Environmental Regulators
Investigate the possible environmental regulators your workplace or the organisation that is coordinating your training needs to report to.
Prepare a summary of your findings that identifies the name and contact details of the regulator and the organisation’s obligations and responsibilities.
I chose Google for this activity.
I sent a card to Google asking who are Google’s
environmental regulators. It is more than six weeks now and no reply. I found
this link which was interesting about them:
Their
address there is:
Google HQ
I found this from the Graphic Design Forum:
Does anyone know who are the environmental regulators for
Google's sustainability training team?
Reply:
I think you're gonna have to ask Google that one...
Environmental regulators are usually Government controlled
either federally or at a state level.
I
thought this was great advice and carried on from there.
I
then faxed a letter to Google Headquarters.
Headquarters
Google Inc.
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA 94043
USA
Telephone: +1 650 253 0000
Fax: +1 650 253 0001
I then tried to ring the Noogler branch with only a
recording that was not helpful at all.
I even tried Google at Mountain View with the same
outcome.
I rang Google
Headquarters from my Gmail where Google voice is integrated.
With no success on finding an answer I just done a
search on who are the environmental regulators in Australia and here are my
results:
Within Australia there is general absence of
professional or legislative rules requiring companies to provide information
relating to their environmental performance or any environmental initiatives
undertaken.
Previous research studies have shown that many firms present
environmental information, but only tend to present information which is
favourable to their corporate image. Investigates the environmental reporting
practices of a sample of 20 Australian companies which were subject to
successful prosecution by the New South Wales, and Victorian Environmental
Protection Authorities, during the period 1990-1993. Indicates a significant
increase in the reporting of favourable environmental information surrounding
environmental prosecution.
Further, the amount of positive environmental
information significantly outweighed the negative environmental information
presented, which was interesting given that it is clear that the firms studied
did have bad news to report.
The existence of a proven environmental offence
was reported by only two of the companies within the sample. Raises issues as
to whether information about a proven environmental offence is “material” to
account users and, if so, whether financial statements could be construed as
being misleading in the absence of such information.
Below
are some links to sites which may provide some information to saving our
planet:
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