About
Springboard is Lendlease Foundation’s flagship programme focused on sustainability. It focuses on how living in balance with ourselves, our workplace and our natural environment can not only benefit our wellbeing but also create a network of like-minded people around the globe who are committed to effecting change. This programme enables employees to make progress towards the Lendlease Sustainability Focus Areas within the broader remit of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Running over 12 months, Springboard incorporates an innovative five-day residential experience that gives employees from around the world the opportunity to engage with the Great Barrier Reef Foundation and local indigenous communities, and to partner with the local community on projects designed to leave a tangible legacy.
Here are the objectives of Springboard Capricorn Coast:
- To inspire each delegate to make a personal commitment towards creating a more sustainable world.
- To support community partners’ sustainable development by building their skills, knowledge and confidence.
- To leave a positive legacy in a community.
- To provide participants with the skills to navigate complex problems and make progress on their goals.
- To offer powerful experiential learning opportunities with real activities and consequences.
The journey begins with five days in the Capricorn Coast region of Australia. Focusing on the Great Barrier Reef as an example of a complex set of problems, participants learn from subject matter experts, traditional landowners, and other members of the community, enabling an appreciation of the viewpoints of the various stakeholders.
Impact’s Breakthrough Behaviours Model offers participants a guide to the mindsets and behaviours that empower individuals to transform into mindful agents of change.
Community Action Learning forms a key part of the programme, with participants working on environmental and economic projects with local and indigenous groups. These include the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Livingstone Shire Council, Fitzroy Basin Association, Yeppoon State High School and the Great Barrier Reef Foundation.
Participants find out more about the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and through learning and reflection, commit to actions, practices and experiments that fit within the areas most relevant to them.
Post-programme, the Springboard Summit offers alumni the opportunity to share their progress and report back on their SDG commitments.
Alumni end the programme as a network of mindful agents, supporting Lendlease’s sustainability goals globally and providing the skills to solve the complex problems that affect people, the planet and community. Post programme feedback shows:
- 100% of participants reported a moderate to maximum positive effect on how they personally invest in the wellbeing of the planet.
- 98% felt inspired to act more sustainably upon returning home.
- 98% experienced a moderate to maximum positive effect on their investment in the wellbeing of communities.
- 97% saw a moderate to maximum positive effect on how they personally invest in the wellbeing of people.
The above statistics are based on survey results from post-programme research report FY2020. Total respondents = 81. Percentages rounded down to the nearest whole percentage.
The programme is also building on the Springboard legacy, which has generated over $20 million in social and economic outcomes for Lendlease employees, local community volunteers and businesses. Every Springboard participants returns home as an agent of change, initiating sustainability experiments and inspiring others.
“An insightful and empowering experience – invaluable in learning how to live and promote sustainability. An excellent way to connect with your colleagues, local community and yourself; it’s a platform to help understand how you can make your best impact on the world.”
Springboard participant