The National Environment Agency met with representatives from five corporate groups that consented to cooperate with an independent evaluation process regarding recent haze. A newly appointed seven-member Panel on Transboundary Haze will carry out the specialist assessments on the participating entities. Additional firms have also stepped forward, with one volunteering for an assessment and another preparing to retain legal and investigative firms. These actions follow discussions where top cabinet ministers met corporate executives to outline state expectations and legislative tightening.
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Corporate cooperation will help state investigators determine whether any of the business…: Corporate cooperation will help state investigators determine whether any of the businesses contributed to regional haze pollution.
Singaporean authorities plan to strengthen existing legal mechanisms to hold corporate en…: Singaporean authorities plan to strengthen existing legal mechanisms to hold corporate entities accountable for transboundary environmental damage.
Additional firms beyond the initial five have signaled their willingness to assist the go…: Additional firms beyond the initial five have signaled their willingness to assist the government with independent fire assessments.
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The companies also indicated their willingness to cooperate with the assessment process by the haze panel, says the National Environment Agency.
SINGAPORE: Five Singapore-registered companies potentially linked to the fires that led to transboundary haze have agreed to engage assessors and cooperate in the assessment process, the National Environment Agency (NEA) said on Saturday (Oct 31).
The agency met representatives from Wilmar International, Golden Agri-Resources, APP Company, APP Company (China), and Indofood Agri Resources. It will be meeting Kencana Agri, which has expressed willingness to voluntarily engage assessors.
"NEA welcomes the response from the Singapore-registered companies that have indicated their willingness to cooperate with the assessment process conducted by assessors from the Panel on Transboundary Haze," said the agency.
It also welcomed a recent public statement by First Resources that stated it was prepared to engage an investigation firm and a law firm to assess if the company had any involvement in or connection with the fires in Indonesia that contributed to transboundary haze.
"We look forward to receiving written confirmation of its participation in the assessment process," said NEA.
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The National Environment Agency is advancing investigations to determine corporate responsibility for Indonesian fires causing transboundary air pollution across Singapore. Several major agricultural and industrial firms have agreed to bring in independent evaluators to verify their operational links to the burning. These voluntary assessments will help authorities establish critical facts regarding corporate culpability in regional haze pollution.
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