Sustainability Report 2005-2006

Department of the Environment and Water Resources, 2007

Parks Australia environmental performance at a glance

Parks Australia environmental performance at a glance
Parks	Summary title	GRI	Goals met? 2005-06	Goals 2006-07
Environmental Management	Environmental management system (EMS) conformance	EM1
	Environmental performance improvement process	EM2	All parks to report annually against agreed indicators All parks to continue to review the risk watch list	All parks to report annually against agreed indicators All parks to continue to review the risk watch list
	Integration of environment with other business systems	EM3
	Due diligence	EM4
	Environmental liabilities	EM5		Establish a register of asbestos-contaminated sites by June 2007
Compliance	Environmental compliance incidents and fines	EN16
Environmental Management Expenditure	Total environment expenditures by type	EN35
Biodiversity	Location of land owned, leased or managed in biodiversity-rich habitats	EN6
	Impacts on biodiversity	EN7 EN25 EN28	Subject future proposals to environmental impact assessments Continue monitoring activities in accordance with management plan requirements	Subject future proposals for infrastructure development to environmental impact assessments Continue monitoring activities in accordance with management plan requirements
	Habitat change and restoration	EN26 EN27	Progress rehabilitation efforts as identified in management plans Continue monitoring of recovering ecosystems	Progress rehabilitation efforts as identified in management plans Continue monitoring of recovering ecosystems
Energy	Direct energy use segmented by primary source: building energy use	EN3	Review building energy consumption and consider options for reducing consumption in two parks by June 2006	Review building electricity and diesel consumption and consider options for reducing consumption in two parks by June 2007 Maintain building energy consumption at current levels or reduce them relative to climatic conditions and visitor usage
	Direct energy use segmented by primary source: gas use	EN3	Review building gas consumption and consider options for reducing consumption in two parks by June 2006	Review building gas consumption and consider options for reducing consumption in two parks by June 2006 Maintain gas consumption at current levels or reduce them relative to climatic conditions and visitor usage
	Direct energy use segmented by primary source: transport energy use	EN3	Review transport energy consumption and consider options for reducing consumption in two parks by June 2006 Review processes for monitoring vehicle use in the parks by 2005-06	Review transport energy consumption and consider options for reducing consumption in two parks by June 2007 Review processes for monitoring vehicle use in the parks by 2006-07 Trial the use of biodiesel in Kakadu National Park (South Alligator Region) by June 2007
	Initiatives to use renewable energy sources and to increase energy efficiency	EN17		Include green power in electricity provider contracts where possible
	Indirect energy use	EN4
	Other indirect energy use	EN19
Waste	Total amount of waste by type and destination	EN11	Continue to review opportunities for reusing and recycling materials where practicable Continue to provide collection bins for recyclable materials where practicable	Continue to review opportunities for reusing and recycling materials where practicable Continue to provide collection bins for recyclable materials where practicable
Hazardous Waste	Hazardous waste production and transport	EN31
Greenhouse Gas Emissions	Greenhouse gas emissions	EN8	All parks have in place a standardised system for the collection of greenhouse gas emissions data by 2006-07	Refine and implement a standardised system for collecting data from all parks by June 2007
Indirect Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Water	Total water use	EN5	Install water metering in at least one additional park in 2006	Install water metering in at least one additional park in 2007
	Water sources affected by use	EN17
	Annual withdrawal as % of sources	EN21		Collect detailed information on water removed from aquifers and bores in our parks
	Total recycling and reuse of water	EN22
Emissions to Air, Land and Water	Emissions to air, land and water	EN10 EN13 EN12 EN32	Continue investigations into appropriate fire regimes which are optimal for maintenance of biodiversity and carbon retention All parks to have fire management plans in place by June 2006	Continue investigations into appropriate fire regimes which are optimal for maintenance of biodiversity and carbon retention Continue to implement fire management plans at Kakadu, Booderee and Uluru
Ozone-depleting Substances	Use and emissions of ozone-depleting substances	EN9
Materials: Paper	Total materials use other than water, by type	EN1	All parks to have a process in place to record paper use by 2005-06	All parks to have in place strategies to reduce paper use Reduce paper use in 2006-07
Materials: Recycled	Percentage of materials used that are wastes	EN2		All parks to investigate opportunities for increasing the use of products made from recycled materials
Suppliers	Environmental performance of suppliers	EN33	Review awareness and application of Parks Australia’s environmental purchasing guidelines in all parks by 2006-07	Review awareness and application of Parks Australia’s environmental purchasing guidelines in all parks by 2006-07

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