08-29-2008, 04:58 AM
Two leading edge issues for the State House:
1) ‘Good Character Law’.
Under a new kind of law in many U.S. states, a corporation's "culture" can become the basis for denying business opportunities. These new "bad boy" laws, or "good character" laws, give states the right to refuse licenses and permits to companies that have a history of violating the law. All states have the right to revoke a corporation's charter, effectively ending their existence as a legal entity, if they choose to.
See this link for discussion of Indiana legislation (the one that has been used and proven effective in denying business charters to companies and/or executives with criminal and other dishonest business conduct in their background) http://www.newrules.org/environment/ingo...acter.html
2) ‘Extended Producer Responsibility and Product Stewardship’ legislation
From the Institute for Local Self Reliance (www.ilsr.org)
“The Concepts of Extended Producer Responsibility and Product Stewardship
Extended producer responsibility (EPR), based on the "polluter pays" principle, entails making manufacturers responsible for the entire lifecycle of the products and packaging they produce. One aim of EPR policies is to internalize the environmental costs of products into their price. Another is to shift the economic burden of managing products that have reached the end of their useful life from local government and taxpayers to product producers and consumers.
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Extended Producer Responsibility is an environmental protection strategy to reach an environmental objective of a decreased total environmental impact from a product, by making the manufacturer of the product responsible for the entire life-cycle of the product and especially for the take-back, recycling and final disposal of the product.
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A related approach, Product Stewardship, is gaining in popularity because of its less regulatory nature and its recognition that other parties have a role to play.
Product Stewardship means that all parties - designers, suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, retailers, consumers, recyclers, and disposers - involved in producing, selling, or using a product take responsibility for the full environmental and economic impacts of that product.â€
James Weatherford, Ph.D.
15-1888 Hialoa
Hawaiian Paradise Park
1) ‘Good Character Law’.
Under a new kind of law in many U.S. states, a corporation's "culture" can become the basis for denying business opportunities. These new "bad boy" laws, or "good character" laws, give states the right to refuse licenses and permits to companies that have a history of violating the law. All states have the right to revoke a corporation's charter, effectively ending their existence as a legal entity, if they choose to.
See this link for discussion of Indiana legislation (the one that has been used and proven effective in denying business charters to companies and/or executives with criminal and other dishonest business conduct in their background) http://www.newrules.org/environment/ingo...acter.html
2) ‘Extended Producer Responsibility and Product Stewardship’ legislation
From the Institute for Local Self Reliance (www.ilsr.org)
“The Concepts of Extended Producer Responsibility and Product Stewardship
Extended producer responsibility (EPR), based on the "polluter pays" principle, entails making manufacturers responsible for the entire lifecycle of the products and packaging they produce. One aim of EPR policies is to internalize the environmental costs of products into their price. Another is to shift the economic burden of managing products that have reached the end of their useful life from local government and taxpayers to product producers and consumers.
...
Extended Producer Responsibility is an environmental protection strategy to reach an environmental objective of a decreased total environmental impact from a product, by making the manufacturer of the product responsible for the entire life-cycle of the product and especially for the take-back, recycling and final disposal of the product.
...
A related approach, Product Stewardship, is gaining in popularity because of its less regulatory nature and its recognition that other parties have a role to play.
Product Stewardship means that all parties - designers, suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, retailers, consumers, recyclers, and disposers - involved in producing, selling, or using a product take responsibility for the full environmental and economic impacts of that product.â€
James Weatherford, Ph.D.
15-1888 Hialoa
Hawaiian Paradise Park