Department Of Environmental Affairs Objectives

Department Of Environmental Affairs Objectives, The Strategic Objectives of the Department of Environmental Affairs are:

To protect, conserve and enhance our environment, natural and heritage assets and resources.
Proactively plan, manage and prevent pollution and environmental degradation to ensure a sustainable and healthy environment.
Contribute to sustainable development, livelihood, green and inclusive economic growth through facilitating skills development and employment creation.
Contribute to a better Africa and a better world by advancing national environmental interests through a global sustainable development agenda.

The Department is guided by the following values:

To become a truly People-Centered organisation that responds to the needs of all South Africans.
To achieve the highest levels of Integrity premised on professionalism, quality, service excellence, honesty, transparency, trust.
To enhance organisation Performance through productivity, efficiency, effectiveness, innovation and continuous improvements.
To ensure the sustainability of the organisation and its sectors through amongst others, maximised impact, return on investment, continuity and knowledge management.