BESIX Watpac Community Fund
An enduring community legacy
#How we make a difference
The BESIX Watpac Community Fund is one way we are creating an enduring community legacy.
We align with like-minded organisations to fund and support projects with clearly defined outcomes to make a difference where it is needed most.
Our support extends across a range of initiatives and partnerships, with a particular focus on Community Health, Education & Literacy and Environment & Food Rescue. Across all our initiatives we aim to prioritise and consistently integrate opportunities for our First Nation peoples.
#Focus areas
making an impact
Community Health
Supporting projects that improve our health
Education & Literacy
Training and education for marginalised Australians
Environment & Waste
Reducing our footprint
#Community Health
BESIX Watpac proudly delivers some of Australia’s important health and research facilities and is committed to supporting a range of charities focused on community health.
In 2022 BESIX Watpac became the first founding partner for the Tradie Health Institute, joining with medical research charity The Common Good. The Tradie Health Institute is a collaboration with Australia’s leading lung hospitals and health services and is the only institute dedicated to powering medical discoveries to help tradies.
BESIX Watpac’s partnership with Goanna Academy, established by National Rugby League icon Greg Inglis, is specifically focused on mental health awareness, supporting Indigenous Australians and marginalised communities.
BESIX Watpac has also continued its support of several other health and safety initiatives such as RU OK? Day – a day to highlight suicide prevention and since 2021 has raised more than $70,000 for Movember which is focused on men’s physical and mental health. New partnerships with social impact organisations TradeMutt and TIACS have been established which are also specifically focused on increasing mental health awareness in the construction sector.
Previously, employees have participated in a range of fundraising events for organisations such as Soldier On, Worlds Greatest Shave, Leukaemia Foundation and Cancer Council's Biggest Morning Tea.
#Education & Literacy
From long term collaborations with universities through to creating career pathways and apprenticeships on our projects, BESIX Watpac acknowledges the importance of literacy and education in building better futures and reducing poverty.
On the Sydney Metro Barangaroo Station project, we partnered with Diz Footprints to provide Aboriginal school-based trainees work experience as part of their Certificate II in Construction Pathways. The project also featured 3 female graduate placements and was a host employer for a female first year apprentice.
#Environment & Food Rescue
Across our projects, BESIX Watpac consistently supports clients and partners with their sustainability and climate change objectives. We are active members of Infrastructure Sustainability Council and proudly head-quartered in Jubilee Place, a 6-star Green Star design rating building delivered by our BESIX Watpac team in 2022.
On a recently completed project in Singleton we partnered with Central Waste Station at Kurri Kurri to remove and recycle all the building waste generate on the project. The waste facility managed to reclaim 458.93t of the projects waste from entering landfill, with a total of 93.6% of our building waste became recyclable.
During COVID, BESIX Watpac enabled the provision of 50,000 meals to people in need through their partnership with Oz Harvest. Annually employees collect food donations, join food runs and help with packing hampers.
The BESIX Watpac Community Fund follows the lead of our parent company BESIX. The BESIX Group established the BESIX Foundation in 2009 to financially support a range of associations and non-for-profit organisations globally. The Foundation recently celebrated its 15th anniversary and during this time more than 20,000 volunteers participated in over 348 activities organised by the foundation across four continents.
The BESIX Watpac Community Fund follows the lead of our parent company BESIX. The BESIX Group established the BESIX Foundation in 2009 to financially support a range of associations and non-for-profit organisations globally.
#Our charity partners
In 2022 BESIX Watpac became the first founding partner for the Tradie Health Institute, joining with medical research charity The Common Good. The Tradie Health Institute is a collaboration with Australia’s leading lung hospitals and health services and is the only institute dedicated to powering medical discoveries to help tradies.
BESIX Watpac employees, suppliers and subcontractors have helped raised funds that have supported the purchase of new medical research equipment.
In 2022 BESIX Watpac established a partnership with Australia’s first accredited and Indigenous-owned mental health organisation, Goanna Academy to break the silence on mental health.
Goanna Academy founder Greg Inglis has visited a number of BESIX Watpac offices and project sites to share his personal story.
OzHarvest is Australia’s leading food rescue organisation, collecting quality excess food from commercial outlets and delivering it, directly and free of charge, to more than 1,300 charities supporting people in need.
In December 2020 BESIX Watpac supported Oz Harvest to provide 50,000 meals in response to COVID and increased food insecurity. Alongside a corporate donation, employees collected food donations in offices, joined food runs and leant a hand packing hampers.
Orange Sky Laundry provides a platform for homeless people across Australian and New Zealand to connect through a regular laundry and shower service.
The BESIX Watpac Community Fund donates funds to Orange Sky Laundry through corporate donations and employee event fundraising. During the Queensland floods, BESIX Watpac provided Orange Sky Laundry with boardroom facilities after their own office was damaged.
“I am grateful to continue working alongside BESIX Watpac as leaders of promoting positive mental health in the construction industry, aligning our values and at the core, highlighting the importance of mental health in the workplace,"
Greg Inglis, Founder and Managing Director