Environmental Management Evaluation Results Released

The State Minister for the Environment has released the environmental management evaluation results for the 2004-2005 period and the companies that were subject to evaluation are recorded in the Attachments to the Ministerial Decision. The evaluations were carried out by the PROPER (Company Environmental Management Performance Evaluation Program) Board which is tasked with this power under State Minister of the Environment Decision Letter Number 129 of 2002.

There are 5 environmental management levels; namely, Gold; Green; Blue; Red; and, Black. The gold level is indicative of a company not only exceeding the minimum standards demanded by the law but exceeding them by a considerable amount. Green is indicative of a company exceeding the minimum standards mandated by law. The Blue level is indicative of a company meeting the minimum standard. The Red level indicates that a company has made an effort at environmental management but those efforts have not resulted in the company reaching the minimum standards. Finally, the Black level indicates that a company has not made any noticeable effort to develop any environmental management strategy or plan.