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Minister suspends eco-fee program and announces 90-day review

  • Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • July 26 2010

On July 20, in response to a firestorm of negative media surrounding the July 1 launch of the expanded Orange Drop program, Minister Gerretsen temporarily suspended the operation of the Consolidated Phase of the program, which affects products ranging from dish soap and bleach to fire extinguishers

Environmental Review Tribunal confirms the liability of current and former directors for clean-up orders

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • July 27 2011

In its recent decision in Currie v. Director, Ministry of the Environment (Currie) issued on June 7, 2011, the Environmental Review Tribunal (ERT) has applied its reasoning in its Corporation of the City of Kawartha Lakes v. Director, Ministry of Environment decision issued on November 20, 2009 (Kawartha Lakes) to hold corporate directors personally liable to clean up a contaminated site

Developments in climate change disclosure requirements

  • Torys LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • February 28 2008

Investors and securities regulators are increasingly paying attention to what public companies are disclosing about their climate change risks and opportunities

Directors and the environment: toward accrued liability?

  • Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • February 28 2008

The environment has a more and more prominent position in the news and political sphere

Advertising & marketing: recent developments of importance

  • Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • March 3 2008

Advertising law in Canada encapsulates a multitude of legal issues and is governed by federal and provincial laws as well as self-regulatory codes, policies and bodies

Directors beware potential environmental liability

  • WeirFoulds LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • April 30 2008

When it comes to industrial clean-ups, the Ministry of the Environment is looking for help and personal liability can lurk in the murky ponds and work sites of the companies you serve

Flashing green ahead: environmental reporting in Ontario securities law

  • Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • April 28 2008

On February 27, 2008, the Ontario Securities Commission ("OSC") released OSC Staff Notice 51-716 Environmental Reporting ("Staff Notice 51-716") outlining the results of a targeted review of 35 public companies’ compliance with continuous disclosure requirements related to environmental matters under National Instrument 51-102 Continuous Disclosure Obligations

Liability for climate change: the other shoe drops

  • McMillan LLP
  • -
  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • July 17 2007

It is as inevitable as the dropping of the other shoe, and it should not take anyone by surprise

Environmental issues lead OSC and accounting profession to focus on climate change disclosure by reporting issuers

  • Stikeman Elliott LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • January 14 2009

In the last few years, climate change considerations have begun to figure more prominently in the investment decisions of Canadians

1.5 trillion reasons why climate change impacts are material disclosure

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • October 1 2007

In our previous column we looked at some global examples of how the emergence of Clean Technology (Clean Tech) has changed the way business and industry look to do business

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