Media Release - ISCouncil

IS Council enters a new era

The Infrastructure Sustainability Council has announced that Chief Executive Officer Ainsley Simpson will be moving on to take on a new role as inaugural Chief Executive Officer of Seamless in March 2024. “After eight years with the IS Council, nearly six years of those at the helm, Ainsley has made a lasting impact on the

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Award Winners – 2023 Annual Gala Awards

The Infrastructure Sustainability Council Awards 2023 revealed exciting industry trends, as judges highlighted themes of stakeholder collaboration and local business empowerment. Hosted on 7 September at The TimberYard Port Melbourne, this event showcased the pivotal actions advancing sustainability in the infrastructure sector of Australia and New Zealand. The Infrastructure Sustainability Council (ISC) is the peak

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A responsible approach to recovery and building resilient infrastructure

  The Infrastructure Sustainability Council commends the New Zealand Government’s Budget commitment to advancing the nation’s infrastructure, resilience, and skills development. The Budget emphasised immediate infrastructure investment which considers long-term resilience and climate change with $77bn earmarked for infrastructure and resilience over five years, and $6bn earmarked for cyclone recovery. “Strategic investment across transport, energy

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Infrastructure Sustainability Council welcomes Budget first steps but calls for investment and action in infrastructure to reach net zero

The Federal Government’s Budget recognition of infrastructure as a great enabler of social, economic and environmental benefits has been welcomed by Infrastructure Sustainability Council CEO Ainsley Simpson. Ms Simpson said it was pleasing to see key election commitments honoured, in particular over $8 billion1 in investments in infrastructure, the first $7 billion2 in commitments made

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The 2022 ISC Gala Awards | Media Release

The Infrastructure Sustainability Council (ISC) is proud to announce the winners of the 2022 Gala Awards. This year’s awards will honour excellence in sustainability across environmental, social, governance, and economic quadruple bottom line outcomes, and outstanding contributions to market transformation at organisational, systemic and societal levels. 1. Sustainability Leadership – Excellence in Governance Recipient: John

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Digital tool receives support to deliver decarbonisation of construction and infrastructure in Aotearoa

A brand-new digital tool will drive a sector-wide shift in the decarbonisation of Aotearoa’s infrastructure.  The Westpac NZ Government Innovation fund has today announced an investment in the Infrastructure Sustainability Council to scale decarbonisation and sustainability outcomes in Aotearoa infrastructure. Specifically streamlined for infrastructure programmes and projects with a capital investment less than $100m, IS

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Journey to Net Zero

New report to drive action on transport’s journey to net-zero.  Three infrastructure peak bodies have issued a new report today to call for industry transformation to accelerate the transport sector’s journey to net-zero and support Australia’s sustainable future.  The Journey to Net Zero – Inspiring Climate Action in the Australian Transport Sector was delivered as

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Awards showcase sustainability in infrastructure projects

The infrastructure industry continues to set new benchmarks in sustainability, shown by the exceptional achievements recognised at the Infrastructure Sustainability Council Gala Awards 2022. Held last night in Sydney, the awards celebrated sustainability best practices across Australia and New Zealand. Infrastructure Sustainability Council (ISC) is the peak body for infrastructure sustainability, advocating for the delivery

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New Approach needed for infrastructure to lift its weight in the race to reach net-zero

Despite the best of intentions, current approaches to achieving net-zero in the infrastructure sector will only get us so far. A new approach is required if we want to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees. These are the findings that have come out of the Place-based approach to net-zero report released Thursday by Infrastructure Sustainability

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ISC report calls for industry shake up to deliver infrastructure for people, by people

Industry fragmentation, subjective decision-making, risk aversion and sectoral capacity are all key barriers to realising world-class infrastructure performance in a report joint launched by the Infrastructure Sustainability council and Urbis on Wednesday. Advance our nations, fair – world-class infrastructure for thriving nations explores the relationship between world-class infrastructure and thriving nations, with new opportunities identified

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Industry set to step up to the challenge of decarbonisation of transport in Australia

 A month after the COP26, three key transport peak bodies, the Infrastructure Sustainability Council (ISC), Roads Australia (RA) and the Australasian Railway Association (ARA) have reconfirmed their commitment to work in partnership to help industry lead decarbonisation of the transport sector.  The commitment will be supported by a research report to be released early next

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ANZ infrastructure industry well-positioned to meet 2030 benchmarks and achieve net zero by 2050

In a first-time collaboration Autodesk (NASDAQ: ADSK), Australian Constructors Association, Consult Australia and the Infrastructure Sustainability Council have released a joint report to support industry in accelerating a net zero future through the design and construction of the infrastructure pipeline. The report, A net-zero future delivered through our infrastructure pipeline, signals that a whole-of-business, systems-based

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