"Due Diligence" in the Environmental Law Context

question 21

Multiple Choice

"Due diligence" in the environmental law context

• A) is one of the defences which a party charged with an environmental offence may use.
• B) would be satisfactorily proven where company officials have issued directives to management to establish careful storage procedures for potential contaminants.
• C) requires ongoing monitoring by the company's directors to ensure that management is complying with the directives set out.
• D) is part of the environmental assessment process to determine whether a certain activity has the potential for causing environmental damage.
• E) All of the responses are correct.

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Definitions:

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