NSW Sustainability Award Wins
We are thrilled to announce that Bridge has won both the Place-Making and the SME Sustainable Leadership categories at the prestigious 2024 NSW Sustainability Awards presented by the Banksia Foundation. We were also a finalist in the Circular Economy award.
With the high calibre of submissions, the judges awarded the Place-Making Award to both ourselves and to Central Station Metro for their transformation of the 118-year heritage rail station in the Place-Making category of the Sustainability awards.
We entered our Aboriginal Women’s Housing project as it exemplifies a pioneering approach to placemaking within the built environment. It focuses on sustainability and resilience through innovative design and engagement practices. This initiative delivers 20 sustainable, culturally tailored homes for Aboriginal women that nurture connections to culture, country, and community. The project began with deep listening to our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Tenant Advisory Group, who advocated for a dedicated housing block for Aboriginal women. We refurbished existing units using Passive House principles. This approach minimized environmental impact and costs while meeting cultural and social needs.
With a strategic goal to build a sustainable future, our objective for the project touched on multiple themes from our Sustainability Framework and Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan 2024-2026 while contributing towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs). Specifically, the Glebe project aligns with the UN SDGs: 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy), 10 (Reduced Inequalities), 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities), and 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production), and 13 (Climate Action).
Valuable feedback from one of our tenants:
‘For Aboriginal women to have a housing block for only Aboriginal women is just so amazing – it would have to be one the first of its kind I have ever heard of, and Bridge Housing did that! Bridge Housing listened to us Aboriginal women when we kept advocating on the importance of Aboriginal women having a block of apartments, just for Aboriginal women.’
Resident, Aboriginal Women’s Housing
Read more about the 2024 Sustainability Awards