Council takes out first place in sustainability award two years running

Sunshine Coast Council

Sunshine Coast Council’s proactive plan to ship a wholesome surroundings and habitable Sunshine Coast by 2041 has been introduced the winner of the 2020 Banksia Authorities Awards.

Mayor Mark Jamieson stated the Surroundings and Liveability Technique (ELS) offered our long-term strategic instructions to information progress and form the sustainability of the Sunshine Coast for future generations.

“The Banksia Sustainability Awards are the longest-running sustainability awards globally and are thought to be essentially the most prestigious of their type in Australia, so we’re actually proud to be recognised at this stage,” Mayor Jamieson stated.

“Clearly our council is delivering a considerable environmental legacy for the Sunshine Coast, with this being recognised via council receiving this sustainability award for 2 consecutive years, approaching the again of the Mary Cairncross BioBlitz in 2019.

“Our council is working with our group on some ground-breaking, vital tasks that can protect the pure surroundings, ecosystems and liveability of our Sunshine Coast.

“From our Australian-first, massive scale blue carbon initiative – Blue Coronary heart Sunshine Coast – to our work on Coastal Hazard Adaptation and managing the most important council owned conservation property in south east Queensland.

“Our dedication to the environment is in depth and enduring – and we’re proud to be nation leaders on this vital coverage space.

“I’d additionally prefer to acknowledge the position of our Sunshine Coast Council employees who’ve performed a vital position in growing and implementing our Surroundings and Liveability Technique.

“We’re lucky to have such an progressive and dedicated staff of individuals working onerous to strengthen and preserve our environmental credentials.

“Our council holds the Banksia Authorities Awards in nice esteem and this recognition supplies a fantastic inspiration to proceed doing the work to realize our imaginative and prescient, Australia’s most sustainable area – wholesome, sensible, inventive.”

Along with the Regional Financial Growth Technique and our Group Technique, the ELS supplies a complete coverage framework to information and form the way forward for our Sunshine Coast.