Environment policy

Through the commitment and involvement of its staff, the Department of Transport will maintain an environmental management system appropriate to the environmental impacts of its office-based activities from its CBD locations.

The department will strive for continual improvement in its environmental performance in the following areas:

• energy use
• water consumption
• paper use
• waste generation
• transportation
• purchasing

To achieve this, the department will commit to the following actions and practices:

• adopt a pollution prevention approach to DOT office-based activities
• comply with all relevant government policy and environmental legislation
• embed environmental sustainability into departmental programs and projects, where possible
• set objectives and targets so as to continually improve our environmental management and performance
• monitor and review our environmental performance
• undergo periodic environmental management system audits
• promote this environmental policy and the environmental management system to department staff
• communicate the department's environmental performance in its Annual Report.