Internal system for corporate environmental supervisors

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Notice on Deepening the Pilot Program for the Enterprise Environmental Supervisor System To the Environmental Protection Bureaus (Departments) of all provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government, as well as the Environmental Protection Bureau of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps: In order to implement the requirements set out in the “Decision of the State Council on Implementing the Scientific Outlook on Development and Strengthening Environmental Protection” (Guo Fa [2005] No. 39) and the “Notice of the State Council on Issuing the Comprehensive Work Plan for Energy Conservation and Emission Reduction” (Guo Fa [2007] No. 15), which call for the establishment of an enterprise environmental supervisor system and the implementation of professional qualification management, as well as for expanding the pilot program of this system to key polluting enterprises under close monitoring, so as to improve enterprises’ ability and level to comply with environmental regulations and to standardize the construction of enterprise environmental management systems and mechanisms, our ministry launched a pilot program for the enterprise environmental supervisor system in key industries in 2006. Over the past two years, the pilot program has achieved significant results. On the basis of a summary of the pilot efforts, our department has decided to expand the scope of the enterprise environmental supervisor system pilot program to **pollution-intensive enterprises under close monitoring; in areas where conditions permit, this can be extended to pollution-intensive enterprises at the provincial or municipal level that are under close monitoring. The relevant matters are hereby notified as follows: 1. Objectives and principles of work: Aiming to enhance enterprises’ awareness of their social environmental responsibilities, standardize their environmental management, and improve their environmental practices, these efforts will adhere to the principles of combining law enforcement with services, integrating guidance on compliance with laws with strengthened law enforcement, and combining corporate self-discipline with external supervision. The pilot program for enterprise environmental supervisors will be continued and expanded to further standardize environmental protection efforts in enterprises. By 2010, it is intended that this system will be implemented in key polluting enterprises under close monitoring; in areas where conditions permit, the scope of these pilots can be extended to provincial or municipal-level key polluting enterprises. Actively explore effective mechanisms to guide enterprises in enhancing their compliance capabilities and strengthening their primary responsibility for reducing pollution, so as to leverage the proactive role of enterprises in micro-level environmental management. II. Scope and Content of Work The scope of this pilot program includes **polluting enterprises under close monitoring, enterprises that have already implemented a system of corporate environmental supervisors, as well as those enterprises that the local environmental protection departments deem necessary to include in the pilot program. The main tasks include the following: (1) Establishing an organizational structure for corporate environmental management. Guide relevant enterprises to establish a corporate environmental management responsibility system, set up environmental management departments, and designate the overall person in charge of corporate environmental management as well as environmental supervisors ； (II) Improve the competence of enterprise environmental management and supervision personnel. Organize relevant enterprises to participate in the training uniformly organized by our department, and implement a system requiring certification for working in such positions ； (III) Establish and improve the enterprise’s environmental management records and documentation. Guide the relevant enterprises to maintain complete and organized records and documents, ensure proper binding of such materials, keep monitoring records continuous and intact, ensure that the indicators meet environmental management requirements, and thus provide a comprehensive reflection of the enterprise’s environmental management practices ； (IV) Establish and improve the internal environmental management system of the enterprise. Guide relevant enterprises to establish and improve systems such as enterprise pollution reduction plans, environmental emergency management systems, environmental treatment facilities, and equipment operation management, in light of their actual circumstances ； (5) Guide relevant enterprises to display maps of pollution source distribution, flowcharts of pollutant treatment processes, and diagrams of the enterprise’s environmental management responsibility system in prominent locations ； (VI) Standardize the management of enterprise environmental management and supervision personnel. Establish a registration and record-keeping system, as well as a reporting system, for enterprise environmental management and supervision personnel ； (7) Explore the integration of the enterprise environmental supervisor system with other systems. Focus on exploring methods that integrate with environmental management systems or environmental protection efforts, such as the use of special funds for environmental protection, clean production demonstrations, pilot projects for a circular economy, environmental audits for corporate listings, mandatory remediation actions, and shutdowns for rectification. III. Work Steps and Requirements The implementation of the pilot program for the enterprise environmental supervisor system can be divided into three phases: preparation, trial implementation, and continuous improvement. (1) Preparation phase (September–October 2008): The environmental protection departments of various provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government organized and guided the pilot implementation of the enterprise environmental supervisor system. Environmental protection departments at the prefecture level and, where conditions permit, at the county/district level are responsible for organizing and implementing it. On the basis of implementing the \"Notice on Carrying Out Pilot Programs for the Environmental Supervisor System in Large Power Enterprises\" (Huan Ban [2006] No. 150) and the \"Notice on Carrying Out Pilot Programs for the Environmental Supervisor System in Papermaking Enterprises\" (Huan Ban [2006] No. 141), experience gained from these pilot programs was summarized. By integrating this experience with efforts to reduce pollution, a comprehensive plan was developed and implemented in stages. A list of enterprises to participate in the pilots was established, pilot work plans were formulated, specific leaders and personnel were assigned to oversee the tasks, special meetings were held for mobilization and planning, and relevant organizations were organized for training. Environmental protection departments of all provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government are requested to submit to our ministry, by the end of October 2008, the implementation plans for the pilot projects, a list of the responsible leaders and staff, as well as a roster of environmental management and supervision personnel from the pilot enterprises. (II) Pilot phase (October 2008 – December 2010): Environmental protection departments at all levels should establish a registration system for enterprise environmental management and supervision personnel, organize them to fill out registration application forms (Appendix 1), and compile summaries of any changes in registrations. It is necessary to guide and supervise relevant enterprises to establish internal environmental management organizations in accordance with the requirements of the environmental supervisor system, to formulate and improve various internal environmental management and supervision systems, to ensure that personnel responsible for environmental management and supervision carry out their duties, and to urge enterprises to report on the progress of pilot projects as required. The environmental protection departments of all provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government are requested to submit to our department, by the 5th day of the first month of each quarter, the summary tables of registered changes in enterprise environmental management and supervision personnel, as well as brief reports on the pilot projects. (III) Continuous improvement phase: Local authorities should promptly monitor and understand the responses of enterprises and various sectors of society to the pilot implementation of the enterprise environmental supervisor system, summarize the experiences gained from these pilots, analyze any issues that arise, and assess the impact of this system. They should then continue to improve and refine the relevant systems and methods, so that they become an integral part of daily environmental management. Environmental protection departments of all provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government are requested to submit summaries of the progress made in the pilot projects along with their recommendations to our ministry by the end of December each year. To guide and standardize the pilot work, our department has compiled the \"Guidelines for Establishing a System of Corporate Environmental Supervisors\" (provisional, Annex 4), which is now issued to all relevant parties for reference and implementation. Please provide feedback to our department in a timely manner regarding the relevant situations and issues encountered in the pilot work. Appendix 4: Guidelines for the Establishment of a Corporate Environmental Supervisor System (Interim) The corporate environmental supervisor system refers to the practice of appointing a chief person in charge of environmental management within a specific enterprise, as well as corporate environmental supervisors who are familiar with the basic laws related to the environment and the fundamental techniques for pollution control. This system aims to standardize the internal environmental management structures and related regulations within enterprises. By establishing an organizational framework for environmental management and standardizing environmental management procedures, it is possible to enhance an enterprise’s capacity to manage its own environmental affairs independently, thereby encouraging such enterprises to take proactive responsibility for environmental protection. To guide various regions in deepening the pilot programs for the enterprise environmental supervisor system and standardizing enterprises’ environmental practices, these guidelines have been developed on the basis of the pilot efforts carried out from 2003 to 2007. The guidelines are mainly divided into four sections: implementation basis, term definitions, institutional framework, and training management. I. Bases for Implementation 1. Article 24 of the Environmental Protection Law of the People’s Republic of China: “Units that cause environmental pollution and other public nuisances must incorporate environmental protection efforts into their plans and establish a responsibility system for environmental protection.”” ； 2. Article 20 of the “Decision of the State Council on Implementing the Scientific Outlook on Development and Strengthening Environmental Protection” (Guo Fa [2005] No. 39): “Establish a sound environmental supervision system that includes supervision by relevant authorities, local oversight, and responsibility on the part of organizations.” “Legal persons and other organizations are responsible for addressing environmental issues within their respective areas of jurisdiction. Establish a system of corporate environmental supervisors and implement professional qualification management” ； 3. The “Notice of the State Council on Issuing the <**11th Five-Year Plan for Environmental Protection>>” (Guo Fa [2007] No. 37) requires “establishing a system of enterprise environmental supervisors and implementing professional qualification management”” ； 4. The “Notice of the State Council on Issuing the <Comprehensive Work Plan for Energy Conservation and Emission Reduction>” (Guo Fa [2007] No. 15) requires that “enterprises must strictly abide by laws, regulations, and standards related to energy conservation and environmental protection, implement target responsibilities, strengthen management measures, and take proactive actions to conserve energy and reduce emissions.” It also calls for “expanding the pilot program of implementing an environmental supervisor system for key polluting enterprises under close monitoring”” ； 5. Regulations such as the \"Administrative Measures for Environmental Protection Acceptance upon Completion of Construction Projects\", the \"Provisions on Environmental Protection Design for Construction Projects\", the \"Administrative Measures for Automatic Monitoring of Pollution Sources\", the \"Administrative Measures for Environmental Statistics\", and the \"Provisions on the Declaration and Registration of Pollutant Emissions\" – all of these set out requirements regarding the establishment of environmental management agencies, the assignment of personnel responsible for environmental management, and the development of comprehensive internal environmental management systems within enterprises. II. Terminology Definitions The following terms and definitions apply to this guide. 1. Enterprise environmental management and supervision personnel: Enterprise environmental management and supervision personnel include the chief person in charge of enterprise environmental management and enterprise environmental supervisors. The chief responsible person for corporate environmental management and corporate environmental supervisors do not fall under corporate administrative positions. A system of training and certification is implemented for personnel in corporate environmental management and supervision, and professional qualification management will be gradually introduced. 2. The chief person in charge of environmental management in an enterprise refers to the factory manager or the deputy manager responsible for environmental management who is fully accountable for environmental management tasks within the enterprise, oversees the enterprise’s environmental supervisors, and bears legal responsibility for the enterprise’s environmental actions; it can also refer to other individuals at the same level who hold a training certificate issued by the Ministry of Environmental Protection. 3. Enterprise environmental supervisors are those enterprise environmental management personnel who, under the leadership of the person in charge of overall enterprise environmental management, are specifically responsible for environmental management tasks such as pollution prevention, supervision, and inspection; they bear legal responsibilities within the scope of their duties and hold training certification issued by the Ministry of Environmental Protection. Depending on local conditions, enterprise environmental supervisors can be classified into categories such as those for enterprises causing water pollution, those for enterprises causing air pollution, and those for enterprises dealing with solid waste. 4. Specific enterprises: Specific enterprises refer to those manufacturing companies that have a certain scale of production or operate in a particular industry. The classification of specific enterprises is mainly based on the total amount of pollutants emitted or certain types of pollutants, such as toxic and harmful substances. The specific enterprises involved in this expanded pilot program refer to: **pollution-intensive enterprises under close monitoring, enterprises that have already implemented a system of corporate environmental supervisors, and those deemed necessary for inclusion in the pilot program by local environmental protection agencies. III. Institutional Framework (1) Establishing an organizational structure for enterprise environmental management: Enterprises should designate specific bodies responsible for environmental supervision and management. A responsibility system for enterprise environmental management should be established, comprising enterprise leaders, environmental management departments, workshop supervisors, and environmental protection officers. Regular or ad-hoc meetings should be held to review the enterprise’s environmental performance and to discuss solutions to environmental issues, so as to work together towards ensuring effective environmental protection within the enterprise. Enterprises must appoint a chief environmental management officer, to be held by the top management of the enterprise, who is responsible for overseeing all environmental management activities within the company and for monitoring compliance with environmental regulations. Based on its size and the actual level of pollutants generated, an enterprise should appoint at least one environmental supervisor to oversee and ensure compliance with environmental regulations, and to maintain stability in this role. Treatment facilities for waste gas, wastewater, etc., must be equipped with sufficient operating staff to ensure their proper operation, must have laboratories capable of monitoring major and characteristic pollutants, and must have dedicated laboratory personnel. The relevant responsibilities are as follows: 1. Chief responsible person for corporate environmental management (1) Overall responsibility for the company’s environmental management efforts ； (2) Responsible for supervising and guiding the work of corporate environmental monitors, as well as reviewing corporate environmental reports and environmental information ； (3) Responsible for organizing the formulation and implementation of the enterprise’s pollution reduction plan, as well as ensuring the achievement of the reduction targets ； (4) Responsible for organizing the formulation and implementation of the company’s internal environmental management system ； (5) Responsible for establishing and implementing the enterprise’s emergency response system for environmental accidents. 2. Corporate Environmental Supervisor: (1) Responsible for formulating and overseeing the implementation of the company’s environmental protection plans and regulations ； (2) Responsible for the implementation of the company’s pollution reduction plans and providing technical support, as well as assisting with pollution reduction verification tasks ； (3) Assist in organizing the preparation of environmental impact reports and the \"three simultaneities\" plans for a company’s new construction, renovation, or expansion projects, and supervise their implementation ； (4) Responsible for checking the operation of the enterprise’s pollution-generating production facilities, pollution control facilities, and those posing environmental safety risks, as well as overseeing the work of various environmental protection personnel ； (5) Responsible for monitoring and keeping track of the enterprise’s pollutant emissions ； (6) Be responsible for reporting to the environmental protection authorities on pollutant emissions, the operation of pollution control facilities, the progress of pollutant reduction projects, and the achievement of key pollutant reduction targets, with reports to be submitted at least once per quarter. Comply with the guidance and supervision of environmental protection authorities, and cooperate with their inspection and oversight efforts ； (7) Assist in carrying out activities such as clean production and energy and water conservation ； (8) Organize the preparation of the enterprise’s environmental emergency response plan, and promptly report any sudden environmental pollution incidents to the environmental protection authorities for handling ； (9) Responsible for environmental statistics work ； (10) Responsible for organizing environmental protection training for enterprise employees. 3. Technical tasks to be undertaken by enterprise environmental supervisors Regarding the management and supervision of exhaust gases, these include: (1) Inspecting the fuels or raw materials used ； (2) Equipment for detecting dust generation ； (3) Operate, inspect, and maintain the equipment used to handle the dust generated by dust-producing facilities ； (4) Measure the amount or concentration of smoke and dust, and record the results ； (5) Test and maintain testing instruments ； (6) In the event of a dust pollution incident, reduce the amount or concentration of dust, restrict the use of facilities that generate dust, and take other necessary measures. The management and supervision of wastewater include: (1) inspecting the raw materials used ； (2) Inspect sewage discharge facilities ； (3) Operating, testing, and maintaining the facilities for treating wastewater or waste liquids discharged from such facilities, as well as their auxiliary equipment ； (4) Determine the pollution level of wastewater discharges or specific groundwater inflows and record the results ； (5) Test and maintain testing instruments ； (6) In the event of a sewage pollution incident, take measures to reduce sewage discharge and implement other necessary emergency actions. The management and supervision of solid waste include: (1) inspecting the raw materials used ； (2) Facilities where hazardous waste is generated ； (3) Investigate the types, quantities, and frequency of hazardous waste generation ； (4) Check the types and properties of hazardous waste and record them ； (5) Operate, inspect, and maintain facilities for handling hazardous waste and their associated equipment ； (6) Inspect and maintain testing instruments ； (7) Specify and record the outsourcing of hazardous waste disposal, and prepare transfer documents ； (8) Verify and conduct on-site inspections of the treatment methods employed by the party entrusted with the disposal of hazardous waste (including collection and transportation, intermediate treatment and recycling, as well as final disposal) ； (9) Necessary emergency measures to be taken in case of sudden hazardous waste pollution. 4. Enterprise Environmental Management Department: (1) Thoroughly implement the relevant environmental protection guidelines, policies, and laws and regulations set by ** and higher-level regulatory authorities; proactively stay informed about the environmental protection laws, regulations, and policy standards at the provincial, municipal, and industry levels; and be responsible for organizing the management, supervision, and monitoring of environmental protection activities within the enterprise ； (2) Responsible for organizing the implementation of the enterprise’s environmental protection plans, pollution reduction plans, and emergency response plans, as well as preparing annual summaries on environmental protection work ； (3) Supervise and inspect the operation of enterprises’ facilities for treating waste water, waste gas, and solid waste; participate in the research and review of plans for new construction, expansion, and renovation projects; attend the completion inspections of environmental protection facilities related to these projects, and put forward suggestions and requirements regarding environmental protection ； (4) Organize internal environmental monitoring within the enterprise, keep track of original records, establish records of the operation of environmental protection facilities, properly archive and compile environmental protection-related data, and report relevant situations to the environmental protection administrative authorities in a timely manner ； (5) Organize awareness-raising, education, training, and assessments on environmental protection laws and regulations for enterprise employees to enhance their environmental awareness. (II) Improving the competence of enterprise environmental management and supervision personnel: The knowledge requirements for such personnel are divided into three levels: mastery, familiarity, and basic understanding. Mastery requires the ability to apply knowledge flexibly in practical work; familiarity requires the ability to understand and use it simply; awareness requires having a broad range of knowledge related to enterprise environmental management. 1. The person in charge of an enterprise’s environmental management is required to have the following knowledge: (1) An understanding of **environmental protection policies, guidelines, as well as relevant laws and regulations ； (2) Understand basic knowledge of environmental protection ； (3) Understand general environmental pollution prevention and control as well as ecological protection technologies ； (4) Understand emergency response techniques and related knowledge for environmental pollution incidents. 2. Knowledge required of corporate environmental supervisors: (1) Mastery of **environmental protection policies, laws, and regulations ； (2) Master the basic knowledge of environmental protection ； (3) Master pollution prevention and control theories and technologies ； (4) Familiar with pollutant detection and analysis techniques ； (5) Master emergency response techniques for environmental pollution incidents and related knowledge, etc ； (6) Understand the enterprise’s production processes and the basic situation of its pollution control facilities. (III) Establish and improve corporate environmental management records and documents: 1. Environmental impact assessment documents, including environmental impact reports (forms) and approvals for environmental impact assessments ； 2. Corporate responsibilities and management systems for environmental protection ； 3. Design and construction documents for various pollutant treatment systems, as well as completion inspection documents ； 4. Documentation for the acceptance inspection of enterprises’ environmental protection measures in accordance with the \"three simultaneities\" principle ； 5. Enterprise total pollutant emission control targets and pollution discharge declaration form ； 6. Records and reports on the daily operation of wastewater and exhaust gas pollution control devices, including the current treatment volume, treatment efficiency, operating time, emission levels before and after treatment, as well as any issues encountered during daily operation and the measures taken to address them ； 7. Records of daily maintenance for wastewater discharge pipelines and online automatic monitoring instruments ； 8. Analysis of daily maintenance and calibration records for monitoring instruments and equipment ； 9. Agreement for outsourcing the disposal of industrial solid waste, five-document set for the safe disposal of hazardous solid waste ； 10. Number of main noise pollution sources in the enterprise, noise levels, and noise monitoring data at the factory boundary ； 11. Measures to prevent environmental risk incidents and emergency plans for such incidents ； Implementation plan and records for accident emergency drill organization ； 12. Summary Materials on Environmental Risk Incidents ； 13. Records of daily maintenance of safety protection and fire-fighting facilities ； 14. Registration status of professional technical training for enterprise environmental management staff ； 15. Environmental protection laws, regulations, rules and regulations, and relevant policy documents applicable to this enterprise ； 16. Environmental monitoring records specified in the environmental impact assessment documents ； 17. The general layout plan of the enterprise and the diagram of the sewage pipeline network; the general layout plan should indicate the locations of waste gas emission sources and sewage discharge points. The enterprise’s environmental management records must be organized by category and by year, with complete and orderly record-keeping systems, proper binding, valid emission permits, continuous and complete monitoring records, and indicators that meet the requirements of environmental management; such records should reflect the company’s overall performance in terms of environmental aspects. (IV) Establish and improve internal environmental management systems. Relevant enterprises should, in light of their own actual conditions, establish and improve internal environmental management systems as well as enhance the mechanisms for such management. Key points include: 1. Corporate environmental planning and planning ； 2. Corporate pollution reduction plan ； 3. Comprehensive enterprise environmental management system, including the allocation of environmental responsibilities among various departments of the enterprise, environmental reporting systems, environmental monitoring systems, environmental management systems for tailing ponds or slag dumps, environmental management systems for hazardous waste, as well as environmental awareness and training programs ； 4. Management system for the operation of enterprise environmental protection facilities and equipment, including operating procedures for such facilities and equipment, shift handover systems, record-keeping systems, and maintenance management systems for environmental protection facilities and equipment ； 5. Enterprise environmental supervision and management system, including inspection systems for the operation of environmental protection facilities and equipment, etc ； 6. Corporate environmental emergency management system, including environmental risk management, environmental emergency reporting, comprehensive environmental emergency plans, and relevant specialized plans ； 7. Management system for corporate environmental supervisors, including the responsibilities and work standards of the chief person in charge of corporate environmental management as well as those of corporate environmental supervisors. The above system should serve as the company’s basic environmental management system and be issued in the form of internal company documents to all workshops and departments ； Include in environmental protection management records ； Display and post within the company ； Implement it thoroughly in daily production. (5) Standardizing the management of enterprise environmental management and supervision personnel 1. Registration and record-keeping system: A registration and record-keeping system is implemented for enterprise environmental management and supervision personnel. Fill out the registration application form; the environmental supervision agencies of environmental protection departments at the county level or above will register the eligible applicants according to their rank and specialty. The registration categories are as follows: —— Chief environmental manager of an enterprise —— Enterprise environmental supervisor. Those who have obtained a certification of completion of training must complete the registration process within 3 months. 2. Reporting system: Enterprise environmental management and supervision personnel shall implement a reporting system to strengthen communication with environmental protection authorities. Report the relevant information to the environmental supervision agencies of environmental protection departments at the municipal level or above on a quarterly basis. (VI) Other matters 1. Strictly comply with national and local environmental protection laws, regulations, and standards, ensuring awareness, understanding, and adherence to these laws. Ensure that the key leaders of the enterprise are well aware of the names of the environmental protection laws, regulations, and standards that must be complied with by the enterprise, as well as the targets for pollution reduction ； Shop and department leaders must keep the environmental protection goals and tasks in mind ； Operators must be well-versed in their job responsibilities and operating procedures. 2. Carry out environmental protection awareness campaigns within the enterprise; each production line should have signs indicating the production process, the stages where pollution is generated, the names and quantities of major pollutants per unit of product, the methods used for treating these pollutants, and the destinations to which they are discharged. Display boards showing the distribution map of pollution sources, the flowchart of pollutant treatment, and the network diagram of the enterprise’s environmental management responsibility system should be placed in prominent locations within the company. IV. Training Management: To standardize the guidance for pilot projects, the training of environmental management and supervision personnel in enterprises participating in these pilot projects is organized and carried out by the Ministry of Environmental Protection; an annual training plan will be issued separately. Those who pass the training exam will receive a certification of completion. Through training, environmental management and supervision personnel from various types of enterprises acquire the necessary professional knowledge and practical skills, ensuring their ability to fulfill their duties in their respective roles. The training content includes: 1. Basic knowledge of environmental protection, pollution reduction policies ； 2. Environmental protection law system and standard system ； 3. Corporate social responsibility and corporate social environmental responsibility ； 4. Basic theories and methods of corporate environmental management and supervision, including daily environmental management and environmental emergency management ； 5. Environmental pollution control technologies and monitoring technologies ； 6. Framework for the corporate environmental supervisor system.

Thank you for the post by Liu Qingqing on floor 7; I’ve learned from it. It’s possible that our company will also adopt such measures. This shows that there is an increasing focus on environmental protection and governance. In the short term, this may cause difficulties for companies, but in the long run it will be beneficial for both the country and its people. As the saying goes, \"Only the strong survive\" – those companies that cannot meet environmental standards may be eliminated

I am also unfamiliar with this term; it represents a new environmental management system. The enterprise environmental supervisor system entails appointing a chief responsible for environmental protection within specific enterprises, as well as enterprise environmental supervisors who are knowledgeable about the basic laws related to the environment and the fundamental techniques for pollution control. This system aims to standardize the internal environmental management structures and regulations within enterprises. By establishing organizational frameworks for environmental management and standardizing related systems, it helps to enhance enterprises’ ability to manage their own environmental affairs independently, thereby encouraging them to take proactive responsibility for environmental protection. The origin of the corporate environmental supervisor system: This system was established in China by drawing on Japan’s pollution control officer system and adapting it to China’s actual conditions. From the 1960s to the 1970s, Japan’s economy experienced rapid growth, but this was accompanied by severe environmental pollution problems, with overall environmental quality deteriorating. Notably, public health disasters such as Minamata disease and Itai-Itai disease shocked the whole of Japan. Faced with severe environmental challenges, Japan first improved the legal framework for preventing pollution, and at the same time gradually established a system of pollution prevention supervisors, thereby shifting companies’ approach to environmental management from reactive to proactive and making environmental management an important part of corporate operations. It can be said that the implementation of the public hazard prevention administrator system played a crucial role in enabling Japan to effectively control industrial pollution when faced with severe problems. The necessity of establishing a system of corporate environmental supervisors in our country: The environmental situation in our country remains severe; the total amount of pollutants emitted exceeds the environment’s capacity to handle them. The environmental problems that arose in developed countries over hundreds of years of industrialization have emerged in large numbers in our country over the past 20-odd years. The main source of environmental pollution is pollution from industrial enterprises, and by controlling pollution from these enterprises, we can address the core issues related to the overall environmental situation. From the perspective of the current environmental supervision mechanisms, China has established a relatively comprehensive regulatory system for preventing and controlling environmental pollution by enterprises. However, supervision over internal environmental management within enterprises is weak; enterprises lack a strong sense of environmental and social responsibility, their internal organizational structures for environmental management are imperfect, and the rights, obligations, and responsibilities of those in charge of environmental management within enterprises are not clearly defined. Establishing a system of corporate environmental supervisors helps and guides enterprises to set up an internal environmental management system consisting of an environmental management director appointed by the enterprise’s management, as well as environmental supervisors assigned to various production positions. These supervisors, who are familiar with environmental protection laws and regulations as well as the company’s production processes and pollution levels, carry out inspections at all stages of production. By extending pollution control measures from end-of-pipe treatment to the entire production process, this approach can effectively encourage enterprises to assume greater responsibility for their environmental obligations and significantly reduce pollution emissions. The core essence of the enterprise environmental supervisor system: The fundamental purpose of establishing this system is to develop and improve modern corporate environmental management systems, regulations, and mechanisms, to enhance enterprises’ ability and level to comply with environmental laws on their own, to encourage them to continuously improve their environmental practices, and to enable them to assume their social environmental responsibilities. Its core essence is: to improve a system—the enterprise environmental management responsibility system; to build a team—enterprise environmental management supervisors; to establish a mechanism—a registration and reporting mechanism between these supervisors and environmental protection agencies; to standardize two sets of systems—the enterprise environmental protection documentation management system and the internal environmental management system; and to enhance the promotion of three types of maps—the map of pollution source distribution, the flow chart of pollutant treatment, and the map of the enterprise environmental management responsibility system. Implementation of the enterprise environmental supervisor system: In recent years, a series of documents issued by the ****State Council have set clear requirements for establishing such a system, guiding enterprises to comply with environmental regulations, and encouraging them to fulfill their social responsibilities. Documents such as the “Decision of the State Council on Implementing the Scientific Outlook on Development and Strengthening Environmental Protection,” the “Notice of the State Council on Issuing the ‘11th Five-Year Plan for Environmental Protection,’” and the “Notice of the State Council on Issuing the Comprehensive Work Plan for Energy Conservation and Emission Reduction” all explicitly require “establishing a system of enterprise environmental supervisors and implementing professional qualification management,” as well as “expanding the pilot program of this system for key polluting enterprises under close monitoring.” At present, in our country, this system is mainly implemented in state-controlled enterprises and those that have carried out pilot projects. Enterprises are required to establish internal environmental management organizations, formulate environmental management and supervision systems, set up complete records and documentation related to environmental management, and ensure that the personnel responsible for environmental management and supervision carry out their duties and report on their work to the environmental protection authorities. Regarding the management of corporate environmental supervisors, China implements a registration and record-keeping system, organizes regular training and assessments, and such supervisors must obtain professional qualifications before they can work with a valid certificate.