Deletions
-Proposal:- The GPC supports requiring producers of all kinds to include the cost of environmental cleanup and
- the disposal and/or decommissioning of all elements of products, including production plant and
- packaging, in the costs of these products and requiring producers to organise said disposal and
- clean up.
-Objective:- To reduce environmental damage by holding entities financially accountable for environmental damage
- attributable to their activities and/or products.
-Benefit:- This will encourage businesses and organizations to conduct their affairs in an environmentally
- sustainable way and to repair any environmental damage they do.
-Supporting Comments from Submitter:- The Polluter Pays Principle was first formally articulated in 1972 by the Council of the
- Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
- (http://www.oecd.org/officialdocuments/publicdisplaydocumentpdf/?cote=OCDE/GD(92)81&docLanguage=En)
- The principle is a component of Agenda 21, the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, and
- the Statement of principles for the Sustainable Management of Forests, adopted by 178 Governments at
- the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
- 3 to 14 June 1992. (
- https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/outcomedocuments/agenda21)
- The principle is a core element of the 2010 Hazardous and Noxious Substances Convention, which is in
- the process of ratification. (
- https://www.hnsconvention.org ( https://www.hnsconvention.org/ ))
- The principle is an element of United States and European Union environmental law. (
- https://definitions.uslegal.com/p/polluter-pays-principle/ and
- https://ec.europa.eu/environment/legal/law/pdf/principles/2%20Polluter%20Pays%20Principle_revised.pdf)
- While Canada’s Supreme Court has ruled that bankrupt oil companies are liable for clean up costs,
- such companies may lack the resources. Hence, legislative and regulatory measures are required to
- ensure companies are prepared to meet their obligations. (
- https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/supreme-court-of-canada-upholds-polluter-pays-principle-regarding-orphan-wells-1.4276641)
-Green Value(s):-Ecological Wisdom, Sustainability, Social Justice.-Relation to Existing Policy:- Add to current GPC policy.
Français
- Proposition :
- Le PVC est favorable à ce que les producteurs de tous types soient tenus d'inclure le coût de
- l'assainissement de l'environnement et de l'élimination et/ou du déclassement de tous les éléments
- des produits, y compris les installations de production et les emballages, dans le coût de ces
- produits et à ce que les producteurs soient tenus d'organiser cette élimination et cet
- assainissement.
- Objectif :
- Réduire les dommages environnementaux en tenant les entités financièrement responsables des dommages
- environnementaux attribuables à leurs activités et/ou produits.
- Avantage :
- Cela encouragera les entreprises et les organisations à mener leurs affaires d'une manière
- écologiquement durable et à réparer les dommages environnementaux qu'elles causent.
- Commentaires d’appui de l’auteur.e :
- The Polluter Pays Principle was first formally articulated in 1972 by the Council of the
- Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
- (http://www.oecd.org/officialdocuments/publicdisplaydocumentpdf/?cote=OCDE/GD(92)81&docLanguage=En)
- The principle is a component of Agenda 21, the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, and
- the Statement of principles for the Sustainable Management of Forests, adopted by 178 Governments at
- the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
- 3 to 14 June 1992. (
- https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/outcomedocuments/agenda21)
- The principle is a core element of the 2010 Hazardous and Noxious Substances Convention, which is in
- the process of ratification. (
- https://www.hnsconvention.org ( https://www.hnsconvention.org/ ))
- The principle is an element of United States and European Union environmental law. (
- https://definitions.uslegal.com/p/polluter-pays-principle/ and
- https://ec.europa.eu/environment/legal/law/pdf/principles/2%20Polluter%20Pays%20Principle_revised.pdf)
- While Canada’s Supreme Court has ruled that bankrupt oil companies are liable for clean up costs,
- such companies may lack the resources. Hence, legislative and regulatory measures are required to
- ensure companies are prepared to meet their obligations. (
- https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/supreme-court-of-canada-upholds-polluter-pays-principle-regarding-orphan-wells-1.4276641)
- Valeurs des Verts :
- Sagesse écologique, Développement durable, Justice sociale
- Lien avec la politique actuelle :
- Ajouter à la politique actuelle du PVC.
Additions
- +Submitter Name
- +--------------
- +
- +Paul Graham
- +
- +Proposal
- +--------
- +
- The GPC supports requiring producers of all kinds to include the cost of environmental cleanup and
- the disposal and/or decommissioning of all elements of products, including production plant and
- packaging, in the costs of these products and requiring producers to organise said disposal and
- clean up.
- +Objective
- +---------
- +
- To reduce environmental damage by holding entities financially accountable for environmental damage
- attributable to their activities and/or products.
- +Benefit
- +-------
- +
- This will encourage businesses and organizations to conduct their affairs in an environmentally
- sustainable way and to repair any environmental damage they do.
- +Supporting Comments from Submitter
- +----------------------------------
- +
- The Polluter Pays Principle was first formally articulated in 1972 by the Council of the
- Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
- (http://www.oecd.org/officialdocuments/publicdisplaydocumentpdf/?cote=OCDE/GD(92)81&docLanguage=En)
- The principle is a component of Agenda 21, the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, and
- the Statement of principles for the Sustainable Management of Forests, adopted by 178 Governments at
- the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
- 3 to 14 June 1992. (
- https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/outcomedocuments/agenda21)
- The principle is a core element of the 2010 Hazardous and Noxious Substances Convention, which is in
- the process of ratification. (
- https://www.hnsconvention.org ( https://www.hnsconvention.org/ ))
- The principle is an element of United States and European Union environmental law. (
- https://definitions.uslegal.com/p/polluter-pays-principle/ and
- https://ec.europa.eu/environment/legal/law/pdf/principles/2%20Polluter%20Pays%20Principle_revised.pdf)
- While Canada’s Supreme Court has ruled that bankrupt oil companies are liable for clean up costs,
- such companies may lack the resources. Hence, legislative and regulatory measures are required to
- ensure companies are prepared to meet their obligations. (
- https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/supreme-court-of-canada-upholds-polluter-pays-principle-regarding-orphan-wells-1.4276641)
- +Green Value(s)
- +--------------
- +
- +Ecological Wisdom, Sustainability, Social Justice
- +
- +Relation to Existing Policy
- +---------------------------
- Add to current GPC policy.
Français
- Proposition :
- Le PVC est favorable à ce que les producteurs de tous types soient tenus d'inclure le coût de
- l'assainissement de l'environnement et de l'élimination et/ou du déclassement de tous les éléments
- des produits, y compris les installations de production et les emballages, dans le coût de ces
- produits et à ce que les producteurs soient tenus d'organiser cette élimination et cet
- assainissement.
- Objectif :
- Réduire les dommages environnementaux en tenant les entités financièrement responsables des dommages
- environnementaux attribuables à leurs activités et/ou produits.
- Avantage :
- Cela encouragera les entreprises et les organisations à mener leurs affaires d'une manière
- écologiquement durable et à réparer les dommages environnementaux qu'elles causent.
- Commentaires d’appui de l’auteur.e :
- The Polluter Pays Principle was first formally articulated in 1972 by the Council of the
- Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
- (http://www.oecd.org/officialdocuments/publicdisplaydocumentpdf/?cote=OCDE/GD(92)81&docLanguage=En)
- The principle is a component of Agenda 21, the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, and
- the Statement of principles for the Sustainable Management of Forests, adopted by 178 Governments at
- the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
- 3 to 14 June 1992. (
- https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/outcomedocuments/agenda21)
- The principle is a core element of the 2010 Hazardous and Noxious Substances Convention, which is in
- the process of ratification. (
- https://www.hnsconvention.org ( https://www.hnsconvention.org/ ))
- The principle is an element of United States and European Union environmental law. (
- https://definitions.uslegal.com/p/polluter-pays-principle/ and
- https://ec.europa.eu/environment/legal/law/pdf/principles/2%20Polluter%20Pays%20Principle_revised.pdf)
- While Canada’s Supreme Court has ruled that bankrupt oil companies are liable for clean up costs,
- such companies may lack the resources. Hence, legislative and regulatory measures are required to
- ensure companies are prepared to meet their obligations. (
- https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/supreme-court-of-canada-upholds-polluter-pays-principle-regarding-orphan-wells-1.4276641)
- Valeurs des Verts :
- Sagesse écologique, Développement durable, Justice sociale
- Lien avec la politique actuelle :
- Ajouter à la politique actuelle du PVC.
