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By Cristina Lavecchia | 4 Minutes Read April 21, 2016

Earth Day and Water Day 2016: Ensuring corporate social responsibility when it comes to protecting the environment

In light of Earth Day (celebrated annually on April 22) and World Water Day (celebrated annually on March 22), we thought we would provide employers with a background on the internationally observed days, as well as discuss what can be done to ensure their business is operated in an economically, socially, and environmentally responsible way.

Article by Cristina Lavecchia / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Human Rights / corporate social responsibility, CSR, Earth Day, employment law, environmental issues, Farming, Paris Agreement on Climate Change, UN, United Nations, World Water Day, World Water Development Report 2016

By Colin Braithwaite | 2 Minutes Read May 20, 2010

Environmental responsibility: Is extended product responsibility inevitable?

On Earth Day, Ontario's Environment Minister delivered a speech in which he stated his government's intention to shift the entire cost of the provincial household Blue Box recycling program onto the backs of the companies that produce the recyclables (they currently pay 50 percent).

Article by Colin Braithwaite / Business / Blue Box, Earth Day, environment, environmental matters, EPR, extended product responsibility, FAPP, Finance and Accounting PolicyPro, Green workplaces, OMPP, ontario, Operations and Marketing PolicyPro, recycling, social responsibility, Waste Diversion Act

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