Queensland Corrective Services (QCS)
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2020-21)
Reporting Period: 2020-21
Environmental Metrics
ESG Focus Areas
- Community Safety
- Rehabilitation of Offenders
- Crime Reduction
- Workplace Culture
- Environmental Sustainability
Environmental Achievements
- Working towards a 50 per cent renewable energy target by 2030.
Social Achievements
- Transition of Queensland's privately run prisons to public operation to improve safety and enable a consistent approach across Queensland.
- Commitment to supporting hundreds of new jobs through the transition of Queensland's privately run prisons to public operation.
- Accredited White Ribbon Workplace, committed to supporting employees affected by domestic and family violence.
Governance Achievements
- Enhancement of the department's organisational structure and anti-corruption framework as informed by the implementation of recommendations from the Crime and Corruption Commission's Taskforce Flaxton.
- Implementation of recommendations of the Queensland Parole System Review (Sofronoff Review).
Climate Goals & Targets
Medium-term Goals:
- Achieve a 50 per cent renewable energy target by 2030.
Short-term Goals:
- Continue to progress implementation of the supported recommendations from the Queensland Parole System Review Report.
- Facilitate progress of agreed infrastructure expansions, including at the Capricornia Correctional Centre.
- Continue to work with relevant Ministers and departments to reduce demand across the criminal justice system through interventions to help break the cycle of reoffending, such as the enhanced throughcare service delivery model for rehabilitation programs and services for remandees, prisoners and offenders.
Environmental Challenges
- Managing the demands of a growing prison population.
- Increasing demand on the criminal justice system.
Mitigation Strategies
- Working collaboratively with other criminal justice agencies to implement innovative responses to manage the increasing demand on the criminal justice system.
- Harnessing new technology to drive efficiency in systems and operations.
- Implementing recommendations from the Crime and Corruption Commission's Taskforce Flaxton.