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        "id": 1031773,
        "msgid": "few-firms-conduct-environmental-audits-1447893297",
        "date": "1996-09-26 00:00:00",
        "title": "Few firms conduct environmental audits",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Few firms conduct environmental audits JAKARTA (JP): A legal advocate for the environment said that few Indonesian businesses were inclined to conduct environmental audits. Mas Achmad Santosa, director of the Indonesian Center for Environmental Law (ICEL) told The Jakarta Post recently that the few environmental audits conducted by businesses highlighted weak law enforcement in Indonesia.",
        "content": "<p>Few firms conduct environmental audits<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA (JP): A legal advocate for the environment said that<br>\nfew Indonesian businesses were inclined to conduct environmental<br>\naudits.<\/p>\n<p>Mas Achmad Santosa, director of the Indonesian Center for<br>\nEnvironmental Law (ICEL) told The Jakarta Post recently that the<br>\nfew environmental audits conducted by businesses highlighted weak<br>\nlaw enforcement in Indonesia.<\/p>\n<p>According to Achmad, an environmental audit has proved to be<br>\nan effective management tool to increase businesses' awareness<br>\nabout the need for environmental preservation.<\/p>\n<p>In developed countries, Achmad said, industries conduct the<br>\naudit to avoid legal action and liability of damages done.<\/p>\n<p>In Indonesia, he said, a number of companies conducted<br>\nenvironmental audits after pressure or intervention from a third<br>\nparty, such as the government and international market demand.<\/p>\n<p>\"Since the general guidelines to conduct environmental audits<br>\nwas issued in 1994, not a single company has voluntarily<br>\nconducted auditing,\" Achmad said.<\/p>\n<p>Environmental audits will be implemented only when there is<br>\nevidence of violation of environmental law or a catastrophe due<br>\nto poor management.<\/p>\n<p>\"Policymakers should consider whether environmental audits can<br>\nbe promoted in the midst of weak law enforcement,\" Achmad said.<\/p>\n<p>New factories are required to make an environmental impact<br>\nassessment before their business licenses are issued. But<br>\nEnvironmental Impact Agency officials have admitted that very few<br>\ncompanies have complied with it.<\/p>\n<p>Authority<\/p>\n<p>ICEL hopes that agencies related to environmental control and<br>\nmanagement will be given firm authority to reprimand companies<br>\nthat fail to conduct environmental audits.<\/p>\n<p>Achmad also suggested that funding organizations demand that<br>\nbusinesses with high environmental degradation risks perform<br>\nenvironmental audits.<\/p>\n<p>\"Sooner or later, the international market will turn to ISO<br>\n14000 accreditation, which weighs heavily on environmental<br>\nmanagement,\" Achmad said.<\/p>\n<p>The International Standard Organization has been giving<br>\naccreditation for companies which met certain environmental<br>\nmanagement standards. (14)<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/few-firms-conduct-environmental-audits-1447893297",
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