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Quantum Filtration’s Two-Year ESG Progress Story

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Quantum Filtration Medium (QFM) has been steadily formalising its environmental, social and governance practices over the past two years, progressing from an initial ESG Maturity Assessment in late 2023 to a structured roadmap and a 2025 progress update. Taken together, these documents outline a company building a more organised and transparent ESG foundation while continuing to highlight the inherent environmental strengths of our flagship product, DMI-65®.

Establishing the baseline: the 2023 ESG Maturity Assessment

In December 2023, Parvate ESG delivered QFM’s ESG Maturity Assessment (with assessment work undertaken on 28 November). The report benchmarked QFM against the Australian industrial products and construction sector and provided quantitative maturity scores:

  • Environment: 31% maturity (benchmark average 19%)
  • Social: 22% maturity (benchmark average 23%)
  • Governance: 21% maturity (benchmark average 27%)

 

The assessment recognised existing strengths, including tracking of water and resource consumption, a drafted ESG plan, and the environmental benefits of DMI-65’s reduced chemical use. It also outlined recommended next steps across all pillars. These included finalising formal policies such as a Sustainability Policy, Data & Cyber Security Policy, Whistleblower Policy, Records Management documents, Anti-Bribery & Corruption Policy and an Employee Handbook; undertaking ESG learning; exploring supplier accreditation processes; and considering an Employee Assistance Program.

These short-, medium- and long-term actions formed the basis of the broader roadmap that followed.

Putting plans into action: the 2024–25 ESG Roadmap

Through 2024 and 2025, QFM worked with Parvate to develop a detailed ESG Roadmap with clearly staged priorities. The roadmap is aligned with the GRI Standards, TCFD, and the upcoming AASB S2 climate disclosure requirements, signalling an intention to build a reporting structure consistent with emerging Australian and global expectations.

The roadmap groups actions into short (1–6 months), medium (6–12 months) and long-term (12+ months) horizons, covering policy development, ESG training, reporting frameworks, stakeholder engagement and improvements in monitoring and data practices across environmental, social and governance areas.

The November 2025 progress update

The 2025 progress note summarises where work is currently focused:

Governance

  • ESG literacy undertaken at Board level
  • Anti-corruption and whistleblower policies drafted
  • Draft climate-risk management and data-governance processes
  • Plans for public ESG reporting in 2026
  • Future website updates recommended to include Board details and a “Company Policies” section for transparency

 

Social

  • Focus areas include diversity and inclusion, health and safety, modern slavery prevention, community engagement and First Nations engagement, and employee wellbeing
  • Recommendation to develop a health and safety incident-reporting process
  • Consideration of an HR system to track training, diversity and wage-level information to support transparent ESG reporting

 

Environment

  • Work underway on climate change strategy, Scope 1 and 2 emissions reporting, water and waste management, biodiversity considerations and sustainability policy drafting
  • Recommendation to consider an internal “Environmental Task Force”
  • Further opportunities listed around resource efficiency, water management practices, environmental awareness and energy sources for the office

 

These themes largely reflect the roadmap’s structure of consolidating policies, improving internal processes and preparing the organisation for external reporting and stakeholder transparency.

Product impact remains central: DMI-65®

Throughout both documents, QFM’s core product remains a significant part of our ESG story.

DMI-65®, an advanced catalytic filtration media for removing heavy metals such as iron and manganese, operates without adding harmful chemicals.

  • It reduces chemical usage by 5–8 times compared with competitors
  • It contributes to cleaner water, safer drinking water and improved global health outcomes
  • It supports SDG 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation) and aligns with climate-action goals
  • It meets international water-quality standards, reinforcing governance and transparency in product stewardship

 

This product-led environmental benefit is one of the company’s most tangible ESG strengths and continues to anchor its narrative.

What the journey shows so far

Although the 2025 update is a high-level progress snapshot rather than a detailed performance report, we are proud to share that QFM has moved from an initial baseline assessment to a structured, policy-focused roadmap with work underway across environmental, social and governance pillars. The planned shift to public ESG reporting in 2026 marks the beginning of an even more transparent phase.

For now, the journey is centred on building the frameworks, policies and training that will allow QFM to report more deeply in the future, while continuing to highlight the sustainability benefits embedded directly in DMI-65®.

More to share in 2026.

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