Environmental Policy
Editable Word environmental policy for Queensland businesses: prevent pollution, reduce waste, respond to spills and meet your environmental obligations, with a practical procedure your team can follow.
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Written by Ryan Graham, health and safety professional (16 years on Queensland sites)
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About this template
Suits any Queensland business whose work can affect the land, water, air or neighbours, including trades, construction, transport and workshops. It sets out your commitments, who does what, and a step-by-step procedure for storing chemicals, controlling waste and responding to spills.
What is included in our environmental policy?
- Policy statement with an approval sign-off
- Plain-English definitions of environmental harm, pollution and regulated waste
- Roles for managers, supervisors, workers, contractors and visitors
- A 17-step procedure from planning to improvement
- Storing fuels and chemicals and protecting drains
- Reducing, sorting and disposing of waste
- Responding to spills and deciding who must be told
- Complaints, records, training and review
- Links to the safety policies in the set
- Legislation and references
Legislation and codes of practice referenced
- Environmental Protection Act 1994 (Qld): the general environmental duty to prevent or minimise environmental harm, and the duties to report certain environmental harm
- Environmental Protection Regulation 2019 (Qld)
- Waste Reduction and Recycling Act 2011 (Qld)
- Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld): s 19 (primary duty of care), ss 37 and 38 (dangerous incidents and notifying them)
- Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 (Qld): s 360 (emergency equipment for hazardous chemicals), ss 472 and 484 (disposing of asbestos waste), sch 19 (dictionary)
- Managing Risks of Hazardous Chemicals in the Workplace Code of Practice 2021
What you get
- An editable Microsoft Word document (5 pages), A4 portrait
- Business details and document control typed once and filled in on every page, plus a space for your logo
- Purpose, scope and a policy statement with an approval sign-off
- Definitions, and responsibilities for each role
- A step-by-step procedure that says who does what
- Records, training, monitoring and review, related documents and a revision history
Review it and adjust it to suit your business, your sites and the way your team works, and talk it through with your workers.
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How to use it
From download to site in three steps
Buy and download
Check out with card, Apple Pay or Google Pay. Your download buttons appear straight away and the links are emailed to you. Links work for 3 months, so save your copies.
Make it yours
Open it in Microsoft Word or Excel. Add your logo, business details, site and job information, and adjust it to how the work is done.
Brief your crew
Talk it through with the workers doing the job, have them sign on, and keep it on site. Review it whenever the job or conditions change.
What format is it?
Microsoft Word. Edit it in Word, or free in Word for the web, and add your own logo and business details.
How do I get it after I pay?
Your download buttons appear as soon as checkout finishes, and the links are emailed to you. You can re-download from your account at any time.
Is it compliant with Queensland law?
It's written around Queensland's Work Health and Safety Act 2011 and Regulation 2011. Tailor it to your site, consult your workers and review it whenever conditions change; no template can guarantee compliance on its own.
What if it isn't right for my job?
If it doesn't match its description or has a fault, tell us and we'll fix it. If you're still not happy, we'll refund you or give you store credit, your choice. Check the sample pages first, as we don't refund a change of mind.
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