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EIANZ Issues Log

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:57:37 +1000

EIANZ now has an issues log to collect recommendations, opinions and complaints. Click here to complete the form.

Submission Environmental Effects Statement Process

Sun, 11 Apr 2010 14:31:08 +1000

The Victorian EIANZ is going places!  The Victorian Parliament has personally invited members of the EIANZ (that's YOU!) to make a submission as part of the government's inquiry into the Environmental Effects Statement (EES) Process.

As an environmental professional and an informed member of the public, your views on the EES process are of great interest to Government. Recognising your various expertise in this area I would be delighted if you would help represent the EIANZ in this capacity. Regardless of whether or not you have had direct involvement in preparing an EES, I believe that we, as EIANZ members, have valuable opinions to share.

The EIANZ will, by special invitation, be presenting a submission to Victoria's Environment and Natural Resources Committee (ENRC) at a Parliamentary Hearing on 3 May 2010. I intend to pull information for this submission from two sources:
* Comments and views from other expert witnesses and environmental professionals leading in this area
* Results of the EIANZ member survey on EES

The EIANZ member survey on EES has been prepared by the EIANZ and the ENRC, and consists of a 5 minute on-line survey which you can access at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/5W3MVVD

I strongly encourage you to have your say over this process, if only to complete the online survey. If you wish to make a more detailed submission, or wish to join our group of expert witnesses in pulling together a submission, please contact me on ehurst@pb.com.au. The submission period has been extended till the end of April to accommodate additional feedback. Further information can be obtained by contacting www.parliament.vic.gov.au/enrc.

Kind regards,
Elizabeth Hurst - Vic President, EIANZ

Phone: 9654 7473
Fax:      9650 1242

Australasian and Canadian Environmental Professional Bodies Unite

Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:17:26 +1000

As thousands of environment industry leaders, government representatives, procurement managers, engineers and corporate executives from around the world gathered at GLOBE 2010 last week,the Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand (EIANZ) and ECO Canada signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to promote environmental practitioner leadership.

Read the full press release here.

EPA Victoria licensing Reform Program

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:46:50 +1000

EPA Victoria is embarking on major reform of its licensing of Scheduled Premises, the most significant reform to EPA’s licensing system in over 30 years. The changes will influence the way licences are governed and managed. EPA’s licences will be streamlined, obligations will be clearer and more outcome focused, and the transparency and consistency of licences will be improved.

EPA’s licences will be streamlined, obligations will be clearer and more outcome focused, and the transparency and consistency of licences will be improved.
Some of the major changes include:
▪ The introduction of a new consolidated reporting mechanism - an Annual Performance Statement required to
▪ be signed by the company CEO
▪ Greater flexibility in meeting obligations and monitoring them - through outcome focused conditions and
▪ requirements to establish a risk-based monitoring plan
▪ No ongoing requirements to develop and maintain an Environmental Improvement Plan
▪ New online portal to access licences and to submit reporting
▪ Licences and reporting made available online through a publically available website

New draft guidance documents have been released by EPA to assist with annual reporting and development of
monitoring plans. These include:
▪ Annual Performance Statement Guidelines (EPA Publication 1320)
▪ Licence Assessment Guidelines (EPA Publication 1321)
▪ Licence Management Guidelines (EPA Publication 1322)
▪ Landfill Licensing Guidelines (EPA Publication 1323)

We would encourage you to download these documents from the EPA website and provide comment back to the EPA or EIANZ on any suggested changes. In the meantime, please forward this information onto any licence holders or interested parties.

We are very interested to hear your views on these guidance documents, so please feel free to let us know your thoughts by emailing to: ehurst@pb.com.au.

More information can be obtained by contacting EPA direct, either through the local client relationship manager (if you are a licence holder) or through central EPA office in Melbourne.

Green Collar Worker Report

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:49:16 +1000

Welcome to the “Who are the Green Collar Workers?” report. This is the first serious attempt in Australia to define just who these people are.

However they are defined, we believe that members of the Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand (EIANZ) are included in the definition.

Evolution or Revolution is an initiative by the NSW division of the EIANZ to engage the wider environmental profession, determine what and who the Green Collar Worker is, and what they need in order to support them to be better professionals and contribute towards addressing environmental issues.

The Evolution or Revolution initiative is a three stage program intended to engage the Green Collar Worker and establish what the profile of the environment/sustainability profession is, so that the profession can be supported more effectively.

The three phases are:
1 Public engagement and event held at the Customs House in
Sydney, with over 200 people, who listened to a panel discussion
and provided feedback.

2 Considered follow‐up: this report.

3 A report back to the profession and a celebration with a Green Tie
ball at Taronga Zoo on Earth Day, 28 March 2009. This was a great
success.

The aim of this report is to review definitions of the Green Collar Worker from around the globe and arrive at an appropriate definition for Australia. A definition is important, as it will provide the foundations for statistics, audits, curricula, regulation, policy and innovation.