NEA issues notices to 10 Singapore-based firms for first time under haze law

Singapore widens haze probe to local firms linked to Indonesian fires

The city-state has beefed up measures to combat the months-long blazes and had vowed legal action against companies responsible for the fires that have made regional air quality among the world's worst. Over the past week, Singapore issued notices to 10 foreign-based companies, insisting that they deploy fire fighting teams, stop burning or starting new fires in Indonesia and submit information about their links with associated companies in Indo…

NEA issues notices to 10 Singapore-registered companies in haze probe

The National Environment Agency (NEA) has issued notices to 10 Singapore-registered companies in the palm oil and forestry sectors as part of its probe into transboundary haze pollution linked to Indonesia.In a news release on Friday (Oct 23), NEA said it had issued notices under Section 10 of the Transboundary Haze Pollution Act (THPA).The notices seek details of their corporate...

NEA issues notices to 10 Singapore-based companies, including Wilmar and APP, over haze

It seeks information on firms’ Indonesian land concessions, corporate links and measures to prevent, fight fires Read more at The Business Times.

NEA issues notices to 10 Singapore-based firms for first time under haze law

One of the Singapore-registered companies is Asia Pulp & Paper (APP), which was recently placed under temporary green certification restrictions by a non-profit environmental watchdog.

NEA issues legal notices under haze law to 10 Singapore-based companies including Asia Pulp & Paper

The firms listed are in the palm oil or forestry business. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Singapore’s NEA Issues Notices To 10 Firms Over Possible Links To Transboundary Haze

SINGAPORE, Oct 23 (Bernama) — Singapore’s National Environment Agency (NEA) has issued notices to 10 Singapore-registered palm oil and forestry companies seeking information on their possible links to forest fires in Indonesia and transboundary haze pollution. The notices, issued under Section 10 of Singapore’s Transboundary Haze Pollution Act (THPA), require the companies to provide details of their land concessions, corporate linkages and meas…