Climate change will continue to have significant effects on the environment, society, and economy, with impacts felt across the Government’s operations.
The Royal Australian Mint acknowledges that human behaviours, pollution, and consumption patterns have both immediate and future impacts on the climate and environment, and that as a Commonwealth entity it is part of our role to mitigate and manage these impacts on our communities.
This declaration establishes our position and commitment to reduce emissions.
The Royal Australian Mint supports the environmental, social, and economic benefits of addressing climate change immediately. We see an opportunity to demonstrate leadership in emissions reduction.
I acknowledge the Ngunnawal people as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we gather. I pay my respects to Elders past and present.
Meeting on this land gives us an opportunity to reflect that long before coins were struck on this site, this Country, and others around Australia, held their own systems of exchange, connection, and responsibility, and that First Nations Australians valued traditions of storytelling to foster knowledge.
The Mint plays its part in striking stories of Australia and the cultures that make up our community. I acknowledge that this is a long tradition surviving millennia that we undertake to perpetuate.
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