Towards 2025 – Significant annual progress against our 2025 targets

TOWARDS2025

Significant annual progress against our 2025 targets

Target Thermal Design We will provide leading research on passive solar thermal design, enabling reduced lifetime energy use.

Life Cycle Education We will support design tools, guidance, and information to incorporate life cycle thinking into building design.

Sustainable Products By 2025 we will double our volume of products sold in Australia that hold leading sustainable qualities. Over 6% of product volume in Australia was verified as sustainable by third party labels, expected to increase to 11% this calendar year.

Supply Chain Continuing to reduce supply chain risks. Our Progress $250,000 committed to new thermal research with University of Newcastle.

Provided 67 continuous professional development sessions resulting in over 808 in person attendees and 18,000 online views.

Modern Slavery Roadmap completed. Status

Governance Business Ethics and Whistle-blower Programs. Governance programs formalised. Continued annual training.

Safety Continue reductions in injury rates. Injury rates reduced by 43% in Australia and 53% in North America since FY19. Clear safety roadmap for U.S. business.

Engagement Existing target of 100 community engagement activities annually. 100 community engagement activities completed this year.

Community Support Supporting charities like the Children’s Cancer Institute.

Diversity and Inclusion Stretch target: 35% female senior executives. Develop and implement a Diversity and Inclusion Strategy. 26.5% female senior executive in Australia, introduced new company value “Inclusive – connected by diversity.”

Carbon Invest in the transition to the hydrogen fuel economy. Hydrogen feasibility preliminary desktop study completed by Murdoch University. Partnership with Delorean exploring renewable gas options.

Water Reduce potable water use in water stressed areas. 7.5% less mains water usage in Australia v FY21.  

$282,217 contributed to Children’s Cancer institute in 2021 calendar year and over $4.4 million contributions since 2002.

Rehabilitation Drive progressive rehabilitation. 270,173m2 land rehabilitated in Australia in FY22.   

Circular Economy Year on year increase in recycled material use.

Emission Control Over $2 million investment in emission abatement. 47% increase in recycled material use from FY21, 17% recycled content in raw materials in Australia.

Over $3 million invested in emission abatement.   

Energy Efficiency Stretch target: 10% increase in gas efficiency at Austral Bricks plant by 2030. Total gas efficiency at Austral Bricks plant has improved by 4.2% and natural gas efficiency has improved by 7.0% since 2018.

KEY:    Achieved   Materially Progressed  Progressed