新加坡：五家公司同意配合跨境烟霾火灾调查 环境局设专家评估组
新加坡国家环境局（NEA）10月31日宣布，五家在新加坡注册的公司已同意配合一项与跨境烟霾有关的火灾调查，同意聘请独立评估员并支持评估程序，以查明其运营或业务活动是否助长了在印尼发生的、造成跨境烟霾的火灾。
环境局会见了 Wilmar International、Golden Agri-Resources、APP Company、APP Company（中国）与 Indofood Agri Resources 的代表，五家公司均同意与跨境烟霾专家组的评估员合作。环境局还将与 Kencana Agri 会面，该公司已表示愿意自愿参与。
新加坡周五（10月30日）选定了七名专家组成跨境烟霾专家组，其中包括三家调查公司：Control Risks Group、FTI Consulting Singapore 与 Kroll Singapore。First Resources、Indofood Agri Resources、Bumitama 与 Kencana 也已开始准备当局要求的文件。
跨境烟霾是东南亚多年的地区议题。本站此前报道，印尼林火与东盟层面的烟霾讨论持续受到关注；此次是新加坡当局首次以指定评估员的方式推进对涉事企业的调查合作。
Singapore: Five Companies Agree to Cooperate in Transboundary Haze Fire Probe as NEA Sets Up Assessor Panel
Singapore's National Environment Agency (NEA) announced on October 31 that five Singapore-registered companies have agreed to cooperate with an investigation into fires linked to transboundary haze, agreeing to engage independent assessors and support the assessment process to establish whether their operations or business activities contributed to fires in Indonesia that caused haze across borders.
The NEA met representatives from Wilmar International, Golden Agri-Resources, APP Company, APP Company (China) and Indofood Agri Resources, all of which agreed to work with assessors from the Panel on Transboundary Haze. The agency will also meet Kencana Agri, which has expressed willingness to participate voluntarily.
Singapore selected seven specialists for the panel on Friday, including three investigation firms: Control Risks Group, FTI Consulting Singapore and Kroll Singapore. First Resources, Indofood Agri Resources, Bumitama and Kencana have also started preparing documents requested by authorities.
Transboundary haze has been a recurring regional issue in Southeast Asia, and ASEAN-level discussion of Indonesian forest fires has continued this season, as GSM has reported; this round marks Singapore's move to advance company-level investigation through appointed assessors.
来源：GSM·美国（原文链接）
图片来源：照片：印尼林火烟霾（资料图），Mesa Kala 摄，Wikimedia Commons，CC BY 4.0 授权 / Photo: forest fire haze in Berau, Indonesia, by Mesa Kala, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0
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