Community Activities

TEC encourages open communication with local communities through its public participation program. We address all legitimate concerns and strive to be a responsible member of the community.

TEC is a Responsible Care company and adheres to the programme’s ten Guiding Principles and six Code of Management Practices. The Responsible Care programme seeks to ensure its members has a set of performance objectives to help it continually improve its performance in health, safety and environment.

The company also works with the local fire authorities to ensure its operations poses no danger to communities around it. Regular fire drills are held in conjunction with the Singapore Civil Defence Force.

TEC is the 1st waste management company in this region to achieve ISO14001 certification in July 1999. Within its ISO14001 and EHS programme, TEC has in place an environmental, health and safety management system to protect the local communities. The TEC management systems are regularly used in site audits for ISO14001 and OSHA 1800 internal auditors training.

Overview

As a densely populated city-state, Singapore subscribes to the principle of sustainable development and actively takes part in international initiatives on the environment. Singapore played an active role in ensuring the successful conclusion of the 1992 Rio Summit through Ambassador Tommy Koh's chairmanship of the Summit's Preparatory and Main Committees. To prepare for the World Summit on Sustainable Development, which was held in Johannesburg from 26 August - 4 September 2002, Singapore hosted a meeting of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) for the small island states to brainstorm collectively on their environmental concerns.

Under the aegis of the Singapore Cooperation Programme, Singapore has also hosted several training programmes on urban environmental management, including the Singapore Technical Assistance Programme for Sustainable Development and the Small Island Developing States Technical Co-operation Programme.

Key Multilateral Treaties Singapore is committed to:

• ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution (2002)
• Montreal Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (1997)
• UN Convention to Combat Desertification (1994)
• UN Convention on Biological Diversity (1992)
• UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (1992)

Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal (1989)