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Senior practitioners with deep regulatory and technical expertise — the people who do the work.
Independent environmental, water and sustainability consulting for mining, oil & gas, energy, infrastructure and water — from regulatory approvals and compliance through to closure, ESG and strategic advisory. Perth-based, operating across Western Australia, nationally and internationally.
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Mining & Resources HQ, Perth
Green Values Australia (GVA) is an independent environmental and sustainability consulting firm headquartered in Perth, Western Australia, operating across Australia and internationally. Our team of dedicated environmental specialists has been providing exceptional support to the mining, oil & gas, public and private sectors for over 20 years — specialising in regulatory approvals, environmental compliance, water and waste infrastructure, indigenous engagement and tenure management.
We pride ourselves on our knowledge of projects across the full lifecycle: from startup, through construction and operations, and into closure. By taking into account the key environmental and regulatory risks at every project stage, we deliver practical solutions that can be implemented at low cost — minimising our clients' exposure to time, cost and operational risk. Our mission is simple: provide approvals and compliance support that minimises risk and liabilities and progresses projects quickly and effectively.
Our team combines regulatory expertise with hands-on field experience — from ecological surveys in remote landscapes to navigating complex multi-agency approval processes.
Deep experience across resources and mining, oil & gas, energy, infrastructure, agriculture and water. We understand the projects, the regulators, and the politics.
Practical and pragmatic — working closely with you to find the best, most cost-effective path.
No junior-heavy teams. Our principals are hands-on — the people who win the work are the people who do the work.
We navigate EPA WA, EPBC Act, DMIRS and multi-agency frameworks. We know how regulators think — and use that to get outcomes.
Not constrained by a global methodology. We tailor scope, delivery model, and engagement to your actual needs and operational realities.
We uncover the risks and opportunities you didn't know to ask about. Early engagement consistently saves time and cost in approvals and compliance.
End-to-end environmental support delivered with technical rigour and regulatory precision — from approvals through to closure.
EIAs, referrals and multi-agency approvals for mining, infrastructure and energy projects.
Groundwater and surface water assessments, licensing, modelling and management planning.
Operations management, progressive rehabilitation, closure and decommissioning strategy.
ESG audit, gap analysis and roadmap — environment, emissions, H&S, governance, HR and community.
Compliance auditing, monitoring programs, EMPs and condition management across jurisdictions.
Due diligence, feasibility risk, stakeholder engagement, heritage and biodiversity analysis.
Every engagement is tailored, but the discipline is the same: understand the project, map the regulatory pathway, de-risk it early, and deliver.
We start with your project objectives and constraints, then map the environmental approvals, water licensing and compliance obligations that apply — identifying the risks and opportunities you didn't know to ask about.
We design the most efficient regulatory pathway across EPA WA, DWER, DMIRS and Commonwealth frameworks — sequencing studies, referrals and applications to minimise cost, duplication and delay.
Senior practitioners prepare the assessments, management plans, licence applications and submissions — and engage directly with regulators on your behalf until approvals are secured.
Beyond approval, we support condition management, monitoring, auditing and reporting through operations — and plan progressive rehabilitation and closure so liabilities shrink over the life of the project.
Senior practitioners with deep regulatory and technical expertise — the people who do the work.
Iron ore, gold, copper, lithium and nickel — approvals, rehabilitation, compliance and ESG across WA's mining regions.
Offshore and onshore oil & gas, renewables transition, environmental management and decommissioning planning.
Linear infrastructure, ports, water treatment and land-use planning — EIA, flora, fauna, heritage and compliance.
Biodiversity risk, nature-positive strategies and ESG disclosures for projects seeking institutional finance.
Western Australia hosts some of the world's most significant mining and energy provinces — and one of its most demanding regulatory environments. Proponents must navigate the Environmental Protection Act 1986, the Mining Act 1978, the Rights in Water and Irrigation Act 1914 and the Commonwealth EPBC Act, often simultaneously and across multiple agencies. Getting the sequencing right is the difference between a project that moves and one that stalls.
From our Perth office on St Georges Terrace, GVA supports proponents wherever their projects are — with the field capability to deliver surveys, monitoring and site work in remote and regional WA.
Iron ore and energy heartland. Approvals, water management and rehabilitation for large-scale operations in a region defined by heritage significance, groundwater-dependent ecosystems and cumulative impact scrutiny.
Gold, nickel and lithium projects around Kalgoorlie and beyond — Mining Proposals, closure planning, compliance frameworks and water licensing in arid-zone conditions.
Emerging iron ore, gold and critical minerals province. Baseline studies, EIA, biodiversity surveys and approvals strategy for projects at every stage of development.
Infrastructure, agriculture, land development and water projects — planning approvals, contaminated sites, environmental management and community engagement close to home.
Straight answers to the questions proponents ask us most.
An environmental consultant helps proponents plan, approve and operate projects while meeting environmental obligations. For mining and resource projects this typically includes environmental impact assessment (EIA), regulatory approvals, baseline surveys, water and waste management, environmental management plans, compliance auditing and reporting, and closure planning. Green Values Australia supports clients across the full project lifecycle — from startup, through construction and operations, into closure — to minimise risk, cost and delay.
Most WA mining projects require a combination of approvals: assessment or referral under Part IV of the Environmental Protection Act 1986 (EPA WA); works approvals and licences under Part V (DWER); a Mining Proposal and Mine Closure Plan under the Mining Act 1978 (DMIRS); water licences under the Rights in Water and Irrigation Act 1914; and, where matters of national environmental significance are involved, referral under the Commonwealth EPBC Act. GVA manages these multi-agency processes end to end.
Timeframes depend on the assessment pathway and the quality of supporting studies. Simple referrals and works approvals can be resolved in a few months, while a full environmental impact assessment at Public Environmental Review level can take one to three years including baseline surveys. Early scoping, well-designed studies and proactive regulator engagement are the most reliable ways to shorten approval timeframes — which is why we encourage clients to engage early.
The Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) applies when a project is likely to have a significant impact on matters of national environmental significance — such as listed threatened species and ecological communities, migratory species, wetlands of international importance, or Commonwealth marine areas. GVA advises on significance, prepares referrals and manages assessment and offset requirements under both Commonwealth and WA frameworks.
In proclaimed groundwater areas of Western Australia, taking groundwater — including mine dewatering — generally requires a licence under the Rights in Water and Irrigation Act 1914, administered by DWER, and bore construction usually requires a separate permit. Licence applications are supported by hydrogeological assessment, water balance modelling and an operating strategy. GVA prepares and manages water licence applications as part of its integrated water management service.
A Mine Closure Plan (MCP) sets out how a mine will be decommissioned, rehabilitated and relinquished, including completion criteria and cost provisioning. In WA an MCP is required with a Mining Proposal and must be reviewed and updated periodically over the life of the mine. GVA prepares MCPs aligned with DMIRS and EPA guidance, and supports progressive rehabilitation so closure liabilities are reduced during operations rather than deferred.
We treat sustainability as an outcome and ESG as the internal audit that gets you there. An ESG audit assesses what already exists across environment, emissions, health and safety, governance, HR and community; identifies gaps by materiality; and builds a practical roadmap — from six-month quick wins to a five-year strategy — including disclosure readiness for frameworks such as TNFD, TCFD and ISO 14001.
GVA is headquartered in Perth and works across all of Western Australia's key resource regions — including the Pilbara, Goldfields, Murchison and Mid West — as well as agricultural, infrastructure and coastal projects across the state. We also support projects in other Australian jurisdictions and internationally, drawing on multi-jurisdictional regulatory experience.
Cost depends on the scope, project stage and assessment pathway. Because our principals deliver the work directly — without junior-heavy teams — clients pay for senior expertise, not overheads. We scope work transparently, offer fixed-fee or time-and-materials engagement, and consistently find that early engagement reduces total approvals and compliance cost by avoiding rework, delay and unnecessary studies.
Contact us by phone on +61 447 988 886, by email at enquiry@greenvalues.com.au, or through the enquiry form on our contact page. Tell us about your project, approvals challenge or capability gap — a senior practitioner will respond directly, usually within one business day, to scope the right approach with you.
