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Environmental Management Systems

All Government departments now have environmental management systems (EMS) to reduce the environmental impacts from office-based energy, water, transport fuel and paper consumption and waste disposal.

Results on meeting related targets are reported annually in departmental annual reports.

For a snapshot of overall government achievements on environmental performance for 2006/07, click here. PDF Icon Overall Government Performance (PDF - 39 Kb)


To read about examples of specific achievements in 2006/07 for water, waste, energy and on sustainable buildings, see the below case studies.

PDF Icon Case study - EPA Victoria goes carbon neutral (PDF - 35 Kb)

PDF Icon Case study - Sustainable buildings (50 Lonsdale St) (PDF - 36 Kb)

PDF Icon Case study - Departments slash water use (PDF - 34 Kb)

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