Ensuring complete environmental compliance has never been more important in China’s manufacturing history. Multinational and domestic brands are increasingly concerned about their environmental risks due to China’s unprecedented measures to strengthened environmental law enforcement in recent years. Since 2016, China has dispatched several rounds of central government inspectors to crack down on lax regulation at the local level, increasing the rate of factory closures, production halts and supply chain disruptions.
IPE therefore encourages suppliers of all sizes to track their own performance and respond to any issues in a timely manner.
Pollutant Release and Transfer Registry (PRTR) is an environmental database or inventory of both hazardous chemical substances and conventional pollutants released into the air, water and soil and transferred off-site for treatment and disposal collected on an annual basis. PRTR reporting systems are commonly used in the U.S., the E.U., Japan and other regions around the world.
For more information, please see the report: Establishing a PRTR Disclosure System in China
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