Manufacturing Benchmark Program

What is sustainability benchmarking?

Benchmarking your sustainability is a process of comparing your manufacturing business against national and global standards to give you a ‘grade’ (or benchmark). It uses factual (numerical) data and subjective (opinions and assessments) data. This process evaluates your business’s sustainability practices compared to others in the industry. This gives you a reliable measure for your performance and improvement.

We’ve authorised The Ecoefficiency Group (TEG) to supply benchmarking assessments that focus on:

energy and water utilisation
waste management
carbon emissions.

We’re subsiding the cost of these to encourage more businesses to use the service.

Why go through the process?

The benefits of getting a sustainability benchmark assessment include:

understanding your environmental footprint
identifying actions to reduce the footprint
comparing yourself against industry best practices
developing action plans for operational efficiencies and potential cost savings
identifying the potential value-add opportunities by tapping into new markets or remaining relevant in existing markets.

Eligibility criteria

To qualify for the program, your manufacturing business must meet these requirements:

be registered for GST and hold an active Australian Business Number (ABN)
maintain a manufacturing enterprise in Queensland with at least five full-time equivalent employees and conduct the majority of manufacturing activities within the state.
not be tax exempt or undergoing insolvency or facing criminal prosecution.

How to participate

If your manufacturing business meets the eligibility criteria and is ready to participate, complete the expression of interest online form. This should take about 10 minutes.

You will be contacted to confirm your participation within two weeks of receipt of your expression of interest.

What the assessment includes

The sustainability benchmark assessment includes a:

self-paced assessment
onsite visit from the supplier (travel costs are covered by the department)
benchmark of your business’s resource use, waste and carbon emissions
comprehensive report (includes opportunities to reduce costs and your environmental footprint)
virtual consult with the supplier 12 months following provision of the report to support the implementation of identified opportunities.

Costs

We subsidise half of the costs to conduct the benchmark.

The costs for eligible businesses are:

$1,862.50 for 100 or less staff
$2,505 for more than 100 staff.