Subject area 05

Resources & waste

Follow materials, energy and waste through their life cycles.

Start with the guidance

Read the foundations, then follow the connections to related environmental decisions.

Practical guidance

Use a simple material-flow view to find losses, question waste prevention opportunities and choose meaningful measures.

Reviewed 16 October 2026

Understand responsibilities, priorities and the relationship between operations and the environment.

Bring environmental decisions, responsibilities and evidence into everyday work.

Connect activities and pressures to the changes they can cause in the environment.

Prevent releases at source and understand pathways through air, water and land.