Antony Sprigg is CE of the Infrastructure Sustainability Council of Australia (ISCA). Antony has been involved with ISCA from its inception and was heavily involved in the development of the Infrastructure Sustainability, IS, rating tool.
ISCA is a member-based not-for-profit public and private industry council formed to advance infrastructure sustainability outcomes. ISCA specialise in the facilitation and development of industry led performance based integrated triple-bottom-line governance and reporting frameworks, decision tools and rating tools; generating communities of practise throughout the lifecycle from funding, planning, procurement, design and delivery to operations and maintenance.
IS is an industry-compiled voluntary sustainability performance rating scheme evaluating planning, design, construction and operation of all infrastructure asset classes in all sectors linking industry, communities and commerce beyond regulatory standards. Since launching in 2012, over AUD40 billion in infrastructure and civil works projects across Australia and New Zealand have either been certified or registered for an IS rating.
Before he joined ISCA, Antony held a number of senior management roles within professional services firms and on major infrastructure projects specialising in infrastructure advisory. As a thought leader in applied sustainability, Antony has undertaken industry research and consultation associated with infrastructure investment, project planning and procurement decision making.
Presentation Title
The Economic Value of Infrastructure Sustainability
Abstract
Infrastructure sustainability is about consciously and systematically applying a systems and outcomes approach to evaluating social, economic, environmental and governance risks and opportunities from business case assessments and proposals, through to feasibility and procurement, to planning and design, operations and maintenance in a whole of life infrastructure project/asset context. The benefits through applying this approach include improved social license, identification of emerging and non regulated risks (like climate change or workforce capability), reducing project and operational costs and enhanced short and long term sustainability outcomes for the environment and society. Antony will introduce this topic at a strategic global level and how infrastructure sustainability can, in parallel with practical project level processes and outcomes, support local and global sustainable development goals and targets. Antony will use the ISCA infrastructure sustainability rating tool’s application across Australia and New Zealand as an example of how the infrastructure sustainability process can be applied and the benefits realised.