Business performance
Social investment
We support and invest in community organisations and initiatives that help us advance three focus areas: empowering customers; championing road safety; and strengthening communities.
KARI Transurban Aboriginal Driving School
Reconciliation actions We joined the Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) program a decade ago, recognising that business has a meaningful role to play in Australia’s reconciliation journey and to support and engage with First Nations people. In FY24, we focused on delivering on our commitments in our third Innovate RAP, which is in place until FY25. These commitments include implementing our employment strategy, building First Nations cultural capability, building culturally appropriate education resources for our customers and investing in community partnerships. We also now track our progress through a reconciliation dashboard which is provided to the Executive Committee every two months. For more information on how we support reconciliation, see our people (page 59) and our business partners and suppliers (page 66) sections.
Connecting military veterans with new career opportunities In FY24, we provided a USD250,000 grant to the Virginia Foundation for Community College Education (VFCCE), in support of the Virginia Infrastructure Academy (VIA) at Germanna Community College near Fredericksburg, Virginia. This academy provides people, including military veterans, with training for careers in infrastructure. Our funding will help thousands of VIA students gain the skills and credentials needed to build long-term careers in infrastructure. In partnership with the VFCCE and industry leaders, we’re aiming to help fill 35,000 infrastructure jobs over the next five years. Our funding will also help connect military veterans with employment coaches, networking events, and employer recruiters. A detailed breakdown of our social investments is available in our FY24 Sustainability Data Pack, transurban.com/reporting Read our Reconciliation Action Plan, transurban.com/ communities/reconciliation
In FY24 we invested more than $3 million in partnerships ranging from road safety research and learn-to-drive programs to child car seat safety checks. Some of our social investments included: • Partnering with the Salvation Army Australia to provide five scholarships for their employees to complete a diploma of financial counselling. This annual contribution creates more capacity in the sector to respond to community needs. • Contributed USD10,000 to the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials scholarship fund. The funds will be divided between four students who are pursuing degrees in transportation. • Distributed grants of up to $10,000 to 37 organisations in Australia and North America as part of our annual Community Grants Program. For the first time, we ran a People’s Choice Award to give the community, customers and employees a chance to vote for their favourite shortlisted organisation in each of our Australian markets. We received 1,400 votes and winners received a further $1,000 on top of their grant.
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