Reconciliation

Our vision is to build positive long-term relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and businesses, making a lasting and positive difference in their lives.

Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP)

In November 2020, during NAIDOC week, we launched our inaugural Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP).

Our RAP details our Vision for reconciliation and our actions to make a positive difference to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the areas of employment and economic development, and to enhance cultural understanding and acceptance within our workforce and industry.

Although we have a history of working with and being committed to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and community engagement throughout our business, we acknowledge that more work needs to be done on our journey to achieving our Reconciliation Vision.

We continue to scope and develop relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander suppliers and subcontractors and continue to develop our long-standing relationship with Supply Nation as a member. We continue to focus on achieving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employment targets, conducting cultural awareness training for our staff and maintaining and building significant internal competencies in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander engagement.

View our Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan here.

Our vision for reconciliation

We are committed to driving reconciliation by providing an environment where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are given the opportunity to access relevant training and support to fulfil their individual employment goals.

Our objective is to build positive long-term relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and businesses. Our intention is to make a lasting and positive difference in the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

As we commence our reconciliation journey, our priority will be to cultivate more meaningful relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. To ensure our success we will:

  • Build cultural awareness and cultural competency understanding within our people
  • Deliver positive community and commercial solutions through our engagement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander businesses
  • Communicate our key deliverables within this RAP to our stakeholders and have ‘buy-in’ from all levels of Decmil for the successful delivery of our commitments
  • Make a difference through sponsorships, donations and community- centred initiatives
  • Use Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander expertise and knowledge to help guide us through our commitments and increase our organisational cultural capability so it is meaningful and continues to have a positive impact for Aboriginal and Torres Islander peoples and communities.

Member of Supply Nation

We are proud to be a long-standing member of Supply Nation, Australia’s leading database of certified Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander businesses.

Our membership with Supply Nation embodies our commitment to diversity both in our workforce and procurement process and allows us to unlock the potential of engaging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander enterprises in our supply chain.

We continue to work with Supply Nation to increase the number of certified and registered Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander businesses within our supply chain.