Sustainable development "meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs". In other words - sustainable homes allow us to live well now and ensure our children will too.

An energy-wise home will use the best combination of sustainable building considerations including passive design techniques such as site orientation, wall and ceiling insulation, ventilation and materials to reduce reliance on mechanical heating and cooling, energy consumption and therefore greenhouse

Water conservation is one of Boral's five key sustainability priority areas and we are committed to reducing water consumption through increased recycling, onsite collection and storage of rainwater, and conserving water across all our operations.

Each day, businesses across Sydney use enough water to fill 300 Olympic sized swimming pools. This amount is almost one-third of Sydney's total water use. The Sydney Water Corporation is working to actively reduce the amount of water entering the environment and conserve our water supply with initiatives to save water, save money and save the environment.

Building products that are sustainable in manufacture, properties or application need not be more expensive. Some of Boral's most cost efficient solutions come in the form of sustainable hire and contracting services.

A Boral company, Midland Brick won the 2007 (finalist in 2006) WA Department of Environment and Conservation Environment Awards for its brick and paver recycling initiative.