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Global Risk For Non-Compliance Remains High

$10.8 Million, 29 dead, Jail
$4.1 Million
USA: The nation’s second largest grocery store chain
has agreed to pay a $600,000 civil penalty and
implement a corporate-wide plan to significantly reduce
its emissions of ozone-depleting substances from
refrigeration equipment at 659 of its stores nationwide.

USA: At Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia, 29 men
were killed in April 2010 in the largest coal disaster in 40
years. The former President was sentenced to 3.5 years
in prison. MSHA issued 369 citations after its investigation
of the disaster and levied $10.8 million in penalties

¥16 Million, Jail
China: Jinye Company fined 16 million Yuan for
discharging Arsenic. Company President and
General Manager were imprisoned for 3 & 4
years respectively and fined between 150,000
and 300,000 Yuan

$81 Million
USA: May 2013 – A large retail company is
required to pay more than $81 million in fines as
a result of illegally handling and disposing of
hazardous materials at its retail stores across the
United States.

VND 2 billion
Vietnam: Establishments which cause serious
environmental pollution are now subject to severe
monetary penalties up to VND $2 billion (US $
95,000), four times more than the current fine.

Criminal charges, 15 deaths
Italy: On 26 November 2013, 11 people will have to
stand before the Milan Criminal Court to answer for
the death of 15 workers who were victims of
asbestos-related diseases. The 11 people who will
face the judges are former managers of a
multinational tire company.
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