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ACHIEVE #25BY2025 – with 3 Pillars & a Bulldozer
TRANSFORMING LIVES
Why Sustainability Must Strike at the Heart of Our Projects
Embedding sustainable principles and practices within infrastructure projects is crucial given the major global environmental and social challenges we are currently facing.
The projects we build today must be restorative, drive positive change and serve generations to come.
It’s for this reason that sustainability is no longer just an ‘option’ or after thought, but at the forefront of project design and delivery. As a sector, its scale and impact continue to grow year on year.
I have been an active contributor to this growth having spent almost 15 years working in the industry with John Holland.
I am currently the Sustainability Manager on the North Western Program Alliance (NWPA), working on Melbourne’s Level Crossing Removal Project program. It was only seven years ago that I delivered the first Infrastructure Sustainability (IS) rating as a team of one – and now proudly lead a team of 10 sustainability professionals to deliver significant carbon reduction savings.
While this is the decade of climate action, sustainability is not just about carbon – it’s about delivering positive legacies that transform people’s lives.
This is John Holland’s purpose, and in that way, sustainability is at the heart of what every John Holland employee strives for every day. Our people delivering infrastructure have immense power to improve the lives and the liveability of the communities in which they work.
This has been illustrated in many of NWPA’s projects including the Bell to Moreland Level Crossing Removal Project, which has transformed a divisive rail corridor in Melbourne’s inner-north into acres of active recreation spaces that connect the community.
Bell to Moreland also set new industry benchmarks by receiving the highest ‘As Built’ rating ever in the history of the Infrastructure Sustainability Council (ISC) and being awarded the first 6-star Green Star train station built in Australia.
So, what’s the biggest opportunity for sustainability to continue delivering excellent outcomes?
We need to collaborate, not compete.
We don’t have time to squander on competing against each other. Instead, we need to actively seek opportunities to partner, collaborate and share knowledge, at speed, in order for the industry to move from sustainability to regeneration as quickly as possible.
Fiona Bowie
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