 The Environment Agency » Principles & Approaches
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"Regulation is vital to control pollution and environmental damage and make sure that these gains aren’t wasted." |
Society demands high environmental standards and expects companies and individuals to behave responsibly.
The business world expects greater regulatory efficiency, minimising bureaucracy, so that compliance costs are kept to a minimum.
These potentially conflicting demands can be met with a regulatory regime that helps business and individuals to improve, rewards good performers but is tough on those who do not meet acceptable standards.
We call this ‘modern regulation’.
Modern regulation means complying with and even exceeding legal requirements without constant supervision.
Regulation of the kind which has traditionally controlled abstractions from, and emissions to, the environment will continue to have an important role.
But other instruments also need to be used where they are appropriate; including environmental taxes, trading schemes, negotiated agreements and education programmes.
• Delivering for the environment - a 21st Centuary approach to regulation
(Adobe PDF) Download a full copy of our document, "Delivering for the
environment".
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See also: Directives ¦ Permits & Licences ¦ Compliance ¦ Enforcement & Prosecution Policy ¦ Principles & Approaches
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