these arrangements do not mean every site is physically supplied only by renewable electricity at every moment. Instead, they match defined volumes of our electricity use with renewable generation or renewable attributes supported by LGCs. This supports reduced market-based Scope 2 electricity emissions. 

“Our power purchase and renewable electricity arrangements are an important part of BaptistCare’s practical approach to reducing electricity-related emissions and managing energy responsibly. 

Every day, our services rely on energy to keep homes, workplaces and care settings safe, comfortable and operating well. For many of the people we support, reliable and resilient care environments really matter, particularly as climate and cost pressures increase. These arrangements are one practical way we are making more responsible energy choices, alongside onsite solar, energy efficiency and longer-term emissions planning.”

Thomas Griffiths, General Manager, Strategy 

These arrangements support our broader sustainability strategy and approach, focused on practical environmental action, responsible resource use and continual progress over time.