RISE Leadership Program: A Mentee’s Career Story
An ambitious journalist turned sustainability professional Szeto Yan Weng left high school in Malaysia with the ambition to become a journalist. “I wanted to write for the business section of a newspaper – my idea was to write about business in an entertaining and simplified manner to appeal to the everyday reader.” He knew
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Sustainability: A construction career: Jayne Whitney
Setting the scene At the start of 2024, Australia’s public infrastructure workforce was around 229,000 people short of what was needed to complete the pipeline of projects, according to Infrastructure Australia. Without improving gender diversity, the infrastructure sector – an industry that employs around 10% of the nation’s workforce – is unable to draw from
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Mickleham Rd Project: A Case Study in Sustainability
Client: BMD Government Partner: Major Roads Project Victoria Provider: Soil Recycling Co Background: In the heart of the commercial landscape industry, a significant challenge has persisted: the inefficiency of handling usable topsoil. Traditional practices saw trucks removing valuable topsoil from sites, only to later import similar material, creating unnecessary carbon emissions and waste. Soil Recycling
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Sustainability: A construction career
Setting the scene Just 12% of Australia’s construction workforce is female, which means we are missing out on talent at a time we need it most. The reasons why women aren’t choosing careers in construction are well documented and span everything from recruitment practices to lack of role models to unconscious bias. Meanwhile, Australia’s construction
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Positive Feedback Surges for Zero Emission Buses in North Brisbane
In a recent survey conducted by Keolis Downer, proud operator of Hornibrook Bus Lines, customers have expressed an overwhelming satisfaction with the introduction of Zero Emission Buses (ZEBs) within the North Lakes, Kallangur, and Redcliffe regions. The survey, which gathered responses from a diverse group of commuters and the wider community, highlighted the significant impact
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BlueScope FY23 Sustainability Report
BlueScope – delivering sustainable outcomes In its recently published FY23 Sustainability Report, global steel manufacturer, BlueScope, demonstrates how it is focusing its actions to deliver on its five sustainability outcomes. Key insights follow. Climate action BlueScope remains committed to actively addressing climate change and investing in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction to transform its business
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Sustainability as a Key to Systemic Change in the Infrastructure Sector
The construction sector is facing several systemic issues that is undermining its ability to deliver the pipeline of future projects. For example, a recent study by the Australian Constructors Association estimated that the associated productivity loss impact this has is equivalent to $56 billion additional construction that we could be delivering per year, equivalent to
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