Environment
CME’s Environment portfolio is focused on developing policy on environmental issues impacting the resources sector. This includes biodiversity protection, research and offsets; mine rehabilitation, closure and relinquishment; data collection and reporting; sharing good practice; and emissions, discharge management, pollution control and air quality.
Projects & Issues
- Improving the environmental regulatory framework in WA to promote the re-use of fit-for-purpose material, a circular economy and improved natural resource management
- Ensuring regulatory assessment and approval processes are risk-based, fit-for-purpose and efficient
- Advocating for removal of regulatory duplication and promoting streamlined assessment processes
- Progressing policy reform and advancing good practice in mine rehabilitation and closure in creating a pathway to relinquishment
Working Groups
CME’s Environment Committee is supported by the following Working Groups:
- Approvals Working Group
- Climate and Energy Reference Group
- Goldfields Environment Forum
- South West Environment Forum
External Groups
The Environment Committee provides guidance on CME’s participation on a number of external groups:
- Environmental Protection Authority’s Stakeholder Reference Group
- Minerals Council of Australia’s MCA Safety and Sustainability Committee
- Minerals Council of Australia’s MCA Climate and Energy Committee
- MCA Approvals Working Group
- Department of Water and Environmental Regulation’s Stakeholder Reference Group
- Department of Water and Environmental Regulation’s Waste Reform Advisory Group