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Newcastle has become the first port in Australia to sign to an international sustainability standard designed especially for ports.

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.

Western Australia's legal requirement for accredited auditors to be involved in assessment of contaminated sites can be costly for proponents that fail to manage the process carefully, warns Jeremy Hogben, partner at consultancy Environment Resources Management.

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