We regularly share our thoughts and tips on creating a truly sustainable business on our blog.
Compliance Reporting – It’s all about the data
Compliance refers to the action of adhering to an official requirement (Merriam-Webster, 2021). When discussing environmental compliance, this refers to adhering to legislation, regulations or requirements which specifically relate to environmental factors. This...
R U OK? Day Awareness – 9 September 2021
It is not news to anyone that we are currently facing challenging times, we all know it and experience it. That is why it is more critical than ever that we have strong social connections and support networks around us. This Thursday 9 September is R U OK? Day, and...
Workplace safety in adverse weather conditions: FIFO and Acclimatisation
In Australia, it is common for the resources sector to have “fly-in fly-out” (FIFO) employees flown from their home cities or towns in the populated and generally cooler regions to the northern or inland regions of the country where temperatures can be extremely hot...
Plastic’s – What can be recycled and Australia’s plans for the Future
Since the industrial revolution, there has been a demand for plastic products and packaging across the world. This is mainly due to the properties of plastics because they are easy to transport, extremely durable, can be resistant to chemical products and act as...
National Emissions Update
Pollution is the release of any substance (solid, liquid, or gas) or any form of energy (heat, sound, or radioactivity) into the environment at a rate faster than it can be dispersed, diluted, decomposed, recycled, or stored into some harmless form (Nathanson, 2021)....
Remote Operation Technology – The future of mining?
The concept of drones first appeared in 1849 in the form of unmanned balloons stuffed with explosives used by the Austrian forces to besiege Venice (Vyas, 2020). Since then, drones have grown in popularity. Over the last two decades, they are now used for everything...
The Benefits of Incident Reporting and Investigation
An incident refers to an unplanned event or occurrence that leads to a consequence to an individual or business (Oxford English Dictionary, 2021). An incident is most often considered as relating to workplace health and safety; however, incidents can also involve...
Indigenous Land Management in Action
For thousands of years, Australia’s Indigenous people incorporated land and sea management, popularly termed Caring for Country, into their way of life, customs and laws. Australia’s land had been shaped and maintained by Aboriginal people before European settlement....
ESG: What is it and how is it different from Sustainability Report.
Sometimes, it seems we absolutely love jargon in the environmental industry, bandying about three-letter acronyms with abundance… EIA this, EPA that, and now the one that is getting a lot of attention is ESG… yep, another TLA (see what I did there?)! So what exactly...
Google Earth Engine – How it can be used in Environmental Science
Remote sensing (RS) is the collection of physical characteristics of an area based on measuring radiation and reflection from a distance, such as an aircraft, drones and satellites (USGS 2020). RS datasets have been collected from satellites for decades with much of...