Climate Change Data

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