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Inquiry into a Sustainability Charter

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Report

On Wednesday 5 September 2007, the House Environment and Heritage Committee presented, to the Speaker, its report on the inquiry into a sustainability charter entitled Sustainability for survival: creating a climate for change.

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This report is comprised of preliminary pages, 5 chapters and 3 appendices.

Sustainability for survival: creating a climate for change

Preliminary pages (PDF 84KB)
Contents, Foreword, Committee Membership, Terms of Reference, List of Abbreviations and List of Recommendations

Chapter 1 (PDF 79KB)
Introduction

Chapter 2 (PDF 91KB)
Defining sustainability

Chapter 3 (PDF 104KB)
The proposed Sustainability Charter

Chapter 4 (PDF 426KB)
Existing sustainability strategies

Chapter 5 (PDF 286KB)
A national framework for sustainability

Appendix A (PDF 46KB)
List of submissions

Appendix B (PDF 63KB)
List of exhibits

Appendix C (PDF 45KB)
List of roundtable discussions and public hearings

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