EPA’s strategy (publication 1661) outlines how we’ll play our part in making sure Victoria continues to be a great place to live, work and visit.
Clean air and water are essential to the health and lifestyle of every Victorian and our environment. Our enjoyment of good quality of life is reliant on minimal disturbance from noise and odour.
A healthy and sustainable environment underpins Victoria’s economy. We’ll be responsive to the challenges presented by population growth, production expansion, new technologies, emerging chemicals and evolving threats such as climate change.
As a modern and agile regulator, EPA will work alongside community, business and government to protect health and the environment by preventing the harmful effects of pollution and waste. We make that promise to the people of Victoria.
Our vision
A healthy and liveable environment that supports a prosperous Victoria now and always.
Our purpose
We protect the environment and people by preventing and reducing harm from pollution and waste.
Our role
We are a world-class regulator of pollution and waste.
EPA’s organisational strategy – Our environment, Our health – is our plan for the future. It sets out five goals and how we’ll work with Victorians to achieve them.
What we’ll achieve
Our strategy has five goals:
Goal 1: prevent harm
We prevent harm from pollution and waste by leveraging good environmental performance across community, business and government.
Goal 2: equip community and business
We support Victorians to understand the condition of their environment and we work to make sure shared responsibility is accepted and understood by communities and businesses.
Goal 3: be an influential authority
We’re a trusted source of advice on Victoria’s environment and influential in working with others to address complex problems resulting from pollution and waste.
Goal 4: respond to harm
We hold polluters to account and work with our partners to respond to pollution and emergency incidents and legacy contamination to minimise harm to Victoria’s environment and people.
Goal 5: organisational excellence
As an organisation, EPA commits to delivering on its goals by enabling a high-performance culture that values our people, and supports them with fit-for-purpose systems and expertise.
Download EPA’s organisational strategy (publication 1661).
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Reviewed 5 October 2020