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Sustainability at REMONDIS
We have only one planet with limited resources – but we have thousands of employees with unlimited effort.
As a local and global leader in resource recovery, we have a unique opportunity to act: our recycling activities enable valuable raw materials to be recovered and returned to production cycles. But our commitment to sustainability does not stop there. Whether we are planning the routes our trucks take or reviewing the energy consumption in our facilities – we do everything in our power to protect the environment, prevent climate change and reduce our carbon footprint.
REMONDIS Australia's sustainability strategy anchors our ambitions to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, recognising our responsibilities as an employer, as a consumer and as a global leader in resource management.
Our Sustainability Report 2022 documents REMONDIS Australia’s progress in achieving the targets we set ourselves for the environment, corporate governance and social spheres in 2022, building on these to define our objectives and targets for 2023.
We achieved the majority of the targets we set ourselves, including the following highlights:
We have set a range of ambitious targets for 2023, including – but by no means limited to – the following:
REMONDIS prefers to work with suppliers who share our values. We align our sustainability objectives and targets to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and set ambitious goals across the Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance categories of our sustainability strategy. Our Sustainable Supplier Guide is designed to help current and potential suppliers understand what is important to us.
Our approach to setting our Sustainability Objectives & Targets is guided by the United Nations Global Compact, which recommends a prioritisation principle for reporting against the United Nations’ Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs).
Environment
At REMONDIS we seek to protect and conserve the natural environment and its resources using effective environmental controls which are an integral part of well-managed operations. We are committed to working with our customers and suppliers to achieve best practice environmental outcomes using waste as a resource to power the future.
Target 6.3 // Our Objective: Develop best practice leachate treatment options
Target 6.4 // Our Objective: Measure and report water usage at each site
Target 7.2 // Our Objective: Continue to expand the installed renewable energy generation capacity across the REMONDIS asset base
Target 8.2 // Our Objective: Increase the amounts and types of hazardous chemicals treated to reduce environmental impact
Target 9.1 // Our Objectives: Development of viable energy from waste and advanced waste treatment projects expanding waste infrastructure footprint for REMONDIS. Expansion of polystyrene recycling opportunity
Target 9.4 // Our Objective: Progress in viable energy recovery projects for East Coast of Australia by 2030
Target 11.4 // Our Objective: Expand the 2022 pilot projects undertaken to support efforts to protect endangered species
Target 11.6 // Our Objectives: Develop and enhance the understanding of the opportunities for recycling through source separation. Develop a national education program for school aged children on the waste hierarchy and source separation. Promote the circular economy through increased plastic, steel, cardboard and paper recycling
Target 12.4 // Our Objective: Maintain compliance with all relevant environmental license operational requirements
Target 12.5 // Our Objective: Expansion of facilities offering resource recovery options for our clients
Target 12.6 // Our Objectives: Review Sustainable Supplier Guide to set priorities for supply chain activities for REMONDIS. REMONDIS’ client reporting to include specific feedback on the environment and climate change impacts of the waste collected and processed
Target 13.1 // Our Objective: Conduct a climate change risk assessment for our assets
Target 13.2 // Our Objectives: Commence working towards net zero. Commence trialling emissions reductions options in our diesel heavy vehicle transport fleet. Ensure REMONDIS’ fleet adopts the lowest emissions diesel engine technology
Social goals
People, their safety and prosperity are the core of our business. As a proud employer of around 1000 people, we recognise our impact extends to our business partners and the broader community in which we operate.
Target 3.6 // Our Objective: All relevant workers have the required competencies and awareness of Chain of Responsibility
Target 3.9 // Our Objectives: REMONDIS Australia workers go home safe every day. REMONDIS Australia’s safety performance trends to zero harm. Improve management and control of safety associated with hazardous chemicals and hazardous waste
Target 5.5 // Our Objective: Improve equality and accessibility of opportunities for women in the workplace
Target 10.2 // Our Objective: Increase Indigenous engagement. Advance REMONDIS AU commitment to increased diversity including gender, race, ethnicity and age
Governance goals
REMONDIS Australia’s internal systems and processes are designed to ensure that our ambitions for people and the environment are considered and promoted through the way that we work.
Target 5.1 // Our Objective: Work towards elimination of structural discrimination in the workplace
Target 8.5 // Our Objectives: Improve employment opportunities for young people
Target 8.7 // Our Objective: Embed the anti-slavery policy and Modern Slavery Reporting
Target 8.8 // Our Objective: Continue to develop managers’ awareness of industrial relations. Develop a REMONDIS Driver Academy
Target 9.2 // Our Objective: Increased employment opportunities across REMONDIS’ Australian operations.
Target 10.3 // Our Objective: Further advance towards achieving the WGEA Employer of Choice status
Global perspectives
RE:VIEWS is our global magazine. A collection of informed insight, thought leadership, advocacy and innovation from the wide world of REMONDIS.