WWF-Australia - for a living planet

Sustainable industry

Sustainable industry is the cornerstone of WWF's work to protect the earth's vital life support systems and reduce the ecological impact of Australia's communities.

By working with government, community groups, businesses and industry WWF aims to find workable solutions to Australia's most pressing environmental challenges.

This work brings together a dedicated team of policy specialists, whose activities cover a broad range of natural resource sectors, including agriculture, forestry, fisheries and mining.

WWF works to highlight the threats to the environment from poor natural resource management and ensure that environmental considerations are integrated into decision making processes for the benefit of all Australians.

Recent Sustainable industry News

WWF submission to Australia's Future Tax System Review

This submission proposes that wasteful consumption and environmental degradation be addressed by the introduction of an environmentally weighted goods and services tax with the whole of the net amount raised being used to restore and protect Australia’s biodiversity, water resources, vegetation and soils, and to develop and promote new sustainable agricultural systems.

Continue reading 'WWF submission to Australia's Future Tax System Review'

Jul 02

$50m reward for reef heroes welcomed

WWF today said the Australian Government’s $50 million ‘downpayment’ to help farmers protect the Great Barrier Reef was a significant step towards saving the iconic Reef and the 65,000 jobs that depend on it for their survival.

Jun 18

Renewable energy wave rolls across Australia

Australia should look to the oceans to provide clean, baseload renewable energy as well as thousands of jobs, according to a report released today by WWF-Australia.

Jun 17

New partnership to foster Indigenous involvement in Kimberley tourism

A new project engaging Traditional Owners, tourism operators and industry groups to manage coastal tourism in the Kimberley in a more sustainable and culturally sensitive way has been announced by WWF-Australia, The Leading Travel Companies Conservation Foundation (TLTC) and The Kimberley Land Council (KLC).