13 November 2015
Important we get Environmental Reporting right
Federated Farmers has welcomed yesterday’s government announcement to run public consultation on its recently launched
Environment Aotearoa report.
“Opening up consultation on the reporting framework to the entire community makes a tremendous amount of sense. We all
have a role to play in protecting the environment, whether that’s farmers, other industries and business or the general
public,” says Federated Farmers Environment Spokesperson Chris Allen.
Mr Allen says the Federation welcomed the release of the first report in October because transparency is key to
prioritising and addressing environmental impacts, but that report also highlighted the need for this consultation.
“The government was open about the inevitable imperfections resulting from the use of existing data sets, but we were
surprised to see some data sets inconsistently applied and, in some cases, bold assumptions about what that data was
saying,” says Mr Allen.
Federated Farmers will be making a submission on behalf of its members. The government’s consultation opened on 13
November and closes on 23 December. Further information is available at: http://www.mfe.govt.nz/environment-topics-consultation
ENDS