| Holden Ltd has confirmed its support for a greener Sydney
2000 with the presentation of a cheque for $50,000 to Mr Richard Amery, minister for land
and water conservation, to help ‘green’ Olympic transport routes. Timed to coincide with Holden’s 50th anniversary,
the sponsorship will see around 4,700 Australian native trees and shrubs planted along the
northern and southern verges and islands of the M4 Western Freeway in Sydney.
 Mr Amery said, "To provide a
green legacy as part of the Olympic Games, we have been working through the Greener Sydney
2000 program to green urban ‘grey’ spots along Olympic sporting and
transport routes.
The program has been a tremendous success thanks to the
support from NSW government agencies, local councils, the community and corporate sponsors
such as Holden, with over 2 million trees and shrubs being planted along strategic
sporting and Olympic transport routes over the last four years.
Holden Olympic ambassador, champion triathlete Emma Carney, and Greener Sydney
2000 co-ordinator Tony Cullen, start the planting process.
Commenting on the sponsorship, Mr Carl Scully, minister for transport and roads said,
"We are delighted to receive this $50,000 from Holden. Their contribution will leave
a legacy of improved urban environment leading up to and well beyond the Sydney 2000
Olympics."
Holden's executive director of planning and external affairs, Mr Peter Thomas, said that
while the sponsorship commemorated Holden’s past fifty years of business in
Australia, it symbolised the company’s commitment to the nation over the next fifty
years, in the true spirit of the Greener Sydney 2000 program.
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