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The NSW Department of Planning today released draft guidelines on establishing and operating community consultative committees for major projects.

A global coalition has released a draft protocol on how to measure and value business impacts on the natural environment.

The NSW Government will expand an open access data "portal" already under development on coal seam gas so that it also includes biodiversity information drawn from multiple sources.

BHP Billiton has returned to the ranks of the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index, while Telstra is no longer classed as a regional sustainability leader.

An overhauled version of ISO14001 due out next week will make top management listen more closely to its environmental staff and to outsiders, says LRQA assessor Richard Smith.

Two BHP joint ventures and Cockatoo Coal will satisfy their federal and state biodiversity obligations by supporting the rehabilitation of threatened brigalow belt country owned by the Woorabinda Aboriginal Shire Council.

Asphalt made from 99% post-consumer recovered material, such as printer toner cartridges, old tyres, glass and re-used asphalt, is cheaper, better-performing and will generate less than half the CO2-e emissions of equivalent products, its creator says.

Adopting a "regenerative development" model can enable construction industry participants to move beyond environmental impact reduction and "recuperate past impacts", while creating conditions for ecosystems to "self-restore", according to speakers at a recent forum in Sydney.

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EPA Victoria has replaced its former 14-page works approval guide with a 121-page guideline filled with examples and links to key policies and protocols.