Submission
Stewardship
Product Stewardship Voluntary Accreditation Framework
CropLife Australia (CropLife) considers that a successful scheme for accrediting product stewardship arrangements should provide sufficient incentive to encourage existing, successful schemes to participate in the program. CropLife is concerned that the proposed structure and assessment processes for voluntary accreditation do not achieve this aim. Instead, schemes that may seek voluntary accreditation may be subject to an assessment process that substantially duplicates other areas of government regulation, is unnecessarily expensive and inflexible. Collectively, these measures…