What is an environmental impact assessment! And how should one do it well
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Environmental impact assessments have become a necessary step in corporate construction, resource development, and project implementation, but it is said that in many cases they are merely a formality. What is the point of that then? Is it simply to give the green light for economic development? Isn’t this the same old path that foreign companies have followed? Who will then oversee the true reliability of environmental impact assessments?
Issues of system and awareness. Those who have been involved in environmental impact assessments know that in China, the actual situation is that if higher-ups decide it’s okay, then the assessment goes through; if not, it doesn’t. As a result, the environmental assessment agencies end up acting as enforcers and bodyguards, and thus such assessments become mere formalities. If environmental impact assessments are conducted with a serious commitment to objectivity, fairness, science, and rigor, the limited funds available for a project simply aren’t sufficient to carry out such assessments. A environmental impact assessment abroad can take over 8 years – can we do the same?
Environmental impact assessment is conducive to standardizing an enterprise’s internal management to a certain extent, provided that senior management attaches importance to it. However, the existing environmental management and supervision system has gaps, and driven by economic interests, environmental impact assessments often become mere formalities. With the efforts of all those concerned about the environment, the effectiveness of environmental impact assessments will gradually become apparent.