Sustainability Report 2005-2006
Department of the Environment and Water Resources, 2007
Vision and strategy
Vision
A sustainable Australia
Mission
Deliver the Australian Government's environment and heritage legislation, policies and programmes
Values
- The Australian Public Service Values
- Caring for the environment
- Engaging with and responding to stakeholders
- Accepting responsibility
- Being accountable
- Providing leadership and being active team contributors
- Being personally committed to learning and development
- Achieving results
The role of the Australian Government Department of the Environment and Heritage (DEH) is to focus on matters of national environmental significance by:
- advising the Australian Government on its policies for protecting the environment and heritage
- administering environment and heritage laws, including the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
- managing the Australian Government's main environment and heritage programmes including the $3 billion Natural Heritage Trust
- implementing an effective response to climate change
- representing the Australian Government in international environmental agreements related to the environment and Antarctica.
Throughout Australia, environment and heritage issues are also managed by other levels of government.
Contents
- Sustainability Report 05-06
- Executive summary
- Vision and strategy
- Our organisation
- Governance
- Policy and influence
- Environmental performance
- Social performance
- Economic performance
- Report assurance statement
- Case studies
- GRI index
Key
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