NEA issues legal notices under haze law to 10 Singapore-based companies, including Asia Pulp & Paper
Singapore's National Environment Agency has issued legal notices to 10 local companies to investigate their potential links to haze-causing fires in Indonesia. The move is part of an effort to enforce the Transboundary Haze Pollution Act.
Why it matters
This action demonstrates Singapore's regulatory efforts to hold corporations accountable for environmental damage occurring outside its borders.
Failure to comply with NEA’s notices could result in the representatives of the firms being fined up to $5,000, jailed up to one month, or both.
Listen SINGAPORE – Singapore is widening its probe into companies linked to the haze-causing fires in Indonesia, and has issued legal notices to another 10 firms – all of them based here – asking them to provide more documents and information on their links to fires in Indonesia.
In a statement issued in the evening of Oct 23, the National Environment Agency (NEA) said the 10 companies it is taking action against under Singapore’s Transboundary Haze Pollution Act (THPA) are:
These firms are in the oil palm or forestry business, and either own land concessions in Indonesia or have related companies with such concessions.
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