Green groups launch offensive against negligent directors.

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Leading environmental bodies are calling for tougher penalties against company directors who are convicted of environmental offences.

In the past year a record number of directors have been found guilty of breeching environmental regulations, but the average fine is still just over 5,000 [pounds sterling]. This is despite the fact that the ceiling for fines in magistrates' courts for such offences is 20,000 [pounds sterling]. There is no upper limit in the higher courts.

A recent report by...

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