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Advisory requests state the reason behind the work, which is the fact that decides how quickly it has to happen. The client says whether a customer or a tender requires it, whether a regulation or a permit does, whether a property is being bought, sold or financed, or whether this is their own improvement with no deadline attached.

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Page reviewed 11 September 2026

What a environmental consulting lead shows you

Every environmental consulting request answers these questions before it reaches you. Follow-up questions appear only when an earlier answer calls for them.

The work itself is picked from a short list: a site assessment or permits, sustainability and ESG reporting, risk assessment and business continuity, or certification against a named standard. Where a standard is chosen, the request says which one, so a quality audit never reaches you as an information-security job.

  1. Who is this for?

    • For me or my family
    • For a business
    • For a non-profit or public organization

  2. How many people work there?

    Follow-up

    Asked when the answer to “Who is this for?” is “For a business” or “For a non-profit or public organization”.

    • Just me
    • 2–9
    • 10–49
    • 50–249
    • 250 or more

  3. How would you like to meet?

    Optional
    • In person
    • Video or phone
    • No preference

  4. What do you need?

    • Environmental site assessment or permits
    • Sustainability or ESG reporting
    • Risk assessment or business continuity
    • ISO certification
    • Something else

  5. Which standard?

    Follow-up

    Asked when the answer to “What do you need?” is “ISO certification”.

    • ISO 9001 (quality)
    • ISO 14001 (environment)
    • ISO 45001 (health and safety)
    • ISO 27001 (information security)
    • Another standard

  6. What’s driving it?

    Optional
    • A customer or tender requires it
    • A regulation or permit
    • A property purchase, sale or financing
    • Our own improvement

Every request also includes

When the work is needed
  • Emergency / as soon as possible
  • Within a few days
  • Within a few weeks
  • Flexible / still planning
Budget range, if the client picks one
  • Up to $2,500
  • $2,500–$5,000
  • $5,000–$10,000
  • $10,000–$25,000
  • $25,000 and up

Amounts in AUD.

Project summary
A short description of the job in the client’s own words.
General location
The city or postal area. The exact address is shared only after you connect.
Photos
Up to 6 optional photos. Before you connect, you see how many were added.

Services you can choose

When you set up your profile, pick the ones you do and mark the rest as not for you.

The guide clients get on this site

We publish a environmental consulting guide for clients. It is written for them, not for us, and its headings are a fair list of what someone who has read it will ask you about.

Read the environmental consulting guide

What the guide covers

  • The NEPM is the national yardstick for assessing site contamination
  • Contaminated land is regulated state by state
  • When the Commonwealth becomes involved: the EPBC Act
  • How a site investigation is staged
  • The main kinds of environmental consulting sold in Australia
  • What goes wrong on environmental jobs
  • Consultant, auditor and regulator are three different roles

Questions it answers

  • Is there a single national contaminated land regulator in Australia?
  • Does a result above an investigation level mean the site is contaminated?
  • When does a project need a federal environmental assessment?
  • Why do consultants insist on a site history before sampling?
  • Can the same firm do the investigation and the remediation?

Guide last checked 22 September 2026.

What environmental consulting leads cost

LokalMatch sets lead prices by service and location. You see the price of each lead before you decide, and you pay only when you choose to connect.

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Current lead price

Pricing is set per request.

  • We haven’t published a standard price for environmental consulting leads yet. You see the price of each lead before you decide, and you pay only when you choose to connect.

When the Commonwealth becomes involved: the EPBC Act

From our guide for this trade, with the official sources it was checked against.

The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 sits on top of the state systems and only bites when a proposed action may have a significant impact on a matter of national environmental significance. Part 3 of the Act lists those matters in separate subdivisions: declared World Heritage properties, National Heritage places, declared Ramsar wetlands, listed threatened species and ecological communities, listed migratory species, nuclear actions, the Commonwealth marine area, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, and water resources in relation to large coal mining and coal seam gas development.

The practical consequence for a project is timing rather than paperwork. Flora and fauna surveys that support an EPBC assessment have to be done in the season the species can actually be detected, so the ecology scope is usually the first thing to lock in and the thing most likely to push a program out if it is left late.

Sources: National Environment Protection (Assessment of Site Contamination) Measure 1999 · Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 · NSW EPA — Contaminated land · EPA Victoria — General environmental duty · Environmental Protection Act 1994 (Qld)

How matching works

Requests are matched by published rules that are the same for every pro.

How we rank and match pros
  • You receive a request only for services you offer and haven’t excluded, in the areas you serve.
  • Your account must be active, with your email address and phone number verified, and you must be accepting new requests within the daily or weekly limits you set.
  • Requests reach you only with timings you accept, such as emergencies, and budgets that aren’t clearly outside the range you work in.
  • When more pros fit than a lead allows, we give more weight to an exact service match, how directly you cover the area, verification, how quickly you reply and, once you have at least three published reviews, your rating. Never to who pays more.
  • Each lead goes to a limited number of pros, and you see that number before you decide.

Invalid leads and refunds

If a lead turns out to be invalid, you can ask for a refund review from your dashboard. We look at each request and let you know the outcome. A lead may qualify when:

  • The contact details are wrong or don't work.
  • It duplicates a lead you already received.
  • It isn't a real request for work.
  • It's outside the services or areas you listed.
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Verification you’ll need

Before you receive leads, you confirm your business email and phone number with one-time codes. Business registration, licence and insurance details are optional during sign-up; once our team checks them, your profile shows what was verified and when.

  • Contact details verified

    You confirm your business email and phone number with one-time codes. This is required before you receive leads.

  • Business registration checked

    Our team reviews the registration details you provide.

  • Licence and insurance checked

    Where your trade calls for a licence or insurance, we review what you provide.

Verification shows which details were checked and when. It isn’t a guarantee of workmanship, and it can’t be bought.

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Getting set up for environmental consulting work

  • Choose only the standards you are qualified to advise on. The client names the standard in the request, and the wrong match is obvious immediately.
  • A site assessment tied to a property purchase runs to somebody else's timetable. Accept the faster timings only if you can genuinely meet them.
  • Say in your profile which sectors you have worked in. A tender-driven client is usually checking whether you know their industry before anything else.

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