- Value [1] Consensus
- The CEC Council operates on the basis of consensus, with the exception of specific instances where majority votes are called
for, such as in connection with citizen submissions or Article 13 reports.
- Value [2] Healthy Communities
- Achieving and maintaining healthy communities and ecosystems requires sustained and coordinated commitment as well as planning
and managing programs that will ensure their protection.
- Value [3] Healthy Ecosystems
- Value [4] Commitment
- Value [5] Coordination
- Value [6] Planning
- Value [7] Management
- Value [8] Collaboration
- We will continue strengthening our collaboration on tracking pollutant releases and transfers in North America, including
the analysis of data through the CEC's publication Taking Stock.
- Value [9] Risk Reduction
- We will continue working together to reduce risks of exposure to toxic chemicals to the public and the environment.
- Value [10] Law Enforcement
- Similarly, strengthening the development and enforcement of environmental laws and regulations also serves to promote healthy
communities and ecosystems. Thus, the strategic objectives identified below related to addressing chemical risks and collaboration
on enforcement matters are also considered as supporting the previous strategic objectives.
- Value [11] Community Participation
- Cleaner production activities could supplement traditional command-and-control regulation by emphasizing community participation,
voluntary partnerships, technological innovation, and market-based approaches, as appropriate.
- Value [12] Voluntary Partnerships
- Value [13] Technological Innovation
- Value [14] Market-Based Approaches
- Value [15] Industrial Competitiveness
- The Parties anticipate simultaneously enhancing industrial competitiveness and decreasing environmental impact by increasing
the use of less polluting and more efficient technologies, reducing resource consumption and waste, and preventing the generation
of contaminants.
- Value [16] Balanced Information
- The Parties recognize that balanced, policy-neutral information is required for environmental sustainability.
- Value [17] Environmental Sustainability
- Value [18] Environmental Performance Metrics
- The Parties intend to focus efforts on gathering and sharing information on how to develop environmental performance metrics
in an effort to better understand our shared North American environment.
- Value [19] Information Exchange
- The Parties could also consider information exchange on expanding the use of market forces as drivers to achieve environmental
improvements and promotion of environmental best practices in key industries where environmental performance and North American
competitiveness are mutually beneficial. The Parties could also continue to document, analyze, and attempt to understand the
environmental effects of trade liberalization in North America.
- Value [20] Market Forces
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