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Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is a means to encourage producers toexamine the lifecycle of their products and to identify initiatives that will reduceresource use, reduce wastes at all points in a product’s whole lifecycle, reduce theenvironmental impacts of products and enhance post-consumer resource recovery.Hence, EPR places the responsibility primarily (but not exclusively) on the producersof the products of concern. http://wwwzerowastewa.com.au/documents/epr_ps.pdfProduct StewardshipProduct stewardship is a similar concept to EPR but the focus is on responsibility for aproduct’s impacts being shared more widely throughout the supply chain.http://www.mfe.govt.nz/issues/sustainable-industry/initiatives/product-stewardship/Design for the EnvironmentDesign for the Environment approach examines a product’s entire lifecycle andproposes changes to how the product is designed to minimise its environmentalimpact during its lifetime.http://www.deh.gov.au/settlements/industry/corporate/dfe.htmlISO 14001ISO14001 requires an Environmental Policy to be in existence within the organisation,fully supported by senior management, and outlining the policies of the company,not only to the staff but to the public. The policy needs to clarify compliance withenvironmental legislation that may affect the organisation and stress a commitmentto continuous improvement. A planned comprehensive periodic audit of theEnvironmental Management System is required to ensure that it is effective inoperation, is meeting specified goals, and the system continues to perform inaccordance with relevant regulations and standards.Enviro-Mark NZEnviro-Mark is an Environmental Management System (EMS) originally developedin England and adapted for New Zealand use by Landcare Research as Enviro-MarkNZ. It is an internet- based tool to help businesses put in-house procedures in place,to meet health, safety and environmental standards, with five levels of certificationbased on the business’s size, activities, and any potential adverse impacts on theenvironment, by either the business itself or its suppliers. The process and the resultsare externally audited.http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/services/sustainablesoc/enviromark/AUSTRALIAN PROCUREMENT AND CONSTRUCTION COUNCIL17