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

CME’s Environment portfolio is focused on developing policy on environmental issues impacting the resources sector