The EPA is mapping the way to our environment’s future with a new strategic plan. Launched in late July, CEO Tracy Mackey said the EPA’s Strategic Plan 2021–24 sets out our vision for five focus areas where the EPA can have the biggest impact in achieving positive environmental and human health outcomes, over the next three years.
cover of the EPA Strategic plan - green fields with trees, mountians in the distance
These five focus areas are:
Ecological sustainable development
Waste
Water quality
Climate change
Legacy and emerging contaminants
“The Strategic Plan, together with our recently released Regulatory Strategy , outlines how we will achieve our ambition to be a world class regulator,” Tracy said.
“It shows us how we will use all our regulatory levers to protect and enhance the environment we live in today, and secure it for the future.
“We will be finding evidence and science-based solutions to some of our most formidable environmental challenges.”
“We need to ensure our land, air and water are future-proofed and enhanced for our children and generations to come.
“The reduction and management of waste and contaminants is vital for the health and safety of our communities and we need to actively protect our land and waterways for the future.
“The EPA recognises climate change and in particular, the challenges that we have faced over the past few years with extreme weather events. Our Strategic Plan addresses this with its scope to prepare for the future.
“We will continue to seek improved environmental outcomes through education and behaviour change in the community as much as through our role as a robust regulator.
“And we will strive for carbon-neutral solutions both inside and outside of the agency.
“Most of all, the EPA wants to be the courageous voice for the environment.”
The EPA is mapping the way to our environment’s future with a new strategic plan. Launched in late July, CEO Tracy Mackey said the EPA’s Strategic Plan 2021–24 sets out our vision for five focus areas where the EPA can have the biggest impact in achieving positive environmental and human health outcomes, over the next three years.
cover of the EPA Strategic plan - green fields with trees, mountians in the distance
These five focus areas are:
Ecological sustainable development
Waste
Water quality
Climate change
Legacy and emerging contaminants
“The Strategic Plan, together with our recently released Regulatory Strategy , outlines how we will achieve our ambition to be a world class regulator,” Tracy said.
“It shows us how we will use all our regulatory levers to protect and enhance the environment we live in today, and secure it for the future.
“We will be finding evidence and science-based solutions to some of our most formidable environmental challenges.”
“We need to ensure our land, air and water are future-proofed and enhanced for our children and generations to come.
“The reduction and management of waste and contaminants is vital for the health and safety of our communities and we need to actively protect our land and waterways for the future.
“The EPA recognises climate change and in particular, the challenges that we have faced over the past few years with extreme weather events. Our Strategic Plan addresses this with its scope to prepare for the future.
“We will continue to seek improved environmental outcomes through education and behaviour change in the community as much as through our role as a robust regulator.
“And we will strive for carbon-neutral solutions both inside and outside of the agency.
“Most of all, the EPA wants to be the courageous voice for the environment.”