Table of Contents

Preface
1 Duel diligence
  1.1 General
  1.2 R.v. Saulte Ste. Marie
      1.2.1 Kinds of offence
      1.2.2 The facts
      1.2.3 The issue
      1.2.4 The decision
  1.3 Due diligence and civil diligence
  1.4 Due diligence as a management system
2 Benchmarks and how they are used
  2.1 General
  2.2 What benchmarks
      2.2.1 Statutes and regulations as benchmarks
      2.2.2 Custom
      2.2.3 Government and industry reports
      2.2.4 Voluntary standards
3 The first EMS benchmarks: Bata
  3.1 General
  3.2 The facts
  3.3 What should Bata have done
  3.4 The decision
  3.5 Following Bata
  3.6 The significance of Bata
4 Improving the benchmark: ISO 14001
  4.1 General
  4.2 ISO 14001/14004 Overview
  4.3 ISO 14001 in comparison to Bata
  4.4 Effectiveness
5 Judicial reliance on ISO 14001
  5.1 Convection
  5.2 Sentencing
      5.2.1 General
      5.2.2 R.v. Prospec Chemicals Ltd.
      5.2.3 R.v. Prototype circuits Inc.
      5.2.4 R.v. Van Waters & Rogers Ltd.
      5.2.5 R.v. Calgary (City)
      5.2.6 Why not in Ontario
  5.3 Approvals
  5.4 Other countries
6 Regulators Use of ISO 14001
  6.1 General
  6.2 The environmental commissioner
  6.3 Environment Canada
  6.4 Legislation/Regulations
  6.5 permits
  6.6 Inspections/Approvals
  6.7 Enforcement discretion
  6.8 Government operations
  6.9 Taxation
7 Non-compliance and ISO 14001
8 ISO 14001 and other voluntary initiatives as government
  policy
9 ISO 14001, Compliance, and the future

Abstract

Explains the current confusion about the relationship between the ISO 14000 series of voluntary environmental management standards and regulatory compliance.

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Document Type	Standard
Status	Current
Publisher	Canadian Standards Association
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