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Clients now expect sustainability because financiers, governments, and taxpayers demand it. Ignoring this reality means losing tenders. Partner with specialists who make sustainability simple, commercial, and buildable.

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How does partnering with Agonis make your tender compelling, competitive and effective?

  • By positioning sustainability as a differentiator, not a check-box. We have the expertise to bring credibility and depth to your tender.

  • Avoid delivery risk: embed climate resilience and ratings early to prevent cost and schedule blowouts.

  • Accomplish compliance and credibility: achieve ISC, Green Star, and ESG obligations with actionable modelling and practical, buildable solutions.

THE RISK

Why should you bake sustainability into your bid from the beginning?

Problems develop when sustainability isn't taken on board as a critical factor from the outset:

  • Lost Work and Future Pipeline Risk

    • Poor ESG scoring and weak sustainability narrative;

    • Loss of preferred supplier status as clients shortlist based on sustainability credentials

  • Compliance and Reputation Exposure

    • Regulatory penalties under ASRS, IFRS S2, and state mandates;

    • Reputational damage with clients, financiers, and public scrutiny

  • Delivery Disruptions and Margin Erosion

    • Initiative fatigue and resource overload from late sustainability changes;

    • Cost increases and schedule delays impacting profitability

HOW WE HELP

Make your bid credible and persuasive when it comes to sustainability

  • Integrated sustainability from bid to delivery

    • Practical strategies embedded early to avoid cost and schedule blowouts.

  • Tender Advisory (Sustainability)

    • Position sustainability as a differentiator, not a checkbox, to win bids.

  • Evidence-based compliance and ratings uplift

    • Achieve ISC, Green Star, and ESG obligations with actionable modelling.

  • Delivery support grounded in engineering expertise

    • Cost estimating, constructability, and HSE integration for future climate design, ensuring sustainability is buildable and safe under changing conditions.

  • Future Climate Design

    • Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA)

    • Embed resilience into infrastructure planning and delivery to withstand extreme weather and regulatory shifts.

  • Developing your Offset Strategy

    • Source high-integrity offsets for residual emissions where internal reduction isn’t feasible.

CASE STUDY

Hunter 500kV transmission line

Agonis supported Downer Group with their tender to build a high-voltage transmission line in NSW. We worked with Downer to develop a Tender Sustainability Management Plan that addressed route biodiversity, climate resilience and community benefit.

Targeting ISC 2.1 'Gold' (for both Design and As Built), Downer's bid was seen as industry leading in sustainability. The Gold-rating plan was highlighted as a differentiator that put their bid a cut above competitors'.

ALSO AVAILABLE

Other services that Agonis offers

We offer a range of straightforward products and solutions that can also support your bid, depending on your needs:

  • Tender Sustainability Advisory (Tender-as-a-Service)

  • Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for rated projects

  • Climate Risk and Decarbonisation Strategy

  • Sustainability Ratings (ISC, Green Star and bespoke)

  • Delivery Support: Cost estimating, constructability, and climate-aligned HSE

Next step

Let's talk about bids that win work

Get in touch if you're ready to talk to us about embedding sustainability early, to strengthen bids that win, ratings achievements, and de-risked delivery.

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Learn more about how the process works to strengthen bids that win, ratings achievements, and de-risked delivery by downloading the info pack.

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