Construcciones Yamaro: Komatsu continues partnership with Endeavour Foundation

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Komatsu continues partnership with Endeavour Foundation
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Komatsu Australia (Komatsu) is reinforcing its commitment to sustainability and job creation by renewing its partnership with the Endeavour Foundation. This collaboration not only aims to reduce Komatsu’s environmental impact but also provides employment opportunities for people with disabilities.

The Endeavour Foundation, an independent, purpose-driven organisation, supports people with disabilities through independent living or other forms of accommodation, community initiatives and employment opportunities.

The partnership focuses on creating job opportunities within Komatsu’s Oil and Wear Analysis (KOWA) department. As part of this initiative, supported employees clean 100 per cent recycled plastic canisters, which are then reused up to six times.

Russell Hodson, executive general manager of supply chain at Komatsu, notes that the company has been working with the Endeavour Foundation since 2021 and is enthusiastic about extending this partnership for another three years.

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“We’ve been able to not only offer meaningful employment to a number of people, but with more than 30 per cent of Komatsu’s plastic packaging waste generated through our KOWA bottles, this program and partnership also means we can significantly reduce the volume of plastic packaging waste that we are sending to landfill,” says Hodson.

“As a large, global company, we are always looking at ways we can use our presence to bring about some good in the world.

“This partnership is just one of the ways we are focusing on our ESG principles – it helps Komatsu reduce [its] environmental footprint, while also providing some meaningful employment to people with disabilities – and has proved to be such an important part of our overall supply chain in the KOWA division.

“Since we began our relationship in 2021, together we have recycled over 450,000 KOWA bottles, [which] has prevented 12,000kg of waste going to landfill.”

Shannon Foley, executive general manager of work at the Endeavour Foundation, highlights that access to employment opportunities is an important goal for many people with disabilities.

“Meaningful employment is valuable to everyone, and we’re proud to play our part by helping to create roles for people with disability,” says Foley. “We’re looking forward to continuing to work together with Komatsu on this valuable initiative and seeing what other future opportunities we can create.”

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