The article reviews the severe environmental damages caused to Ein Tzin, Ein Scorpions in the Tzin stream from the Tzin industrial plant for mining and processing of phosphate, which belongs to Israel Chemicals Ltd. The article presents the claims ra…
Read MoreIs emergency assessments programs, (pollution prevention plans, emergency procedures, etc.) contain information current and correct? Is scenarios included in them reflect the real risks in relation to relevant sites? Is the alleged readiness will s…
Read MoreTo date, a director could be satisfied with the number of meetings in which the Board reported (or not reported) the company's environmental situation, and perhaps also proposed improvements in the situation and help determine the strategy for action…
Read MoreAssessments of environmental impacts of industrial plants are not a trivial process, which can be achieved in a short period. Without carefully planed environmental risk management system, the corporation will react to events rather than behave proac…
Read MoreIndictments on environmental violations are often served against the company and against a number of corporate officers. Sometimes at the beginning or during the criminal trial, the defendants can reach an agreement with the prosecutors representing…
Read MoreThere are many cases, in which directors and officers of corporations, under the provisions of environmental laws, need to sign declarations on environmental issues. In many cases, executives sign affidavits or declarations, without giving the proper…
Read MoreIn the Industrial context, environmental law deals mostly with production sites which affect the environment (air pollution, sewage, etc.). Recent developments in the field of environmental law, transferring attention to products as well, during thei…
Read MoreIn recent years, corporations adopted social responsibility including environmental responsibility as a strategy that allows the corporation to reach out to the community, as well as increase annual profit. The main aspect of Corporate Environmental…
Read MoreA Texas company operating an oil refinery and the managers thereof were recently indicted for allegedly infringing the law on migratory birds due to air pollution caused by benzene used at the plant’s site. The benzene was used to dilute liquid waste…
Read MoreThe precautionary principle has become an important concept recognized by international environmental law and increasingly proclaimed by national legislation of countries around the world. It can be invoked to take measures where there is a threat of…
Read MoreEnvironmental class actions are used by civilians as a powerful tool against industries in order to obtain compensation for damage caused by pollution, or as a civil enforcement where the state does not enforce due to the lack of adequate resources o…
Read MoreOne of the tools to enforce environmental law is making officers in corporations responsible for environmental offences. The purpose of this act is first, to make it financially unworthy to perform environmental offence by the corporation and second,…
Read MoreEnvironmental measurements used in Israel and around the globe, are fundamentally based on high technology and scientific devices. Such testing hold legal implications. Although appear simple, environmental testing require a high level of experience…
Read MoreThe Israeli Ministry of the Environment currently provides no rewards to Israeli companies that monitor their environmental compliance through self-environmental audits. Instead, if an Israeli company discovers a problem with its environmental self-…
Read MoreUnder Israeli law, corporate management has responsibility for appointing capable and effective environmental and occupational health and safety officers in the corporation's plants. At present, management's efforts in that regard are misdirected. Fo…
Read MoreEnvironmental authorities accumulate information, part of which has to do with hazardous substances: their storage, their possible effects on their environment should they be suddenly dispersed, and the measures taken to prevent such incidents. As of…
Read MoreThe adoption of an Environmental Management System (EMS) is no longer only a matter of internal business policy of the firm. Certain legislative instruments now impose a duty on executive officers to: "supervise and do whatever possible to prevent th…
Read MoreThe liability of a councilor (an environmental expert included) may be based in four known doctrines: Negligence; Negligent mis-presentation; Strict liability; and liability rising out of a contract. The article describes the recent ruling of the Hig…
Read MoreThe high cost of remediation of environmental damages often brings the Legislator to broaden the circle of liability for these damages and dip his hand into "pockets" that are traditionally considered to be too far, in order to gain the funds necesar…
Read MoreIn January 1998 the Ministry of Environment and the Federation of Industrialists signed an Agreement to Implement Standards Regarding the Emission of Pollutants to the Air. This Agreement is the first of its kind in Israel signifying a deviation from…
Read MoreEnvironmental damages are usually the result of recurring long-term activities. This fact raises complicated legal questions: When did the activity that caused the damage occur? When did the damage itself manifest? It is difficulties like these that…
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