This is literally the point of the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action, so a there is an extremely high level of importance in a broad sense. On an office/individual level it varies a lot. New offices do place a high degree of importance on environmental sustainability within the building design.
Graduate, Melbourne
E.g. carbon neutral conferences
Graduate, Gippsland
Because the department is so big and part of the public sector more broadly, I don't have a great deal of visibility to this. What I will say is that the employees are conscious of environmental footprint, both personal and corporate.
Graduate, Melbourne
Being the department of environment there is a strong push to model this. Everybody has keep cups and brings cutlery from home. We have clear expectations for when we use electric or hybrid vehicles.
Graduate, Geelong
Certainly a focus in media and initiatives - but could use work in the area of energy saving
Graduate, Ballarat