THE THINKING BEHIND OUR INDICATORS
Apart from the project delivery agreement indicator,these sustainable supply chain indicators are an entirely new set, introduced last year with the aim of effecting change beyond our own business. We believe we have the ability to influence the activities of others, and these indicators are designed to measure that influence.
Given that these are the first set of results and the targets we set ourselves were ambitious, it is no surprise that we had difficulty achieving them this year. While we are encouraged by our initial results, we acknowledge that in taking our first steps toward measuring the sustainability of our supply chain, we have a way to go to improve data collection and the way we calculate the results. We will need to develop a better methodology for capturing some of these data in future years.
This year, we relied on the retrospective collection of multiple data entry points, leading, we suspect, to a degree of under reporting. We will need to look at a way to centralise this data capture to allow for more efficient and accurate calculations in future years.
HOW WE PERFORMED
| Indicator descriptor |
Indicator |
Target
2014/2015 |
Result
2009/2010 |
Target
2002/2003 -
2008/2009 |
2008/2009 |
2007/2008 |
2006/2007 |
2005/2006 |
Project sustainable
supply chain |
Number of project managers, civil works and landscaping providers
prequalified by Landcom |
No target |
59 |
No historical data - indicator introduced in 2009/2010 |
Percentage of project managers, civil works and landscaping contracts
let sourced from Landcom’s prequalified list |
100% |
61% |
No historical data - indicator introduced in 2009/2010 |
Number and percentage of construction contracts tendered that included
selection criteria relating to sustainability innovation through sustainable
materials, design and/or practices |
100% |
9 of 23
contractors
(39%) |
No historical data - indicator introduced in 2009/2010 |
Number and percentage of construction contracts let during the period
that include sustainable materials, design and/or practices |
100% |
9 of 23
contractors
(39%) |
No historical data - indicator introduced in 2009/2010 |
Number and description of development partnerships Landcom entered
into during the year that included sustainability requirements |
No target |
100%
Refer to
sustainable
supply chain
section |
No historical data - indicator introduced in 2009/2010 |
Number and percentage of public space design contracts tendered
during the period that included selection criteria relating to sustainability
innovation through sustainable materials, design and/or practices |
100% |
3 of 13
contractors
(23%) |
No historical data - indicator introduced in 2009/2010 |
Number and percentage of public space design contracts let during the
period that include sustainable materials, design and/or practices |
100% |
3 of 13
contractors
(23%) |
No historical data - indicator introduced in 2009/2010 |
This was our first year of reporting against this indicator and we did not meet our target of ensuring all contractors were on our prequalified list. Landcom currently has 59 prequalified project managers, civil workers and landscapers and, of these contracts 61% were from our prequalified list. We will review our business processes with a view to improve on this result in future years.
Only 39% of the civil works contracts we let specifically included sustainable design and materials, such as recycling soil and vegetation onsite or exceeding requirements for water quality and biodiversity, while 23% of landscaping works contracts included specific sustainable design and materials such as native vegetation use and mulch reuse.
We did, however, achieve our target of ensuring that our development partnerships include sustainability requirements. Our project delivery agreement for the University of Western Sydney, Campbelltown included energy, water and social sustainability targets.