The Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability is an independent statutory office, reporting on Victoria's environment.


Working with Victorians, the Commissioner seeks to enhance knowledge and understanding of issues relating to the social, economic and environmental aspects of an ecologically sustainable future for our state.

 

Our Minister, The Hon. Ryan Smith MP, Minister for Environment and Climate Change, Minister for Youth Affairs.

 

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Strategic Audit - Environmental management systems in Victorian Government 2011-12

On March 19, 2013 the strategic audit report Co-benefits: the rise of environmental profit and loss was tabled in the Victorian Parliament by The Hon Ryan Smith MP, Minister for Environment and Climate Change. More...

State of the Environment Foundation Papers

On 25 March 2013 the Foundation Papers Land and Biodiversity and Water were released. These two papers, along with the Climate Change paper released in 2012, complete the reporting requirements set out in the SoE reporting framework. More...

Many Publics: Participation, Inventiveness and Change

In 2011 the Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability and the team met with many people across regional Victoria to talk about their environmental aspirations. We thought we might revisit some of the areas to see how things are going twelve months down the track. More...