Sustainability strategies focus decision-making on the achievement of specific goals to ensure that future generations have what they need to live well, including a healthy environment, social equity, and economic prosperity, while also meeting the needs of the present.

Comprehensive sustainability strategies make a call to action for everyone, including households and businesses, to make sustainable choices in the interests of future generations. They are more than just government policies and action plans; they provide guidance and resources for the whole community to work together for a sustainable future, facilitating collaboration, innovation, and targeted investment.

Credible sustainability strategies also provide a framework for measuring progress against the goals, targets, and actions, with regular reporting.

Adopting sustainable practices like switching to electric vehicles, installing solar panels, reducing waste and reusing and repairing items increase business and household efficiency, saving money in the long run.

Addressing inequality in our society, in our workplaces and communities will improve the wellbeing of a greater number of people and ensure everyone has the opportunity for a fair go at a good life.

Most importantly, sustainability ensures that future generations will have what they need for a good life too.

All Tasmanians are invited to help create Tasmania’s sustainability vision and goals by making a submission or answering the consultation questions provided in the Discussion Paper on this website.

Contributions received by 20 October 2023 will inform the draft sustainability strategy. Contributions received after 20 October 2023 will still be valuable to the future work of the project.

A draft sustainability strategy which includes targets and actions will be released for public consultation in 2024. Again, all Tasmanians will be invited to provide feedback on the draft strategy and there may be opportunities for face-to-face roundtables on specific topics, community workshops around the State and online forums during the consultation period.

Tasmania’s sustainability strategy is being developed in four stages:

• Stage 1: Research and focused workshops to identify existing capabilities, challenges, and opportunities. Stage 1 has been completed.
• Stage 2 commenced with the release of this Discussion Paper and focusses on engaging Tasmanians to establish our shared sustainability vision and aspirational goals through co-design and broad community consultation. Targeted consultation will also be undertaken so that we have a broad range of views. The consultation period will conclude on 6 October 2023.
• Stage 3 will be the development of a draft Tasmanian Sustainability Strategy, which will consolidate key targets and actions from existing policies and identify priorities for additional targets and actions. The draft strategy will involve further public consultation, and this will inform the development of targets, actions, and indicators for the final strategy. This process will be completed in 2024.
• Stage 4 will see the release of the final Tasmanian Sustainability Strategy in 2024 and the commencement of implementation.

If you wish to contribute an idea or an opportunity for collaboration on any sustainability topic, you may in the first instance send your suggestion by email to policy@dpac.tas.gov.au.

Please ensure you clearly specify that your email is in relation to the Tasmanian Sustainability Strategy Project, briefly outline your idea and how it will benefit Tasmania and include your name and contact details so that we can respond back to you.

A draft sustainability strategy is planned for public consultation in 2024.

If you would like to be involved in further consultation on Tasmania’s Sustainability Strategy, including participation in workshops, roundtables, or online forums on specific sustainability topics, please let us know by registering on this website and indicating the topic you are interested in.

Expressions of interest must be received by 20 October 2023.

Community and industry events

If you are hosting a community-led or industry-based event on sustainability or related topics and you consider that the discussions or outcomes of your event could contribute to the development of Tasmania’s sustainability strategy, we would love to hear from you by email to policy@dpac.tas.gov.au.

If you are planning a future event and would like it to be listed on this website and notified to interested stakeholders, please get in touch to discuss this possibility.

Please note that commercial trade and promotional events may not be able to be promoted in this way.