Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) at Transurban

Transurban is an Australian-owned company and one of the world's largest toll-road operators.Transurban builds and operate toll roads in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, as well as in Greater Washington, United States and Montreal, Canada. Transurban also designs and builds new roads as well as researching new vehicle and road safety technology.

Transurban is also a technology company.Not only do they design roads, they also research and develop innovative tolling and transport technology.As an industry leader, they are expected to set high standards for performance on social and environmental issues.Transurban invests to create social inclusion and manage environmental impacts. For example, they build parks and bike paths, create new community facilities, and plant trees for wildlife habitats - helping people connect with each other and their neighbourhoods.There focus is on social investment efforts and partnerships to drive inclusion and diversity.

Transurban's three investment areas

Safe and accessible transport - activities that promote safe driving, prevent injury on the roads, and ensure people can connect, through transport, with work, family and the wider community.

Local communities - invest in local communities (communities located directly along our road network) by supporting causes that are important to residents and by partnering with organisations that help mitigate the impact of large infrastructure projects on the environment.

Education and training - invest in vocational training opportunities for disadvantaged communities and invest in activities encouraging diversity in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education.

Transurban Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Progress Report (June 2019, p. 2) outlines their performance to key SDGs.

Q1. Using the information outlined in the extract above, identify four (4) specific stakeholder groups that are likely to benefit from Transurban's focus on SDGs.In the response, it is a must to identify whether each specific stakeholder group is internal or external.

Stakeholder Group

Internal or External

To answer the following questions (Q2-Q7), Identify possible activities that will meet the objectives of the key SDGs that Transurban report on.Provide a description of each of the activities and how they link with the SDGs.Ensure you consider the three (3) investment areas focused on by Transurban. Check "SDG No." on SDG table for the full SDG name. For example, "SDG No. 3" is for "Good health and well-being".

Q2. Identify possible actions that Transurban might be undertaking to meet Sustainable Development Goal 3: Good health and wellbeing.

Q3. Identify possible actions that Transurban might be undertaking to meet Sustainable Development Goal 5: Gender equality.

Q4. Identify possible actions that Transurban might be undertaking to meet Sustainable Development Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Q5. Identify possible actions that Transurban might be undertaking to meet Sustainable Development Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure.

Q6. Identify possible actions that Transurban might be undertaking to meet Sustainable Development Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities.

Q7. Identify possible actions that Transurban might be undertaking to meet Sustainable Development Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production.