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IS v2.2 Design & As-Built Rating Tool & Verification Workplans in 2025

7 November 2025 Webinar – Introducing the IS v2.2 Design & As-Built Technical Manual In this webinar, we introduced the newly released IS v2.2 Design & As-Built Technical Manual. This session highlighted the key updates and enhancements introduced in version 2.2, designed to improve clarity, usability, and impact-driven outcomes.  We shared commentary on stakeholder feedback

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Strategy 2030: Powered by purpose

I’m proud to share that we have officially launched Strategy 2030—a bold and future-focused roadmap shaped through deep engagement with our members and stakeholders. Strategy 2030 builds on ISC’s proud legacy and responds to the growing urgency for infrastructure that is inclusive, resilient, and restorative. It reflects our core purpose: to enable connected infrastructure that

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The 2025 ISC Survey Outcomes

Thank you for your feedback!  Thank you to everyone who took the time to complete our recent stakeholder survey. Your input is invaluable and will help shape what we do next. We wanted to share some of the key things we heard from you and how we are responding.  Ratings tool You told us that

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IS Energy Advisory Group completes its work: Recommendations and Reflections

As the energy transition accelerates across Australia and New Zealand, the imperative is clear: A sustainable transition must deliver positive outcomes across the entire lifecycle of renewable energy infrastructure.  To ensure this, renewable energy assets — from generation to transmission and distribution — must be planned, designed, and built in ways that not only minimise

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Membership Rewired

We’re Featured in Infrastructure Magazine (June 2025 Issue)  We are pleased to share that the Infrastructure Sustainability Council was featured in the June 2025  print edition of Infrastructure Magazine. The article highlights our recently lauxnched member portal as we pivot toward simplicity and stronger member value.  The article highlights how the new ISC membership offering:  streamlines and segments with

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RISE Mentors & Mentees Visits Australia’s First Tunnelling Infrastructure Academy

Last month, participants of the Infrastructure Sustainability Council’s RISE mentoring program and local ISAPs were invited to Sydney Metro’sTunnelling Infrastructure Academy (TIA) at Clyde – an Australian–first, dedicated tunnel training hub, run by Gamuda as part of the Sydney Metro West – Western Tunnelling Package. From exploring the spoil shed and conveyor systems to engaging

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ISC Member Update from the CEO – June 2025

Industry Insights and Reflections from Australia, New Zealand and Beyond  Earlier this year, S&P Global published their report on how organisations can advance their sustainability strategies while navigating an increasingly fragmented world – highlighting the need to focus on measurable impact, cross sector collaboration and innovation solutions. The ten megatrends identified reflect very much our

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ISC appoints Kris Fumberger as its Executive Director of Product Solutions

ISC is delighted to announce the appointment of Kris Fumberger as its new Executive Director of Product Solutions. This new role for the ISC has been created to elevate ISC’s infrastructure ratings and associated offerings and to lead the digital transformation of the business. Commencing 1 July 2025, Kris joins ISC from the advisory firm,

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ISC Member Update from the CEO – March 2025

Industry Insights and Reflections from Australia, New Zealand and Beyond  The recently published WEF Global Risk Report 2025 highlights similar risks – and potential opportunities – that werediscussed at ISC’s Connect Conference Big Ideas Panel sessions.  The report emphasises escalating geopolitical tensions, extreme weather events, and societal polarisation as top global risks. While state-based armed

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ISC Member Update from the CEO – December 2024

As we approach the end of 2024, I would like to thank all of the Infrastructure Sustainability Council’s members for the ongoing support that you give to the ISC. While we as the ISC team welcome and are individually and collectively buoyed by that support, we are even more grateful for the positive impacts that

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Annual Gala Awards – 2024 Finalists

We are excited to share the 2024 finalists for our Annual Gala Awards. This year’s awards will exemplify 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. We would like to thank Holcim as our Gala Dinner & Award

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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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