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March 2006 |
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EDIE
News Centre 14 March
Environment Minister Malcolm Wicks, speaking at Corporate Responsibility
2006, has stressed the value of CSR to companies. He also affirmed that
“The position of Government is that CSR is something over and above the
legal requirements and we feel it's best as a voluntary activity”. Read
Sam Bond’s report
here.
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February 2006 |
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UK climb-down over
corporate reporting
Environment Daily
Pressure group Friends of the Earth claimed victory on Thursday after
forcing the UK government to rethink a decision to abolish new corporate
social and environmental reporting rules. The policy is once again being
considered in a new consultation ending on 24 March. Friends of the
Earth had sought judicial review of the decision to abolish and said
that the government had now agreed to pay its legal fees in order to
stop the case. See industry ministry
statement
and
Friends of the Earth
press release.
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Key Performance
Indicators: UK business reporting guidelines.
Defra have released Environmental Reporting Guidelines - Key Performance
Indicators (KPls) with the aim of outlining how companies can use KPl's
to measure their environmental impacts and report their findings to
stakeholders. Supported by Environment Minister, Elliot Morley and the
CBI, it is hoped that the guidelines will encourage all companies, not
just those obliged to produce a Business Review, to assess the impacts
their trading activities have on the environment. You can down load the
guidelines via the link on our links
page.
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Irish green
enforcement record "improving"
Environment Dailv 2037 .13/02106
Ireland's environmental protection agency has issued an positive
assessment of environmental enforcement efforts in its latest annual
review for 2005. The agency welcomed, in particular, what it called the
end of large-scale illegal waste dumping in Ireland. Enforcement of
industrial pollution licences was also stepped up, it said. Thanks to
improved efforts by local authorities there was a "dramatic turnaround"
in compliance with waste trade rules, which significantly reduced
illegal exports.
See press release
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WEE Directive implementation
delayed.
Registration of
producers of Electrical and Electronic equipments, due to commence on 4th
January under the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE),
has been delayed to allow for more consultation. Further details
here
and the
Environment Agency
website (see Links page)
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January 2006
Defra
announced major changes to the Producer Responsibility Obligations
(Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997, effective immediately.
Further details here. |
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