1. Antony Sprigg CEO: ISCA
MEASURING SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE
Antony Sprigg
CEO: ISCA
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2. Overview
Sustainability: A proxy for management
Best practice in sustainability performance management
Moving from compliance to commitment

3. Drive integrated decision making and efficiencies through continuous improvement
How do you shape up?

4. Sustainability: A proxy for management performance

5. Value of measuring sustainability
Benchmarking
Comparative analysis
Continuous improvement
Risk and opportunity management
Efficiency gains
Change readiness
Collaboration
Enhanced stakeholder relationships
Improved service provision
“Measuring sustainability
is good business practice”
Benefiting from an integrated approach across the quadruple bottom line
Integration promotes inter-business collaboration and knowledge sharing
Rewarding actual reduction rather than perceived reductions, dependant on budget and maintenance cycles

6. Nationally assured sustainability performance
IS rating traction

7. 97 65 $82.5 update Registrations Projects / Assets Capital Value
billion
Updated 7 March 2017

8. registrations by location
CONFIDENTIAL 3
($9.0b) 4
($0.5b) 5
($11.7b) 4
($4.3b) 12
($6.1b)
Complete
Registered 2
($1.8b) 5
($2.6b) 11
($10.2b) 21
($37.5b)
Updated 7 March 2017 1
($0.3b) 3
($1.2b) 5
($0.9b) 12
($22.1b) 4
($0.5b) 5
($3.2b)

9. Asset classes
Transport
Utilities
Public Realm/
Open Space

10. Local Government Registrations
Council Registrations:
Greater Shepparton – sports complex
Queanbeyan Palerang Regional Council – Queen Elizabeth BD improvement program
Auckland Council – Soctts Point Park
ACT - Healthy waterways
Parkes Regional Council – Sewage and Water treatment plant
Sunshine Coast Council – Solar Farm
Others (non-council)
Cardona Ski Gondola

11. Key metrics with supportive measurement and reporting
BEST PRACTICE

12. Whole of life Initiation Development Procurement Construction
Operation
Design
Planning Guideline
IS Design rating
IS Operation rating
IS As Built rating 12

13. IS Themes & Categories Themes Categories Gov Ecom Env Soc
Management and Governance
Management Systems 
Procurement and Purchasing
Climate Change Adaptation
Using Resources
Energy and Carbon
Water
Materials
Emissions, Pollution and Waste
Discharges to Air, Land and Water
Land
Waste
Ecology
People and Place
Community Health, Well-being and Safety
Heritage
Stakeholder Participation
Urban and Landscape Design
Innovation 13

14. Benchmarking Compliance Beyond Compliance Measurement Identifying
Business
as Usual
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Measurement
Identifying
initiatives
No net impact
Implementing Initiatives
Restoration & Enhancement

15. IS Rating Levels
The total score is calculated with points from a total across 44 or 47 different topic areas “credits”
25-49 points
50-74 points
The IS Rating score uses a points system and is structures in a number of levels. Less than 25 points doesn’t get a rating, commended is from 25-49, is excellent and leading is from 75 to 100.
The scoring is calculated based on the number of points achieved per credit. There are 44 credits in total which equal 100 points.
points

16. ALIGNMENT FOR KEY METRICS
Cascading objectives: moving from compliance to commitment
ALIGNMENT FOR KEY METRICS

17. Key metrics: consistent measurement and reporting
IS Categories
Management Systems
Procurement and Purchasing
Climate Change Adaptation
Energy and Carbon
Water
Materials
Discharges to Air, Land and Water
Land
Waste
Ecology
Community Health, Well-being and Safety
Heritage
Stakeholder Participation
Urban and Landscape Design
Innovation
Energy efficiency
Renewable energy
Emissions offsets
Strategic & statutory planning
Transport & fleet
Waste
Natural & urban environment
Purchasing & contracting

18. Whole of life Operation Development Initiation Procurement Design
Construction 18

19. Leading the way (Mandating): Queanbeyan Palerang Regional Council

20. Valuing public assets (Community ROI): Greater Shepparton Council

21. Piloting to benchmark (Enhancing service delivery) City of Casey

22. Whole of life Operation Development Initiation Procurement Design
Construction 22

23. Operations: Delivery Approaches for Asset Management
1- year Approach
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Registration
Self Assessment
Verification
Interim verification
Interim Verification
Certification

24. for Local Government in Victoria
Benchmarking your Councils sustainability performance to drive integrated decision making
and efficiencies through continuous improvement in operations
5 year program: 3 categories/year
Monthly support calls
Quarterly cluster calls
Annual interim verification
Certification ceremony
IS Operations Rating
2 complementary IS for Professionals Training
3 virtual sessions/year for categories
Training and Development
Complementary ISCA Membership (1year)
Cluster Working Groups
Industry showcasing opportunities
Events
Leadership and networking
Program Details:
Cost: $3000/annum excl GST
Resourcing: 2 days/month

25. Progressing from compliance to commitment
Next Steps

26. From compliance to commitment
Connect with ISCA and value creating Councils
Host a complementary alignment workshop
Attend IS Workshop/Training
Intro to IS (in-house or webinar)
Accredited IS Professional (24 & 25 May Melbourne)
Express interest in the MAV/ISCA Operations program

27. www.isca.org.au Kirsty Bauer (Case Manager VIC/ACT) kbauer@isca.org.au
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Kirsty Bauer (Case Manager VIC/ACT)