Sustainability Report 2005-2006

Department of the Environment and Water Resources, 2007

Canberra environmental performance

Materials: Recycled

EN2: Materials used: recycled

Goals 2005-06

Continue to meet 100% of white A4 paper needs with supplies containing post-consumer recycled content
Introduce new internal environmental printing policy for outsourced printing

Performance 2005-06 and trends

To minimise the environmental impacts of paper use, all white A4 paper needs are met with paper containing 60% post-consumer recycled content and 40% sustainable managed plantation pulp content.

All Divisions seeking Public Affairs approval for outsourced printing are required to justify the necessity of producing a hardcopy document, in addition to web-based publication. For those publications that are externally printed, a policy is being developed to encourage low-impact printing choices relating to paper stock, inks, manufacturing processes and the related environmental credentials of printing service providers.

Commentary

None

Goals 2006-07

Explore options for sourcing non-A4 paper stock comprising some post-consumer recycled content
Implement an outsourced printing policy for departmental publications, including appropriate tools and information resources for staff use.

Environmental performance reporting