Projects and organisations using the AGIC tool can benefit because the tool will: Drive innovation in infrastructure delivery and operation. Be a practical tool for project teams to de-mystify sustainability in an infrastructure context and facilitate increased sustainability outcomes on a project. Be a practical checklist of sustainability risks, opportunities and obligations for all parties involved in all stages of an infrastructure project (financing, procuring, tendering, design, construction and operation). Be a roadmap of practical and innovative solutions to infrastructure delivery and upgrades. Create a national common language and understanding amongst stakeholders enabling them to objectively assess sustainability initiatives. Contain useful benchmarks and metrics for internal monitoring, reporting, and platforming continuous improvement processes. Complement internal and external corporate reporting needs, including relevant Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) indicators. Provide a national framework and consistancy among tenderers that will reduce tendering costs and facilitate a more equitable review of tenders. Assist in achieving finance for projects and build confidence in investing by improving the quality of project risk profiles and aligning investment decisions with current sustainable investment guidelines. Provide constant market pressure for performance improvement in the area of infrastructure sustainability and this is a stimulus to innovative ideas and new ways of meeting the challenges that arise.