Business Ethics and Corporate Governance, Second Edition

CHARTER FOR VOLUNTARY POLLUTION CONTROL

The Ministry of Environment and Forests and the country’s industrial sector have partnered for voluntary pollution control. They have jointly worked out a charter on corporate responsibility for environmental protection. This charter was released on 13 March 2003 in New Delhi.

The charter marks a shift from regulatory enforcement of pollution control norms to voluntary compliance by the industry, to significantly enhance the quality of the environment. The preparatory work in this regard has been completed with the government holding discussions with the representatives of 17 major polluting categories of industries.

At a conference of representatives of the government and the polluting industries, some ...