The Portfolio Committee further notes that these amendments are part of the Portfolio Committee's ongoing efforts to monitor and improve the Environmental Management system both in the immediate and longer term. In this context the Portfolio Committee notes that the legislation is focused to a large extent on regulating sustainable production and that there is little emphasis on sustainable consumption issues. To this end, the Portfolio Committee requests the Department to provide the Portfolio Committee with a report, before the end of 2013, on possible options for a more comprehensive and balanced integrated environmental management system.