Supply Chain Sustainability
Thinking about the future.
Sustainability
We are committed to a sustainable sector as the journey to a decarbonised future gathers pace.
Building current workforce capacity and identifying and training for the skills of the future such as digitisation, automation and robotics are key deliverables in meeting Australia’s growing future freight task.
Skills & Labour: challenges and opportunities
- Implement the Heavy vehicle Driver Apprenticeship across jurisdictions and deliver more apprentice level training for the freight and logistics secotr
- Developing a training framework to ensure it is ‘fit-for-purpose’ to the sector
- Identifying the skills for the future of the sector – across technology, data, management, warehousing, signalling, mechanical, future fuels, locomotive and more
- Reform the immigration system to reflect industry need across skilled and semi-skilled areas of demand
The road to net zero
- Deliver targeted information campaign to support small-medium sized operators, demonstrating the benefits of investing in hydrogen and other low emission fuels in reducing heavy transport emissions
- Test, trial and invest in refuelling infrastructure for zero-emissions vehicles, to encourage uptake in the freight and logistics sector.
- Support Australian businesses to transition to clean energy, with on-site recharging facilities in freight and logistics hubs, such as warehouses and distribution centres
- Invest in ‘corridor’ approaches to rollout low emissions refuelling infrastructure across major freight routes, for heavy vehicles
The circular economy
- Systems focused approach to incorporating sustainability challenges
- Increase the use of recycled materials in the construction of freight and logistics infrastructure
- More research and development of sustainable freight enables such as tyres, pallets and electronics
Learn More
To find out more about our work on shaping sustainable supply chains, read our submissions and policies.
Delivered a pre-budget submission relating to the 2022-23 Federal Budget.
During the 2022 Federal Election, ALC called on candidates to deliver on five priority areas.
ALC contributed to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security on the Security Legislation Amendment.
ALC made a submission to the Productivity Commission in relation to the reference on Australia’s Maritime Logistics System.