Sustainability Assessment Report

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Sustainability Assessment Report
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Executive Summary
The report aims to discuss the sustainability assessment of the Timberrwell Construction
Company. To discuss the sustainability of the company the three aspects that is economic,
environmental and social have been taken and discussed thoroughly. The reports covered
three aspects of each section that measures the sustainability. It also discussed the different
scenario of the company in different stages. It therefore focusses of the sustainability
assessment of the company in the said areas under difficult situations.

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Economic Sustainability.............................................................................................................3
Climate Change......................................................................................................................3
Corruption..............................................................................................................................4
Anti-Competitive Behaviour..................................................................................................4
Environment Sustainability........................................................................................................5
Energy consumption...............................................................................................................5
Impact of activities on environment.......................................................................................6
Violation of Environmental Laws..........................................................................................6
Social Sustainability...................................................................................................................7
Employment...........................................................................................................................7
Discrimination within Organization.......................................................................................7
Local community engagement and Development Programmes.............................................8
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................8
References................................................................................................................................10

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Introduction
One of the construction companies in Australia is Timberwell Construction Company
that operates in the construction market in Stanwell Council District and used to develop
residential buildings there. The company has to take many sustainability measures to counter
the adverse scenarios that it faced in the district in the areas of economic, social and
environmental. The adverse conditions that the company faced arose both externally and
internally. However, it is necessary to consider the effectiveness of the measures the
company taken and prospect that how the company may sustain given the adverse condition
of in the said three fields. The report discusses all the events and measures in detail
complying with the GRI reporting standards (Boerner 2013). For economic sustainability, the
disclosures that are considered are 201, 205 and 206. Similarly, for environmental
sustainability the relevant disclosures of 302, 304 and 307 have been used. The reporting on
the social sustainability is done by using the disclosures of 401, 406 and 413. Hence, the
report makes the sustainability assessmentof the Timberwell Construction Company in the
aforesaid areas.
Economic Sustainability
Climate Change
The problem of global warming has been increasing with every passing days and that
entails the climatic change and making the environment warmer every day. Experiencing the
increasing warming effects caused due to changing climatic conditions, the Stanwell Council
made changes in the Local Environmental Plan and included many areas in the bushfire prone
zone (Untaru 2002). This included many areas where Timeberwell Construction Company
has residential development sites. Thus, amendments in the building construction guidelines
also influenced the business of the Timberwell. As per the new guidelines for better bushfire