Environmental laws have been made
to ensure that climate change negative impacts are reduced to minimal levels.
This is done to protect the life and properties of every living beings. This is
highly important because of the impurities being sent to the atmosphere on
daily basis from all countries of the world. These impurities are capable of
depleting the ozone layers that protect the atmosphere from harmful effects of extreme
sunlight that can cause all sorts of diseases among us.
As beneficial as the laws of
environment are to humanity, it is sad that most companies despite amassing
great profits in their business adventure are supposed to be working to ensure
that these laws are strictly abided by are claiming not to have any knowledge about
these laws. I would like to ask you is your company aware of the heavy fines
and penalties that can be imposed on your organization for infringing on environmental
laws and regulations? Many companies are not.
It is highly important for you to
know that you stand to be heavily fined if you or your company failed to follow
strictly all the environment laws to guide against the devastating effects
excessive pollution can have on our environment. There are so many
environmental laws you can infringe upon and which can bring you at loggerhead
with the government or environmental protection agencies. Such infringement
include but not exclusive to the followings:
i.
Failure to register with the appropriate environmental
protection agencies. Being a registered member will always remind you of your
responsibility to protect the environment and non-registration may tag you as
non-compliance with the laws.
ii.
Failure to
report specific incidents that may endanger both life and properties. Your
company supposed to serve as watchdog to environmental protection agencies in
as much as you follow strictly the laid down rules guiding the environment.
It’s your responsibility to report any erring organization that may infringe
upon the environmental laws to guide against any negative experiences the
communities involved may be subjected which might great loss in lifes and
properties.
iii.
Failure to comply with the environmental laws. Various
provisions of the environmental laws are made to ensure that all necessary
documentations, reportings, events, etc, are done in accordance to the
provisions of the laws. However, if you or your organization fails to meet up
with these expectations through negligence, your organization may be on the
wrong side of the law. All regulations relating to emission levels control, pollution
prevention and control, waste discharge regulations, waste packaging
requirements, countryside and habitats protection, and planning and building
regulations must be adhered to without any negligence or hindrance.
iv.
Inability to maintain or keep proper records of all
events or activities that may constitute environmental hazards, especially for
such situations as the discharge of chemicals or any other industrial hazardous
substances, waste management licenses, and local air pollution control must be
taken into consideration to afford all relevant authorities that will make use
of such records to be able to do so without any interference. Failure to carry out
this noble activity is a crime to humanity because necessary actions wouldn’t
be taken for proper management decisions.
v.
Provision of inadequate or false information aimed to
conceal any important information that may expose illegal discharge of harmful
or dangerous substances that can impact negatively on people healthy living. Some
companies may deliberately conceal or give false information to prevent being
charged for irregularities for not following the environmental laws as expected
of them. It is highly advisable that you desist from such acts because sooner
or later such actions may be noticed and your company may be adversely affected
for doing so.
All hands should be on deck to
ensure that all environmental regulations are strictly adhered to. However, inability
of any organization to comply adequately with all the above listed provisions (as
well as others that are not talked about in this post) is regarded as a
flagrant abuse of trust and will be sanctioned accordingly. Getting your organization
heavily fined will not only make you suffer a substantial financially penalty,
your company’s reputation will also be put on line.
In today's world, all our household
and industrial disposables and waste materials discharge should be monitored in
order to ensure that environmental laws are strictly abide by while disposing off such materials.
For example, everything from refrigerator disposal to vehicle emissions,
through river water quality, the construction of incinerators, the use of
packaging, energy, waste and water infrastructure, pollution abatement,
ownership and development of contaminated land, production of chemicals and
policy on climate change, is subject to legislation and various international
organizations have come together to ensure that all international Treaties such
as Kyoto, the Montreal Protocol on ozone depleting substances, WTO trade rounds
and UN Conventions and Declarations such as the Johannesburg summit on
sustainable development in 2002 were adequately monitored to ensure that each
country of the world contribute their own quota for strict compliance.
All require Governments are to take
action at national level to meet up with mutually agreed upon deadlines. Even
companies that don't consider themselves directly affected by much of this, may
find that their clients or suppliers are faced with new regulatory requirements
that can’t just be ignored.
As much as enough awareness are
being carried out almost every year, yet thousands of companies across the
world found themselves being sanctioned for non-compliance. And, recently there
have been more agitations to increase the level of penalties especially for those
that have been known to be repeat offenders. The rules and regulations guiding
the environment and the the process of waste management are changing from time
to time and every organization should try as much as possible to ensure they
are well informed to be able to comply adequately.
According to this post, not
registering your organization alone can’t make your organization heavily all
other violations must also by guided jealously. Failure to comply with all of
these rules and regulation is seen as serious breaches of environmental law.
And, remember there’s no pleading for the ignorance of the law because climate change is a very sensitive issues that can't just be ignored.Let's join hands to protect our environment.
Thank you.
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