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The Infrastructure Sustainability Council of Australia (ISCA) is Australia\u2019s peak industry body for advancing sustainability in infrastructure. ISCA provides\u00a0a common language on the topic, while playing the role of authority, advocate for its members and pillar of quality \u2013 the latter through its\u00a0IS rating tool, Australia\u2019s first and only national sustainability rating tool for infrastructure.<\/p>\n
Since launching in 2012, more than\u00a0$79 billion in infrastructure and civil works projects or assets across Australia and New Zealand have registered to be certified. From the IS ratings completed to date, sustainability initiatives have translated into ROI’s ranging from 1:4 to 1:400.<\/p>\n
Ainsley Simpson is ISCA\u2019s Business and Technical Services Manager. She oversees\u00a0the operations of the IS rating scheme, ensuring\u00a0ISCA\u2019s tools and delivery are always improving, as is\u00a0the training and development programme.<\/p>\n
This week, she spoke to Edge\u00a0about market transformation, stakeholder engagement and where she sees infrastructure sustainability progressing in the near future.<\/p>\n
Sustainable infrastructure has come a long way in the last 5\u201310 years, and ISCA has played a pivotal role in creating a consistent framework, language and tool set for industry. What\u2019s next? What do you see as the next frontier for sustainable infrastructure in\u00a0the next 5\u201310 years?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n I believe that sustainability, like safety and quality, will become a business driver that is embedded across operations and is regarded as a metric for success.\u00a0Three fronts of change are possible for infrastructure sustainability:<\/p>\n What do you think clients, builders, sub-contractors and operators do particularly well in delivering good sustainability outcomes in Australia and New Zealand? What should they\u00a0be bragging about?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n In Australia, much of the transformation has been in management and governance, with many top-tier organisations aligning systems and processes to enable efficient\u00a0delivery of sustainability outcomes. New Zealand is\u00a0leading the way when it comes to stakeholder engagement, with a focus on addressing cultural considerations. There has\u00a0also been significant advances in resource efficiency, particularly energy savings and material selection. Similarly, managing discharges has moved well beyond compliance.<\/p>\n What barriers would you like to remove to further catalyse sustainable infrastructure in Australia?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n In keeping with our core values, I\u2019d encourage three actions, which some of our members are already embracing:<\/p>\n We know ISCA is\u00a0working hard on v2.0 of the IS Rating Tool. For people not so familiar with the next version, what are the highlights and what are you the most excited about?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n We recently surveyed the industry and the results confirmed that we are focusing on the right key content areas that\u00a0are important to the\u00a0industry. These include:<\/p>\n The most exciting part of v2.0 is the development process. We get to work with phenomenal people in the industry who genuinely embrace sustainability.<\/p>\n The range of interest and engagement from such a wide section of industry has been incredible. For the most part, many of our advisory groups are oversubscribed and there is growing interest in peer review. There is no doubt v2.0 will be a meaningful and robust framework that\u00a0will deliver value for industry and our communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Infrastructure Sustainability Council of Australia (ISCA) is Australia\u2019s peak industry body for advancing sustainability in infrastructure. ISCA provides\u00a0a common language on the topic, while …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5990,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ub_ctt_via":""},"categories":[518,1,276,740,516,227,23],"tags":[540,194],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/edgeenvironment.com\/cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/10\/Ainsley-Simpson.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"admins","author_link":"https:\/\/edgeenvironment.com\/cl\/author\/admins\/"},"yoast_head":"\n\n
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