How Slade Industries elevated supplier assurance with JOSCAR

Simplified supplier assurance backed by independently verified governance and compliance.

Who is Slade Industries?

Slade Industries is an Australian-owned electrical and industrial services provider supporting Defence, infrastructure, energy and resources sectors across Australia. The company delivers electrical construction, process control instrumentation, maintenance, commissioning, shutdown and project services in highly regulated operational environments.

Slade operates under ISO-aligned management systems with strong governance, safety and sustainability oversight. Independent verification through JOSCAR confirms Slade’s maturity as a trusted supply chain partner, including a sustainability score of 82.79, placing the organisation in the top 1% of companies of comparable size within the Hellios community.

The growing burden of supplier assurance

As Slade Industries expanded its presence across Defence and major infrastructure projects, supplier assurance requirements became increasingly complex. Multiple Tier 1 contractors and asset owners required detailed and often duplicated compliance, ESG and governance information. This created inefficiencies and increased the risk of delays during tender submissions, where independent assurance and supply chain transparency are mandatory expectations within Defence-aligned procurement environments.

By joining the Hellios Supplier Community and achieving JOSCAR registration, Slade Industries established a single, independently verified source of truth for supplier information.

Delivering ESG confidence through a unified, validated profile

The JOSCAR platform supports real-time visibility for Defence primes and infrastructure owners, strengthening confidence in Slade’s compliance maturity. Independent verification of Slade’s ESG performance - including a sustainability score of 82.79 - demonstrates alignment with responsible procurement, modern slavery risk management and long-term supply chain resilience requirements.

How Slade Industries have benefited

Independent supplier assurance

Verified data supports defence and critical infrastructure procurement confidence.

Single source of truth

One JOSCAR questionnaire accepted by multiple Tier 1 customers.

Demonstrated ESG maturity

Validated sustainability, governance and workforce performance strengthens tender competitiveness.

"JOSCAR has significantly strengthened how we demonstrate supplier assurance to defence and major infrastructure clients. Having our governance, safety and sustainability credentials independently verified removes duplication and improves confidence across the supply chain. The platform is absolutely something we would recommend to other suppliers operating in regulated industries.”

Michael Slade,
Managing Director,
Slade Industries

Slade Industries experienced strong engagement from the Hellios customer support team throughout onboarding and verification

"The support team assisted in navigating sustainability and governance reporting, ensuring Slade’s profile accurately reflected its operating systems and performance. This ensures Slade remains continuously tender-ready as compliance expectations evolve within Defence and major infrastructure supply chains."

Michael Slade,
Managing Director,
Slade Industries

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