[GreenYes] Fwd: Aug.14 Executive Certificates of Financial Accuracy

[Gary Liss <gary@garyliss.com>]

> From: "Donald Sutherland"
> <donaldsutherland-iso14000@worldnet.att.net>
> To: <p2tech@great-lakes.net>
> Cc: <rp-cinet@igc.topica.com>
> Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 11:54:39 -0500
>
> If
> about 440 publicly traded
> companies who
> filed certificates signed by
> their top executives on August 14 backing up the accuracy of their
> financial reports filed with the government, does that accuracy include
> their financial environmental accounting audits as mandated under SEC
> Regulation S-K?   
>  
> I understand penalties for failing to file the certificate are generally
> at the SEC's discretion and range from nothing to fines, but certifying
> false earnings reports could subject executives to criminal
> penalties.
>  
> Does filing false significant environmental
> material expenses (ie.departing from filing EPA and state DEP fines over
> $100,000) also warrant criminal penalties for those executives who have
> signed certificates of financial accounting accuracy?
>  
> Best Wishes,
> Donald Sutherland
> Member of the Society of Environmental Journalists
> donaldsutherland-iso14000@worldnet.att.net
> phone: 508-497-3676

Gary Liss

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