Industry Impact Category
For outstanding organisational contribution to delivering change
This category seeks to recognise organisations which have made an outstanding contribution to delivering change resulting in positive sustainability impacts at an organisational, system and/or sector-wide level.
Award Descriptions
Private sector, small
Demonstrate a strong contribution to industry impact toward low carbon, resilient and/or inclusive infrastructure via:
- organisational change at strategy or operational level, and/or
- systemic change through developing policy, standards or specifications that mobilise industry leaders, and/or
- growing sector social licence through building public awareness of the benefits of sustainability and impactful infrastructure
Private sector, large
Demonstrate a strong contribution to industry impact toward low carbon, resilient and/or inclusive infrastructure via:
- organisational change at strategy or operational level, and/or
- systemic change through developing policy, standards or specifications that mobilise industry leaders, and/or
- growing sector social licence through building public awareness of the benefits of sustainability and impactful infrastructure
Public sector
- Demonstrate a strong contribution to industry impact toward low carbon, resilient and/or inclusive infrastructure via: organisational change at strategy or operational level, and/or
- systemic change through developing policy, standards or specifications that mobilise industry leaders, and/or
- growing sector social licence through building public awareness of the benefits of sustainability and impactful infrastructure Partnerships with others and stakeholder involvement to achieve these outcomes should be highlighted.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible to enter for an award in the Industry Impact category, an innovative strategy, process, method or technology must have been implemented in a project that is registered for or has achieved an Infrastructure Sustainability Council Rating (IS Rating).
The organisation applying for an award must be a current member of Infrastructure Sustainability Council.
To be eligible to enter applicants, their current employer or employer at time of application through to the completion of the Awards process, may not have been prosecuted, fined, or have charges or fines pending, for a violation of any environmental, social, or commercial law in Australia, New Zealand or overseas in the past three (3) years.
To be eligible to enter applicants require an innovative strategy, process, method or technology with the outcomes achieved between 1 November 2019 and 30 June 2022.
Application Questions
Submission Question |
Word limit |
Weighting |
Describe WHAT you have done and HOW you have done it. Please provide a summary of your initiative, innovation, or approach. |
500 words |
15% of total score |
What were the OUTCOMES this initiative, innovation or approach achieved? And how were those outcomes shared? |
700 words |
35% of total score |
Describe WHO has benefited from your initiative, innovation, or approach (e.g., workforce, supply chain, communities, stakeholders). |
400 words |
20% of total score |
What LEGACY was achieved, including SDG contribution, as a result of this initiative, innovation or approach? |
600 words |
30% of total score |