Environmental Reporting Presentation to Business and ecosystems: Identifying risks and opportunities Malcolm McKee, Ministry for the Environment
The Environmental Reporting Journey 2007 2011 2014
What is the Purpose of the new Environmental Reporting approach? Independent production of Regular environmental environmental reports Advice to decision- reports makers is based on accurate and Move the public credible evidence conversation away from debating the data towards Fair and addressing accurate environmental issues environmental Environmental reporting reports are trusted by the Certainty about public what will be in environmental 3 reports
The Environmental Reporting approach State Pressure Impact Economic (e.g. tourism, resource e.g. human activity e.g. physical (particles, extraction) (transport, domestic fires) physical structures) *Impact Culture, Te ao maori and e.g. natural events e.g. chemical (contaminant (precipitation) recreation (e.g. Mahinga Kai, categories concentrations) suitability for swimming) are set out In Bill e.g. cross-domain pressures Public Health (e.g. exposure to (carbon dioxide and ocean e.g. biological (plants, particulate matter) acidification) animals, microorganisms) Ecological integrity (e.g. resilience) 4
Environmental Reporting Timetable Domain Report 6 months 6 months FRESHWATER SYNTHESIS REPORT Domain Report Pressures, states and MARINE impacts for all domains Three year 6 months reporting cycle 6 months Domain Report Domain Report ATMOSPHERE AND LAND CLIMATE Domain Report 6 months AIR 6 months 5
Why is this relevant to business? • The pressure business is having on the state of the environment (both positive and negative) will be better known. • The impact on the economy (both positive and negative) from the use of the environment will be better known. • Therefore, business will be able to participate in a more rational and informed debate. 6
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