[Webinar] MIDYEAR UPDATE – AEBN ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE FOR BUSINESS: New laws and developments from across Australia

PROGRAM

• 10.00am– Webinar Commences
  Tina Khoury, CEO Australian Environment Business Network (AEBN)
  • Welcome to presenters and delegates
• 10.05am – 10.10am
  Facilitator: Kim Maxwell, Webinar Facilitator, Australian Environment Business Network (AEBN)
  • Introduction and webinar guidance for delegates

COMMONWEALTH

Carbon Management : 

• 10.10am – 11.00am (50min) – Ndevr Environmental
  Presenter :  Thomas Hodgson, Director
  • Safeguard Mechanism reforms commenced 1 July 2023
  • Amendments to National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting scheme legislation for 2023-24 reporting year: Commenced 1 July 2023
  • New national Net Zero Agency – its role and how it will affect industry and business – starts work July 2023.
    
    
• Presenter : Michaela Young, Principal Consultant

• • Carbon and Nature Markets Update: Reform and Regulation:
    • New International Financial Reporting Standards(IFRS) and other developments on disclosure of nature and GHG information
    • Nature Repair Market Bill – developments and status update on TNFD/disclosure and reporting developments
    • Carbon markets reform update following the Chubb Review and international developments

11.00am – 11.10 (10min) Tea break

Circular economy :

• 11.10am-11.35am (25min)
  Presenter: Chloe Bird, Branch Head, Supply Chain Initiatives Branch
  Circular Economy Division, Federal Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 

• • Moving to a safe circular economy – implications for business
  • Overview of recent decisions of Environment Ministers and implications for business. 

Commonwealth, QLD, WA, TAS, NT:  A Legal Perspective 

• 11.35am – 12.05pm (30min) – Guthrie Legal
  Presenter: Gabrielle Guthrie, Principal, Guthrie Legal
  • A legal perspective of environmental compliance changes within the Commonwealth, Queensland, Western Australia, Tasmania, Northern Territory, ACT, including –
    • The new Environment Protection Australia (Commonwealth EPA), including –
      • Reform to the Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC Act)
    • Greenwashing Update:  ACCC releases Draft Guideline on Environmental and Sustainability Claims by Businesses – the implications to businesses
    • 2023 legislative changes in QLD to amend the Environment Protection Act 1994 and the Waste Reduction and Recycling Act 2011 – what does this mean to businesses
    • Recent trends in enforcement activity, particularly with regards to Waste, including WA, QLD and TAS
    • Recent prosecutions and Director liability.

NSW

• 12.05pm – 12.35pm (30min) – NSW EPA
  Presenter: Nancy Chang, Executive Director, Strategy & Policy, NSW EPA
  • Recent changes to NSW environmental laws and developments include new initiatives and directions.

12.35 – 12.50pm (15min) – Break

 VIC

• 12.50pm – 1.20pm (30min) – EPA Victoria
  Presenter:  Briony Ruse, Manager, Policy and Regulation, EPA Victoria
  • Reducing regulatory barriers to a circular economy 
    • An overview of recent, current and forecast work in reducing regulatory barriers to reuse of waste

• 1.20pm – 1.50pm (30min) – Russell Kennedy Lawyers
  Stefan Fiedler, Principal, Russell Kennedy Lawyers
  • Update on environmental compliance and enforcement in Victoria: A legal perspective

1.50pm – 2.00pm (10min) – Tea Break

SA

• 2.00pm – 2.30pm (30min) – EPA SA
  Presenter: Sarah Seery, Senior Policy Officer, EPA SA
  • SA environment compliance changes and reform priorities for 2023

• • • SA Climate Change Bill
    • New Commercial and Industrial Noise Policy
    • Single-use Plastics Update
    • Container Deposit Scheme Update
    • Waste to Resources Policy Review

OPEN FORUM – Presenters answering questions by Delegates

• 2.30pm – 3.00pm (30min) – OPEN FORUM for Presenters and Delegates
  • All presenters please join us for this Open Forum session

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