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Environmental Sustainability

Council published its Sustainability Strategy: Working towards a clean, green and sustainable community.

The Strategy embraces the following definition of sustainability:

Sustainability means balancing economic, social and environmental factors. It is concerned with how we can manage resources to ensure future generations have the same opportunities that we enjoy today (Source: Resilient Melbourne Strategy 2016).

In light of the many challenges we face to our wellbeing and liveability, the Strategy’s main focus is on mainstream sustainability principles, and requires embedding sustainability into everything that we do.

Carbon neutral Council

Maroondah City Council has been certified as carbon neutral.

Climate Change

Our vision for Council is to be a carbon neutral organisation that is building resilience to the effects of climate change

Making environmental sustainability happen

We will continue to improve by regularly evaluating our progress and ensuring that lessons from past activities and experiences are leveraged to deliver better outcomes in the future.

Sustainability engagement and partnerships

The Maroondah community has access to good quality information on sustainability issues and has the opportunity to engage at a variety of levels to meet their varying needs.