South Korea's Financial Services Commission will require banks to follow stricter procedures for branch closures, including mandatory impact assessments and expanded penalties for shutting down regional branches, aiming to protect financial access for local consumers.
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Bank Branch Closures to Face Stricter Rules—'Heavier Penalties for Shutting Down Regional Branches'

South Korea's Financial Services Commission will require banks to follow stricter procedures for branch closures, including mandatory impact assessments and expanded penalties for shutting down regional branches, aiming to protect financial access for local consumers.

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📗Heather Fast, Policy Advocacy Director for the Manitoba Eco-Network, has written an op-ed for the Winnipeg Free Press, along with Patricia Fitzpatrick and Katrine Dilay - recognizing that Manitoba isn’t ready for nation-building projects with the current state of our impact assessment process.

📗To read the full article, visit MbEN’s website: https://mbeconetwork.org/op-ed-article-manitoba-isnt-ready-for-nation-building-projects/

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Manitoba-Eco Network invites you to attend our upcoming press conference, where we will present the results of our report “Putting People and the Planet First: What Manitobans Expect from Impact Assessment”, which is focused on Manitoban's insights into current impact assessment processes under The Environment Act, and identifying community priorities for reform.

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📄Nous sommes excités de partager nos fiches d’infos traduit en français sur l’étude d’impact environnemental avec vous! Suit ce lien pour les voires sur notre site web:

https://mbeconetwork.org/what-we-do/impact-assessment/fact-sheets/

📄Nous attendons avec impatience de vous apporter plus de nos projets dans un format bilingue!

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📚Manitoba Eco-Network has partnered with the Public Interest Law Centre and the University of Winnipeg to develop a series of memos on impact assessment reform. In our recent release, “Meaningful Public Participation in IA”, the role of the public in impact assessment processes is discussed and best practices are identified for facilitating meaningful public participation.

https://mbeconetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Memo-on-Meaningful-Participation-and-IA_Final.pdf

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📋Manitoba Eco-Network has partnered with the Public Interest Law Centre and the University of Winnipeg to develop a series of memos on impact assessment reform. One of our recent releases, “Memo on Post-Approval Practices in IA”, provides additional insights on the post-approval practices that should be included in Canadian IA processes.

https://mbeconetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Memo-on-Best-Practices-for-Post-Approval-Practices-in-IA_Final.pdf

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⚖️Manitoba Eco-Network has partnered with the Public Interest Law Centre and the University of Winnipeg to develop a series of memos on impact assessment reform. One of our recent releases, “Cooperative Federalism and Impact Assessment”, discusses the shared responsibilities of Canadian Governments in an impact assessment context.

https://mbeconetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Memo-on-Cooperative-Federalism_Final.pdf

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MbEN has partnered with the PILC and U of W to develop memos on impact assessment reform. “Outcomes Based Licensing Memo”, discusses OBL - an evolving approach to environmental regulation, where the emphasis is placed on achieving specific, measurable environmental outcomes rather than prescribing detailed procedures or actions to achieve compliance.

Read it here: https://mbeconetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Outcomes-Based-Licensing_2025.pdf

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MbEN has partnered with the PILC and U of W to develop memos on impact assessment reform. “Overview of ‘The Environment Act’ Recommendations (CEC and MLRC)”, identifies broad themes and group related recommendations from the Manitoba Law Reform Commission (MLRC) report and the Clean Environment Commission (CEC) reports on specific projects.

Read it here: https://mbeconetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Cumulative-Effects-Assessment_2025.pdf

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