An organization should respect and advance four principles. Environmental responsibility: taking ownership of the environmental effects of what it does, in towns, the countryside and the wider environment, and acting to improve both its own performance and that of others it can influence. The precautionary approach: where there is a threat of serious or irreversible harm to human health or the environment, the absence of complete scientific certainty does not justify delaying cost-effective measures, which are judged by their long-run costs and benefits. Environmental risk management: programmes, grounded in risk and in a sustainability outlook, for assessing, avoiding, reducing and mitigating environmental risk, together with awareness raising, emergency response procedures, and reporting of incidents to the authorities and local communities. Polluter pays: carrying the cost of pollution in line with its effect on society or the extent it goes beyond an acceptable level, internalising that cost and preferring prevention to mitigation, and cooperating on mechanisms such as contingency funds. The organization should also judge how relevant each of the following is and use them: a life cycle approach; environmental impact assessment before a new activity begins; cleaner production and eco-efficiency, improving at the source; product-service systems; environmentally sound technologies; sustainable purchasing across the whole life cycle, using independently verified labels; and learning and awareness raising.
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