Wesfarmers: Year Wesfarmers and Safety Supplies

wesfarmers: Blackwood is the country's largest distributor of industrial and safety supplies and its Canning Vale depot will have 630 solar panels installed on its roof in the New Year, according to Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Wesfarmers is an enormous company but it is also Australia's largest private employer so there is an enormous connection with the community already, said Wesfarmers sustainability lead Patrick Heagney. ABC News Ursula Malone Map Canning Vale 6155 Mum and dad investors are using their savings to fund a half-a-million-dollar solar energy project at the Wesfarmers-owned Blackwoods distribution depot at Canning Vale in Western Australia. We have an internal target to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions, so this is something we're very proud of. Mr Heagney said it was the biggest single solar installation in the Wesfarmers group, and the first funded by community investors. The 200-kilowatt system will supply a quarter of the business's electricity needs. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.