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10 Stories to Celebrate 10 Years

On Wednesday 29 February 2012, then federal Infrastructure Minister Anthony Albanese stood before a packed crowd at Parliament House in Canberra to unveil Australia’s first national rating scheme for sustainable infrastructure.

Wishing the Infrastructure Sustainability Rating Scheme, or IS for short, a “busy life”, Mr Albanese noted that project teams working on everything from roads to railways, drains to dams, sewers to cycleways now had the tools to do better.

In the decade since, IS has influenced the outcomes on $219.8 billion in infrastructure projects. Behind each of these infrastructure assets is a group of passionate people working collectively with one aim: to build better infrastructure and better cities. To celebrate the IS Rating Scheme’s tenth anniversary, here are ten of their stories.

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2022 Impact Report

In this report, the Council outlines our four Strategic Goals: Leadership, Thriving Industry, Market Transformation and Organisational Health, supporting an industry to deliver best practice, long-term outcomes that support all beneficiaries, and deliver on the quadruple bottom line.

Our four main goals are all designed to drive our purpose – To ensure all infrastructure delivers social, cultural, environmental and economic benefits:

  • LEADERSHIP – drive global best practice through sustainability.
  • THRIVING INDUSTRY – enable connection, collaboration and ambition.
  • MARKET TRANSFORMATION – advocate for change that supports rapid transition.
  • HEALTHY ORGANISATION – ensure that we are purpose led, inclusive, and high-performing.

Our Areas of Influence

Working across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand we are a member-based, purpose-led organisation. We measure what matters.

Every day we strive to achieve a positive future for people, planet, prosperity and industry. These four key areas direct our focus to build on our vision.

Planet – Working to drive climate action, regenerate our ecosystems and transition to a circular economy

People – Enabling communities to thrive as they go through structural change and transition, ensuring wellbeing for current and future generations

Prosperity – Measuring infrastructure’s socioeconomic value so that we can better deliver inclusive, resilient, and sustainable livelihoods and economies

Industry – Collaborating to build a world-class industry with a healthy, inclusive workforce, responsible agile supply chain, and sustainable and aligned investment and governance.

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