Industrial and Logistics Sustainability

For us sustainability is the way we deliver on our purpose, to secure a better future for all. Our values drive us to think bigger, do better and go further to create value for our customers.

Our framework supports key priorities:

Building capability through meaningful climate action, rethinking resources and prioritising nature
Partnering to provide enduring support for vulnerable youth and community impacted by hardship
Sharing economic prosperity and sustainable growth for mutual success

Net zero by 2025

Targeting Net Zero carbon across Charter Hall by 2025 (Scope 1 and 2)

Target aspirations

Targeting a 50% reduction in tenant customer emissions by 2030

Switch to renewables

Since November 2022, our Industrial & Logistics portfolio has run on 100% grid-sourced renewable energy

Industrial & Logistics ESG Highlights FY24

Take a look and what was achieved in our Industrial & Logistics sector in FY24.

First Nations

In line with our Innovate RAP, we are committed to creating opportunities to facilitate strong and lasting relationships with First Nations peoples, and increasing engagement with First Nations organisations to generate economic empowerment and create employment opportunities through our value chain.

At our properties, we are implementing initiatives that acknowledge and pay respect to First Nations peoples as the Traditional Owners and ongoing custodians of the land.

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Caring for Country

Tenant customer Cleanaway engaged local artists to paint a mural on the two water tanks at their development facility in Blacktown, in a high-visibility location to enable both the facility employees and the wider community to enjoy the artwork.

The theme of the mural is “Caring for Country”, and the story behind the artwork aligns with both Cleanaway and Charter Hall’s vision to continue to care for the lands on which we operate and to find ways to create a more sustainable future.

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The Birds of Naarm

A bespoke mural artwork was created at MidWest Logistics Hub in western Melbourne, visible to those in the estate’s café precinct. The brief was to commission an artwork that had ties back to the land, in collaboration with a local First Nations artist.

‘The Birds of Naarm’ is a colourful mural by local artist Amina Briggs. The artwork is a response to the cultural and environmental history of Truganina and its surrounds, speaking to the combined evolution of traditional knowledge and modernity to adapt to the ever-changing times in order to survive.

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Sustainable, energy efficient buildings

Our assets are highly energy efficient, powered by renewable energy and support corporate occupiers net zero emissions ambitions.

Clean energy

We're partnering with our tenant customers for a clean energy future. Harnessing solar energy and storing it in advanced battery systems is crucial for energy resilience, reducing carbon footprints and managing energy costs, and we're utilising this clean energy solution across our Industrial & Logistics portfolio.

At Motorway Industrial Park in Queensland and Compass Logistics Estate in Western Sydney, we have installed battery storage units in partnership with tenant customers CEVA Logistics and HCL.

By actively partnering with tenant customers, battery storage technology assists us to manage the environmental impacts of the buildings, reduce energy costs for customers, and achieve greater energy efficiencies. Energy generated from battery and solar supports us and our customers' journey to net zero.

Motorway Industrial Park

Berrinba QLD

250kWh battery size

400kW solar array

Compass Logistics Estate

Eastern Creek, NSW

1,250kWh battery size

2,000kW solar array

Social Sustainability

We believe places have the power to transform, and we consciously invest in high quality industrial facilities that help our customers and communities thrive.

Our partnership approach extends to our communities with Charter Hall committed to community engagement and local capacity building in the diverse communities in which we operate across Australia.

SSI

We partnered with Settlement Services International (SSI), a not-for-profit organisation that supports newly settled migrants transitioning to life in Australia, to pilot an employment program across major development projects. The program provided pre-employment training for participants alongside our building and construction partners.

HHTS

We're proud to be a Corporate Partner for Healthy Heads in Trucks & Sheds (HHTS), an organisation focused on improving the mental health and wellbeing of employees within the road transport, warehousing and logistics industries. We partner with our tenant customers to drive awareness, generate support, and create work environments that prioritise wellbeing through initiatives including RUOK in Trucks & Sheds, HHTS Roadshows and Nutrition programs.

Morsl

We've partnered with Morsl, which offers a 24/7 self-service, healthy micro market to employees in warehouses, providing convenient access to healthier food and a healthier lifestyle. Employees who work in the industrial and logistics sector are faced with many environmental impacts to their mental and physical health, including long, physical work shifts, elevated noise levels, and limited access to healthy food options in and around their workplace.

Future focused

We are committed to diversity and inclusion, with Charter Hall a founding member of Women in Industrial, an industry association that advocates for greater female participation in the Industrial & Logistics sector. In addition, Charter Hall supports career pathways for young people with active involvement at university events with UTS and UWS, and with mentoring opportunities including Girls in Property.

Healthy work environments

We take an industry-leading position to create healthy work environments in the industrial sector, with well-being for our tenant customers at the forefront of design.

Light Horse Logistics Hub is a prime example of where considerations have been made to create a leading office environment for employees that challenges the norm in traditional industrial estates.

Integrated into everything we do

For over three decades, we have focused our efforts on where we can have the greatest impact and influence – building capability through meaningful climate action; partnering to provide enduring support for vulnerable youth and communities; and sharing economic prosperity and sustainable growth for mutual success.

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Anna Maras

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Alan Fok

ESG Manager

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