Recognition well deserved

Highlights

NT - Telstra Australian Business Awards

2009 Telstra Northern Territory Business of the Year

Gove Pharmacy

Gove Pharmacy has built a highly successful business by ensuring that the remote community of Nhulunbuy has access to the same health products and services normally expected in the city. Driven by a commitment to improving the health of Indigenous people, Gove Pharmacy not only provides retail health and beauty products, but is supplying the region’s Aboriginal Health Centres with essential medicines and professional services previously provided from major centres. Although located 1000 kilometres from Darwin and 700 kilometres from Katherine, Gove Pharmacy is proving that distance is no barrier to first-class customer service, building long-term relationships with local residents based on delivering affordable healthcare close to home. Gove Pharmacy is now expanding its successful model into remote areas of east Armhemland and forming an alliance with other pharmacies serving remote and Indigenous communities so more people can benefit from their ideas and economies of scale.

2009 Northern Territory Winner of the MYOB Small Business Award

Gove Pharmacy

Gove Pharmacy has built a highly successful business by ensuring that the remote community of Nhulunbuy has access to the same health products and services normally expected in the city. Driven by a commitment to improving the health of Indigenous people, Gove Pharmacy not only provides retail health and beauty products, but is supplying the region’s Aboriginal Health Centres with essential medicines and professional services previously provided from major centres. Although located 1000 kilometres from Darwin and 700 kilometres from Katherine, Gove Pharmacy is proving that distance is no barrier to first-class customer service, building long-term relationships with local residents based on delivering affordable healthcare close to home. Gove Pharmacy is now expanding its successful model into remote areas of east Armhemland and forming an alliance with other pharmacies serving remote and Indigenous communities so more people can benefit from their ideas and economies of scale.

2009 Northern Territory Winner of the AMP Innovation Award

Crowne Plaza Alice Springs

The operation of a large and luxurious hotel in Central Australia poses challenges across all aspects of the business – transport, food and beverage, staffing, facilities and maintenance. Offering first-class tourism experiences while protecting the integrity of a World Heritage landscape poses extra difficulties. But Crowne Plaza Alice Springs has turned these challenges into an opportunity to save costs and demonstrate what is possible with innovative thinking by installing the largest roof-mounted solar system in the Southern Hemisphere. Nearly 1500 kilowatt-hours per day are now being generated through the 1326 solar panels, providing between 40-80 per cent of the hotel’s power requirements. The solar system has also become a showcase for inspiring others, with in-room TVs and the hotel’s foyer display informing staff and guests in real time of the system’s performance in terms of power generated and greenhouse gases saved.

2009 Northern Territory Winner of the Sensis Social Responsibility Award

Crowne Plaza Alice Springs

Set against the MacDonnell Ranges, Crowne Plaza Alice Springs relies on the natural environment as one of the major drawcards for guests. Embracing the need for sustainability, Crowne Plaza Alice Springs period? has cut its carbon footprint by 420 tonnes and is now generating up to 80 per cent of its power requirements through its 1326 panel roof-mounted solar system. The system is the largest in the Southern Hemisphere and is part of the hotel’s commitment to corporate responsibility as the business grows. Crowne Plaza Alice Springs is not only minimising its impact on the environment, but is also helping the sustainability of the local community by reducing the total load on the Alice Springs town power grid by 0.5 per cent and is also keeping the community informed about the hotel’s environmental footprint.


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