Never in history has environmental sustainability been such a significant consideration for Australian developers, business people and industries.

 

Environmental and social sustainability is no longer the domain of a few 'alternative lifestyle' individuals and businesses, it is now an unavoidable prerequisite for mainstream enterprises in every industry sector. The principals of sustainability and environmental responsibility are being widely embraced by the worlds largest and most successful companies, as highlighted by the development of sustainability indices for public companies.

 

Despite a willingness to adopt the principles of sustainability, few companies understand the commitment required to achieve such an outcome. Only the largest of companies can afford the luxury of employing in-house environmental professionals to ensure they can achieve the optimum balance between profitably and environmental objectives.

 

For individuals and small companies the key to success is to engage reputable environmental specialists on a contractual basis. Because of the breadth and complexity of environmental issues even those companies with their own environmental personnel often engage niche specialists to supplement their internal knowledge, or to provide independent third party review of internal programs.

 

At Aquateco, we service both groups of clients, assisting small enterprises to optimise their operations as well as providing niche expertise and peer review to environmental professionals in large companies. We even provide highly specialised services to large environmental consultancies on a regular basis, such is our reputation!

 

We focus on helping our clients benefit by making environmental management a subconscious and natural part of their business, minimising the effort and maximising the rewards.

 

If you are a company director or are responsible for managing risk exposure, ponder this: At the present time, under Australia's Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (1999), individuals and company directors can be fined up to $550,000, whilst companies can potentially face fines over AUD$2 million for breaches of the Act. And this doesn't take into account the bad publicity and substantial disruptions to your operations. This very significant business risk is usually readily addressed.

 

Isn't it time you talked to an environmental professional? It could be very cheap insurance.