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Sustainability

Our Mission in Action compels us to be good stewards of God’s creation. Promoting sustainability is representative of HammondCare’s identity as an independent Christian charity, improving quality of life for people in need.

Sustainability

Our Mission in Action compels us to be good stewards of God’s creation. Promoting sustainability is representative of HammondCare’s identity as an independent Christian charity, improving quality of life for people in need.

Our commitment to sustainability

HammondCare is committed to environmental stewardship because God loves His creation and His creation is good (Genesis 1). There are also growing expectations from residents, clients, patients, families and the broader community that organisations operate in a manner that is conscious and protective of our environment.

In keeping with our ambition to be good stewards and wise with our resources, we are refreshing our existing Environmental Sustainability Strategy 2018-2023 through to 2025. The refreshed strategy seeks to balance aspiration with realistic, measurable and achievable targets. 

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Sustainability focus areas and targets

We want to encourage positive practices to help us build an organisation that, in every sense, contributes toward a better future. Our revised strategy focuses on four targeted areas with the highest impact.

The sustainability targets for these priority areas are currently in development. Over the coming years, we will report our progress against each focus area.

Energy efficiency

Reduce our contribution to climate change and dependence on fossil fuels through good energy management.

Electricity

Sustainable design

Design all new developments to have minimal impact on the environment and align with social, economic and ecological principles.

Sustainable Design

Waste reduction

Implement best practice waste management systems and reduce the waste sent to landfill.

Recycling

Sustainable travel

Travel in the most environmentally responsible and efficient way.

Sustainable travel

Our positive impact as of FY22

Water
Water

In 2022, water consumption at 1.34kL per square metre or 23% below baseline level has continued to exceed our 2023 target of 1.5kL/sqm.

Waste
Waste

Our diversion of waste from landfill has exceeded our 2023 goal of 20% for the third year running – 33.6% of total waste was diverted this year.

Solar
Solar

We’ve reached our 2023 target of 20% solar usage in the past 12 months. Total solar generated across sites is 1,564,864 kWh. Solar power is now installed at our 13 residential care sites.

Fuel
Fuel consumption

Hybrid vehicles now make up 18% of our fleet, up from 15% last year. The number will increase to 23% by the end of this financial year. We’ve also recorded a 13% reduction in fuel consumption to 219,617 litres across 235 vehicles.

Electricity
Electricity

Electricity consumption has reduced by 17% against our baseline data to 85.87kW/sqm, remaining on target for our 2023 goal at 82.91kW/sqm. Since we implemented our current strategy in 2018, there has been a saving of 1,327 tonnes of Co2.

Smart technology
Smart technology

mySmart, an enterprise building management system, analyses daily resource management. For example, mySmart analytics have assisted to indicate excess water usage at selected sites.

*Water and electricity are measured in kL and kWh respectively per square metre of site space. Usage is measured against benchmark data from 2017.

Our Modern Slavery statement

Protecting people, not only the environment, is an important part of our stance on sustainability. Many people are surprised to learn that modern slavery is a real and important issue in Australian communities and workplaces. 

HammondCare recognises our obligations under the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth). We reject any form of modern slavery and are fully committed to ensuring our operations and policies are aligned with identifying and managing modern slavery risks.

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Do you have any questions or concerns about our commitment to sustainability?