Environmental monitoring requirements – Understanding your GED and compliance obligations | Andrew Swann, Allan Cummins, Jacqueline Plant, & Richard Campbell

As environmental laws shift towards the management of operational risks, effective monitoring becomes essential for ensuring compliance. If you fail to monitor, you fail to comply. Norton Rose Fulbright Partner, Jacqueline Plant discusses the legislative obligations triggering environmental compliance in Victoria.

Circular Resources Australia CRA was founded by Andrew Swann and Allan Cummins in 2019 to provide high-level, strategic environmental compliance and operational support to Industry, Associations and State and local government organisations around the environmental compliance aspects of their activities. Andrew and Allan discussed the entire monitoring process, starting with identifying key risks of an operation and the importance of developing a strong (but practical) environmental management system. They then explored how to recognize the requirements of your operating permits, the benefits of using technology for monitoring, and concluded with a discussion on common monitoring principles.  Both Andrew and Allan have extensive hands-on management experience, operating EPA Licensed businesses in the environmental services space, including the highly regulated hazardous waste management sector.