This Act provides for the establishment of a body corporate called Sustainability Victoria to facilitate and promote environmental sustainability in the use of resources. The Act regulates the operation of Sustainability Victoria and defines its functions and powers which include: provide information and advice on the efficient use of energy, including renewable energy; encourage and promote the development and use of environmentally sustainable practices, markets, technologies and industries, including resource efficiency, energy efficiency, renewable energy and water; promote throughout Victoria waste avoidance, waste reduction and recovery, re-use, recycling of resources and best practices in waste management; develop, and contribute to the development of, plans, guidelines, codes of practice and reports on issues relating to environmental sustainability; and monitor and evaluate research and development on environmental sustainability issues, including resource efficiency and renewable energy.
Australia · 2005-09-20