The State Environmental Protection Administration announced the results of post-environmental protection inspections of 130 multinational companies

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* * Tao Detian, spokesperson of the State Environmental Protection Administration, informed the media today about the post-environmental protection inspections of 130 multinational companies with environmental violations. He said that multinational companies should strive to improve their ability and level of independent environmental protection and compliance, establish and improve internal environmental management systems and mechanisms, and actively assume corporate social environmental responsibilities. 　　 　　 Tao Detian said that since November last year, the State Environmental Protection Administration has conducted special post-inspection inspections of multinational companies that committed environmental violations from 2004 to 2007. This post-environmental protection inspection involves 130 multinational companies in 19 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities including Hebei, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai, Shandong, Fujian, Anhui, Hunan, Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, Sichuan, Chongqing, Yunnan, Gansu, Inner Mongolia, and Guizhou, including food, fermentation, chemicals, machinery manufacturing, electronics, papermaking and other industries. Most of these multinational companies come from developed countries such as Europe, the United States, and Japan. * * , which has both world-renowned brands and Fortune 500 companies, and has a good reputation for environmental protection. However, in recent years, a series of environmental violations have occurred in China, which is a serious lack of corporate social responsibility. 　　 　　Tao Detian pointed out that all 130 multinational companies inspected after this inspection have been investigated and punished, and no environmental violations that occurred during the investigation were found. However, three companies have committed other environmental violations, namely: Onofa Decoration Materials (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., the heavy oil furnace smoke and sulfur dioxide of this company exceeded the standard, and the cleaning wastewater was directly discharged without treatment. The Environmental Protection Bureau of Minhang District, Shanghai is filing a case for investigation. ； Shanghai COSCO Kawasaki Heavy Industries Steel Structure Co., Ltd., the company’s noise exceeded the standard, Baoshan District, Shanghai * * A deadline-limited governance decision was made on August 27 last year. ； Jinmailang Food (Chengdu) Co., Ltd., the company's "Three Simultaneities" facilities are not fully in place, sewage discharge exceeds the standard, environmental protection facilities have not been inspected and accepted, and no application for trial production extension has been submitted. The main project has been put into production, and the Sichuan Provincial Environmental Protection Bureau has ordered it to stop production and impose a fine. 　　 　　Tao Detian finally said that China * * We attach great importance to promoting enterprises to assume social and environmental responsibilities. The State Council clearly requires strengthening the main responsibilities of enterprises and forming a * * An energy conservation and emission reduction work pattern led by the central government, enterprises as the main body, and the whole society jointly promotes it. Environmental responsibility requires the efforts of both local Chinese companies and multinational companies. Multinational companies should strive to improve their ability and level of independent environmental protection and compliance, establish and improve internal environmental management systems and mechanisms, and actively assume corporate social environmental responsibilities. In the future, the State Environmental Protection Administration will continue to increase * * Strengthen environmental law enforcement to promote corporate compliance with the law through strict law enforcement ； At the same time, through the establishment of environmentally friendly enterprises and the implementation of the enterprise environmental supervisor system, we actively guide enterprises to establish and improve their internal environmental management systems and mechanisms, and improve their environmental self-discipline capabilities and levels.