Looking at Environmental Impact Assessment from a Transnational Petroleum Company's Perspective
Article from: OGEL 1 (2020), in Social Licence to Operate (SLO)
Abstract
Any petroleum project is likely to have environmental impacts which need to be assessed by experts before being implemented so that proper strategies for prevention, control and mitigation of those impacts are adopted. It is acknowledged that the right to a healthy environment is a human right in itself. Moreover, the right to access to information concerning environmental impacts is one of the main overlaps between environmental impact assessment and human rights. The duty to carry out environmental impact assessment is mainly imposed on a transnational company through ...