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John Holland Sustainability Actions

Geothermal Energy Research

We partnered with the University of Melbourne to support cutting-edge research to increase the industry’s knowledge of geothermal energy storage. The Metro Tunnel early works project is using a geothermal installation to improve the industry’s knowledge of the cost and benefit of this form of renewable energy.

Pathway Program

Our industry-first Pathway Program is run in Victoria to reduce inequalities. We place engineers from refugee, migrant, and marginalised backgrounds on a six-month work placement with the possibility of ongoing employment. We believe the unprecedented infrastructure boom in Australia can be used to open doors to our industry.

Responsible Consumption and production

Our award-winning Sydney Metro Northwest Rapid Transit (NRT) Project is doing its bit to tackle deforestation by paving the way for large scale sustainability timber applications on infrastructure projects. New station canopies and multi-story parking façades were constructed with 100% responsibly sourced timber.

Assets powered by renewables

Canberra Metro Light Rail has been designed and built to be powered by 100% renewable energy. The project will offset all construction and operating emissions to achieve zero net carbon emissions by designing, building, operating and adapting to climate change impacts and social needs of society, which demonstrates leading best practice. This has been done by using traction power regeneration to limit energy loss through braking and acceleration of the LRV’s, closed loop recycled water for the tram wash and world leading asbestos management hydrovaccing activities.

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