Sustainability
Environmental, Social, Governance
As one of Australia’s leading manufacturers of quality building products, Brickworks’ purpose
has sustainability at our core – to create beautiful products that last forever.
Build For Living
Build For Living
Towards 2025 - Brickworks Sustainability Strategy
As one of Australia’s leading manufacturers of quality building products, Brickworks purpose has sustainability at our core – to create beautiful products that last forever. The built environment forms the fabric of our cities and our lives, and contributes to substantial environmental and social impacts. Sustainable building design offers greater energy and resource efficiency over the lifetime of a building. Our sustainability strategy focuses on the opportunity to make buildings and cities safe, resilient and sustainable. Our strategy is to manufacture products in a sustainable way, with strong governance and a culture of care for our community.
Towards 2025 Sustainability Targets
Responsible Business
Leading building design safe, resilient, sustainable
- Provide leading research on passive solar thermal design, enabling reduced lifetime energy use
- Support design tools, guidance and information to incorporate life cycle thinking into building design
- Double volume from products that hold leading sustainable qualities
- Reduce supply chain risk
- Business Ethics and Whistleblower programs
Our People & Community
Strong culture and care for our community
- Continued reductions in injury rates
- 100 Community activities each year
- Supporting charities like the Children's Cancer Institute
- Stretch target: 35% female senior executives
- Develop and implement a Diversity and Inclusion Strategy
Environment
Sustainable manufacturing
- Invest in the transition to the hydrogen fuel economy
- Reduced potable water use in water stressed areas
- Drive progressive rehabilitation
- Year on year increase in recycled material use
- Over $2 million investment in emission abatement
- Stretch target 10% increase in gas efficiency at Austral Bricks plants by 2030 (Baseline FY18)
Performance
Performance
Our Journey
This Sustainability Report is Brickworks Limited’s (Brickworks) third stand-alone Sustainability Report and is intended to complement the Annual Report, providing expanded disclosure on non-financial performance, impacts and opportunities. It is informed by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards, a leading independent environmental, social and governance reporting standard.
Products and Sustainability
Designed with care
Leading Building Design, Safe, Resilient, Sustainable
In an unpredictable world, those living in cities must be creative and adapt in order to withstand the shocks and stresses that this century is predicted to bring. Our bricks and concrete products are manufactured to provide resilience. They are durable, fire-proof, contain thermal mass for energy efficient design, excellent acoustic properties and no indoor air emissions (VOCs); and our clay bricks hold a 100-year guarantee. Building product companies have an important role to facilitate innovation through providing durable and naturally sustainable products. Brickworks is proud of its innovative product accomplishments. We were the first Company in Australia to provide Climate Active Certified Carbon Neutral Bricks to national and international markets. By 2025, we will double our volume of products sold in Australia that hold leading sustainable qualities.
Understanding the impact we have on our planet is a responsibility we all share. Reducing emissions and mitigating operational effects is now imperative for any business. The good news is, we’re on the same journey as you – achieving sustainability targets and building a better future for both business and the planet.
Bricks for Living
10 benefits bricks offer for sustainable homes
10 benefits bricks offer for sustainable homes
Comfort, style and affordable living. When planning to build a sustainable home and a comfortable life, you have a lot to consider. With their complete range of cost, comfort and style benefits, bricks are the one and only choice.
Carbon Neutral Bricks
Austral Bricks (Tasmania) are the first
in Australia to have certified Carbon Neutral bricks.
That means we have significantly reduced our carbon
footprint and offset the remaining emissions.
Intergrated Solar Roof Tiles & Battery Solution
Bristile Solar brings
together the latest in clean energy, solar
and battery technology to our sleek
roof tile range and smart enery mangement system.
Net Zero
Bristile Roofing and Brickworks Building Products are
currently in the design and development phase of a Net Zero
home concept that promotes the installation of solar energy
systems during the construction phase of a new home.
Terracade
Terraçade's façade design
system resolves environmental and
structural issues to produce effective
and safe building enclosures. The
Terraçade product was put through the
Ecospecifier Verification program to
qualify its leading position as a façade
system that is worthy to be used in green building projects.
Austral Precast
Austral Precast goes above and beyond to bring innovative, durable and cost-effective building solutions to the Australian market. From balustrades to walls, precast panels are proving an easy solution for architects and builders, with their high-quality finish, thermal mass and environmental benefits.
Austral Bricks Life Cycle Assessment report
The assessed product range of Austral Bricks consists of facing bricks, which are suitable for cladding on walls. Austral Bricks’ products contribute physically and structurally to the building, but also add to the aesthetic qualities of the building.
Sustainable Design
See the results
The built environment has substantial environmental and social impacts. Sustainable building design offers greater energy and resource efficiency over the operational lifetime of a building. Our research and innovation has led the way to realising the thermal benefits of bricks, in partnership with the University of Newcastle. Brickworks is committed to supporting design tools, guidance and information to incorporate life cycle thinking into building design.
Aquarevo Discover Centre
There has been clear shift towards building more affordable sustainable homes that use energy efficiently and minimise their carbon footprint. Aquarevo is set to be Australia’s most water and energy efficient residential community, and Aquarevo House is the exemplar of the development.
Oracle Platinum Homes
The Lincoln 39 Oracle Homes Display home takes style inspiration from The Hamptons and combines it with smart roofing technology, to give it a laidback aesthetic and energy saving credentials.
Port Macquarie
In Port Macquarie on the NSW Mid-North Coast, Pycon Homes and Constructions used Bristile Solar Tiles and Bristile concrete tiles to create the look of a traditional roof for Stephen Hamer’s new family home.
Balwyn North
Is Balwyn the classic Melbourne suburb? Its leafy streets, well regarded schools, good city access and quality housing stock have long been a magnet for
Look around and you’ll see how we’re contributing to a beautiful and enduring future for our built environment.”
News
The Latest on Sustainability
These are the topical related sustainability stories that our Brickworks team feel make an impact on our communities and environments.
News, Sustainability
Brickworks partners with earthworks contractors across Australia for Cross City Rail Operation
In a world where increasingly, sustainability isn’t just about ‘doing the right thing’, it is becoming more important than ever to commit to raising the bar to a level that exceeds best practice for both people and the planet.
Articles, News, Sustainability
Investment into Leading Thermal Design Research - Heat Storage Phase Change Material Project
In partnership with Western Sydney University, Brickworks is investing in innovation to improve thermal performance.
Articles, News, Product, Sustainability
Lending a Helping Hand to Bushfire Victims
Brickworks Building Products announces an initiative to help Western Australian bushfire victims rebuild their homes.
Policies and Data
Transparency Hub
Brickworks is committed to sustainability reporting, providing expanded disclosure on our non-financial performance impacts and opportunities. Our reporting is informed by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards, a leading independent Environmental, Social and Governance reporting standard.
