7. Environmental - Expected benefit Not - No benefit compared to - Small environmental benefit - Significant environmental - Major environmental benefit performance compared to assessed alternatives or status quo compared to alternatives or benefit compared to alternatives compared to alternatives or status alternatives/status quo - Improving environmental status quo or status quo quo - Improvement potential performance has not been - Hypothetical improvement - Environmental improvement - Environmental improvement considered potential indicated; options indicated; options identified, will be considered in further development 8. Health & safety, - Risks, hazards Not - High risk - Moderate risk - Low risk - Negligible risk Regulatory compliance, - Mitigation plan assessed - High compliance cost - Moderate compliance cost - Low compliance cost - Negligible compliance cost Environmental risks - Compliance costs 9. Broader benefits Benefits outside the Not No benefits outside the business Some benefits for other Benefits for other businesses Significant benefits for NZ business; spill-overs assessed expected businesses expected and NZ expected expected Total Score
7. Environmental performance - Expected benefit compared to alternatives/status quo - Improvement potential Not assessed - No benefit compared to alternatives or status quo - Improving environmental performance has not been considered - Small environmental benefit compared to alternatives or status quo - Hypothetical improvement potential indicated; - Significant environmental benefit compared to alternatives or status quo - Environmental improvement options indicated; - Major environmental benefit compared to alternatives or status quo - Environmental improvement options identified, will be considered in further development 8. Health & safety, Regulatory compliance, Environmental risks - Risks, hazards - Mitigation plan - Compliance costs Not assessed - High risk - High compliance cost - Moderate risk - Moderate compliance cost - Low risk - Low compliance cost - Negligible risk - Negligible compliance cost 9. Broader benefits Benefits outside the business; spill-overs Not assessed No benefits outside the business expected Some benefits for other businesses expected Benefits for other businesses and NZ expected Significant benefits for NZ expected Total Score
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