新加坡：永续发展与环境部长傅海燕周二（10月27日）表示，新加坡正考虑加强现有立法，包括《跨境烟霾污染法》，并在必要时引入新法律，以追究对烟霾负有责任的公司。
SINGAPORE: Singapore is looking to strengthen existing legislation, including the Transboundary Haze Pollution Act, and introduce new laws where necessary to deal with companies responsible for the haze, Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu said on Tuesday (Oct 27).
她补充说：“目标是解决执法漏洞，加强企业问责，并增强我们调查和采取果断行动打击跨境烟霾责任方的能力。”
"The objective is to address enforcement gaps, strengthen corporate accountability, and enhance our ability to investigate and take decisive action against those responsible for transboundary haze," she added.
“如果我们的法律需要加强，我们就会加强。”傅海燕周二在新加坡环境理事会主办的可持续采购论坛上发表讲话。
"Where our laws need to be strengthened, we will strengthen them." Ms Fu was speaking at the Singapore Environment Council-organised Sustainable Procurement Forum on Tuesday.
她说，烟霾是“可预防且不可接受的”，企业必须对其运营和供应链的环境影响承担责任。
The haze is "preventable and unacceptable", and companies must take responsibility for the environmental impact of their operations and supply chains, she said.
这位部长补充说，新加坡准备在解决这一问题时采取更广泛的法律、监管和经济措施。
Singapore is prepared to use a wider range of legal, regulatory and economic measures when it comes to tackling the issue, added the minister.
傅海燕说：“如果对烟霾负有责任的各方在新加坡有利益，还有其他方式可以对其进行审查。”
"Where parties responsible for the haze have interests in Singapore, there are other ways in which scrutiny can be brought to bear," said Ms Fu.
“这些包括法律和监管措施，以及投资者、融资方和市场的审查。”她说，更严格的审查已经促使企业公开回应并阐明其立场。
"These include legal and regulatory measures, as well as the scrutiny of investors, financiers and the market." She said the increased scrutiny has already prompted companies to respond publicly and set out their positions.
她补充说：“更广泛的意义在于，企业不仅要对监管机构负责。投资者、融资方、客户和更广泛的公众越来越期望企业展现负责任的环境实践。”新加坡已经采取措施，就最近的烟霾问题追究企业责任。
"The broader point is that companies are accountable not only to regulators. Investors, financiers, customers and the wider public increasingly expect companies to demonstrate responsible environmental practices," she added.
新加坡环境理事会10月19日表示，已向印尼纸业公司金光集团旗下的亚洲纸浆纸业发出通知，暂时限制其新加坡绿色标签计划增强版认证，要求该公司提交每日火灾应对报告。
Singapore has already taken steps to hold companies accountable over the recent haze.
新加坡国家环境局10月23日向10家新加坡公司发出通知，要求它们提供文件和资料。这是《跨境烟霾污染法》生效以来，国家环境局首次采取这类行动。
The Singapore Environment Council on Oct 19 said that it had issued a notice of temporary restrictions on Indonesian paper firm Asia Pulp & Paper's enhanced Singapore Green Labelling Scheme certification, requiring the company to submit daily fire response reports. The National Environment Agency (NEA) on Oct 23 issued notices to 10 Singapore-based firms to seek documents and information – the first time the agency has done so since the Transboundary Haze Pollution Act went into effect.
这10家在新加坡注册的公司从事棕榈油或林业生意，在印度尼西亚拥有土地特许权，或者有相关联的公司拥有这类土地特许权。
The 10 Singapore-registered companies are in the palm oil or forestry business and own land concessions in Indonesia or have related companies with such land concessions.
国家环境局也在向过去一周内被发出通知的10家印尼公司索取更多信息。
The agency is also seeking more information from the 10 Indonesian firms that were issued notices in the past week.