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Situation
Uniting Communities is a leader in environmental sustainability, actively measuring emissions and putting practical steps in place to reduce them since 2010.
In 2015, they became the first social service charity in Australia – and the first South Australian organisation – to achieve carbon neutral certification through Climate Active.
Their commitment continued in 2022 with two major milestones:
Task
Uniting Communities is taking a practical, organisation-wide approach to reaching Net Zero by 2035. Key strategies include sustainable procurement policies, staff training on climate change, and targeted emissions reduction projects.
These projects include installing solar PV systems, transitioning the vehicle fleet to hybrids and EVs, switching from gas to electric appliances, and improving recycling to reduce landfill waste. Together, these initiatives delivered significant savings in both emissions and costs.
To track progress and demonstrate impact, Uniting Communities uses the Trellis platform to bring together carbon data and monitor the results of each initiative.
Action
Trellis plays a vital role in helping Uniting Communities stay on track toward Net Zero. With automated data feeds and simple project tracking tools, it makes it easy to monitor return on investment and measure impact.
By capturing financial source data and converting it into near real-time insights on energy use, emissions, costs and consumption, Trellis supports smarter, data-driven decisions.
Emission reduction activities are staged over the next decade. Where emissions can’t be eliminated, they’ll be offset – ensuring Uniting Communities meets its Net Zero 2035 target.
Result
Based on the success of the work to-date and Trellis’ strong track record with Not for Profits and large multi-site entities, UnitingCare QLD and Uniting NSW.ACT have come onboard to Trellis.
With large asset bases, all business units benefit from the streamlining of sustainability reporting across all entities and gaining a unique facility and meter level viewpoint to dive deeper.