Sector Product Roadmaps

In addition to the creation of a generic roadmap, specific sectors and products have been road mapped: the Total Environment Centre has mapped a building; the Brotherhood of St Laurence has mapped a natural fibre garment and Net Balance Foundation focused on fresh products, creating a potato roadmap.

Building Roadmap

The “Roadmap of a Sustainable Building” project was developed to highlight challenges and opportunities for different parties, both within and outside a building supply chain, working on a building with sustainability characteristics. Outcomes of the project can be used to progress further the journey towards more sustainable buildings in Australia. The building, at 376-382 New South Head Road in Double Bay Sydney, has been chosen as a case study subject. Learnings from the process of planning, designing, approving, constructing and using this building were investigated to develop advice, tools and guidelines to encourage sustainability practices for environmental and social gain for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) generally and for the building industry overall.

Download a PDF version of the Building Roadmap

Download the detailed report: "Roadmap of a sustainable building: an exploration for SMEs" from the Total Environment Centre

The Total Environment Centre has also created a series of tools and resources to assist SMEs in their sustainability journey.

Download the  "Roadmap of a sustainable building: tools to progress sustainability for SMEs" Report

Garment (Natural Fibre) Roadmap

The Brotherhood of St Laurence's focus was to develop a roadmap of the garment sector. This report and case study is the roadmap of two natural–fibre garments. It reveals how SMEs in the Australian textile and clothing sector could be assisted to improve their sustainability practice.

Download a PDF version of the Garment (Natural Fibre) Roadmap

Download the detailed report: "Travelling textiles: a sustainability roadmap of natural fibre garments" by the Brotherhood of St Laurence

Potato Roadmap

A roadmap identifies qualitative environmental, social and economic impacts of a specific product along its supply chain, outlines existing initiatives and identifies key barriers and opportunities for reducing that product’s footprint. The concept has been applied here to a famous staple food, the potato, providing the basis for developing a benchmark pilot roadmap for Australian SMES involved in the growing, processing, distribution and retailing of this product.

Download a PDF version of the Potato Roadmap

Download the detailed report: "Australian Potato Roadmap"  by Net Balance Foundation

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International Roadmapping Directory: 

UK

The UK Government's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is a pioneer in the area of product road mapping. Find out more about their work and see examples of product roadmap research for product such as milk, televisions and clothing.

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