Our goal is to solve Australia’s toughest sustainability challenges for the new green economy.
Tellus’ ambition is to protect our future generations by creating a cleaner, greener Australia, with a more advanced circular economy.
Tellus exists to enable Australia’s leading companies to scale their transition to the green economy in a safe, sustainable and innovative way. We partner to deliver ESG performance and stewardship, protect shareholder value and safeguard corporate reputation and social licence.
Tellus’ end-to-end solutions permanently eliminate risk and liability at each critical stage of your drive to become a clean and green company.
Tellus’ Sandy Ridge is Australia’s only operational geological repository, enabling secure short and long-term safe storage and isolation of hazardous and strategic materials for business continuity or future recovery.
We operate to the highest standards of international quality, safety and environment best practice. We are independently certified to ISO 9001 (Quality), ISO 14001 (Environment) and ISO 45001 (Health & Safety) standards.
Trust is the bedrock of our business.
With the highest environmental standards and a unique social licence with First Nations partners, Traditional Owners and local communities, clients can be assured our solution is safe.
Uniquely, the Western Australia Government will take back ownership of and responsibility for Sandy Ridge following the end of operations and ensure the site is safely monitored for 100 years. This support is primarily thanks to our world-class safety case and proprietary trust structure that will fund the post-closure monitoring period so that the WA Government, clients and taxpayers will never be out of pocket.
Because of this, Tellus is the only company we know that can guarantee removal of disposal liability under AASB 137 from a waste owner’s balance sheet. This guarantee is called our Tellus Permanent Isolation Certificate™ (or PIC). The PIC protects our clients’ reputation, while providing tangible value to their financial statements.
Our incredible team uses cross-industry experience, expertise, innovation and the world’s-best safety practices to solve the toughest sustainability challenges – with agility and economic viability.
We aim to recruit and develop the industry’s best talent, who are passionate about using their specialist expertise to safeguard the future of all Australians.
Tellus is trusted by Tier 1 companies, government, Traditional Owners and diverse local communities to solve their toughest sustainability challenges, safeguarding reputations and protecting future generations.
Liquid and Sludge (LAS) immobilisation plant at Sandy Ridge
Our Journey
→ Founded in 2009, Tellus began by identifying sites across Australia for hazardous material storage, focusing on key locations with favourable geological conditions in Western Australia, the Northern Territory, and New South Wales.
→ The Sandy Ridge Facility in Western Australia opened in 2020 to manage and dispose of hazardous materials, following a rigorous nine-year regulatory approval process, including licensing, Public Environmental Review and Native Title agreement with the Marlinyu Ghoorlie.
→ In early 2023, Sandy Ridge received approval to dispose of low-level radioactive waste from anywhere in Australia or its Exclusive Economic Zone, making it the only licensed and operating site in Australia for this purpose.
→ By October 2023, working with the Northern Territory Central Land Council, Tellus secured support from the Titjikala Native Title party for its Chandler project. Our vision is for Chandler to be the world’s first multi-national deep geological repository, driving intergenerational change in the Northern Territory and Titjikala community.
Recognition
Tellus’ accomplishments, including our success in consent- based siting and our safety case, have been recognised by world-leading research institutions and Government bodies, which include – the US White House, US Department of Energy (DoE), the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), the Nuclear Energy Association (NEA) and the World Bank.
Solving for our green future. Our people believe in making Australia a safer place for future generations and live our values of Trust, Passion and ensuring Tellus is The Safest Place for our people and hazardous waste.
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Our culture is founded on our bedrock values of Trust, Passion and being The Safest Place.
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We have a unique social licence with our First Nations partners and traditional owners. This trust is the bedrock of our business.
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