LaserBond Limited
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2022)
Reporting Period: 2022
Environmental Metrics
ESG Focus Areas
- WH&S
- Quality Assurance
- Environment
- Sustainability
Environmental Achievements
- Typical carbon footprint for a LaserBond remanufactured part is less than 1% of a new part, with life improvements of between 2 to 20 times a standard part, achieving a carbon footprint of much less than 1%
- E-Clad technology uses less than a quarter of the energy used in hard chroming and does not utilize or produce harmful carcinogenic chemicals.
Social Achievements
- Maintained stable rolling 12-month Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate despite an increase in workforce size.
- Increased apprentice and trainee programs.
- Working on increasing employee autonomy, building competencies, and promoting greater decision-making at all levels of the workforce.
Governance Achievements
- Review of corporate governance practices, adopting new practices and optimizing existing ones to reflect industry best practice.
- Appointment of Ian Neal as a non-executive director.
Climate Goals & Targets
Medium-term Goals:
- Achieve revenue target of $60 million by 2025
Short-term Goals:
- Increase capacity and capability to improve margins and build productivity
Environmental Challenges
- Supply chain constraints and accessibility of raw materials and other operational equipment
- Difficulty in scaling up the workforce to support high demand
- Difficulty in recruiting appropriately skilled people
- Unexpected delays in delivery of electronic components for technology sales
Mitigation Strategies
- Increased minimum levels of critical inventory stocks
- Obtaining immigration approval for 15 skilled visa workers
- Increased apprentice and trainee programs
- Ordering long lead time components in advance
Supply Chain Management
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Sustainable Products & Innovation
- MicrocladTM
- NanocladTM
- E-CladTM