Recent calls for racial equity and government regulators' increasing focus on social and environmental concerns make this a good time for companies to integrate environmental justice into their environmental, social and governance efforts, say independent consultant Stacey Halliday, Julius Redd at Beveridge & Diamond and Jesse Glickstein at Hewlett Packard.
Published: Tuesday, May 4, 2021
EPA enforcement agents. Photo credit: EPA/YouTube
An EPA enforcement agent. EPA/YouTube
EPA s top enforcement official has directed agents to ramp up inspections in communities that have long been afflicted by pollution and called on agents to step in and take necessary action in cases where state regulators are falling short on the job.
The internal memo from EPA s acting enforcement chief, Larry Starfield, shared with E&E News is the latest indication the agency intends to consider environmental justice when pursuing environmental crimes. And EPA agents are taking notice. This is extremely heavy messaging to staff, said Nicole Cantello, a chapter president of the American Federation of Government Employees.
Environmental justice and diversity should be priorities for recyclers, ISRI panelists say
Speakers stressed the importance of fostering meaningful relationships in environmental justice communities where they operate, both to mitigate harm and to prepare for potential regulation. Published May 4, 2021 Megan Quinn/Waste Dive
Speakers at the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries April convention acknowledged the intricacies of environmental justice (EJ), racism, and diversity targets, offering suggestions on how to approach the topics during multiple panel discussions.
Experts stressed that recycling and waste companies have a particular responsibility to understand and address environmental justice, in part because many of their facilities
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Michael Phillis | February 5, 2021, 7:13 PM EST President Joe Biden s promise to secure environmental justice is an ambitious effort to achieve long-sought equity for poor and minority communities that experts say could maybe, finally, put teeth behind the lip service that has been paid to the concept.
The president made a multifaceted approach to environmental justice the concept of addressing the disproportionate environmental harms faced by largely poor, minority communities an integral part of his climate change strategy as outlined in an executive order signed about a week after he took office.
That climate change order is intended to force the government to address the outsized burden disadvantaged communities have borne from pollution, often stemming from industrial facilities in those areas. It directs the federal government to step up enforcement of environmental laws, commits to steer clean energy investments toward those communities
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