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Environmental civil sanctions: the enforcement powers of the Environment Agency
Criminal law has not always allowed flexibility in enforcement of environmental legislation. In some instances, regulators have been forced to choose between issuing warning letters and cautions at...
3 Jan 2011 3:11PM

CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme: formerly known as The Carbon Reduction Commitment
The CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme (formerly known as the Carbon Reduction Commitment) is the UK's mandatory climate change and energy saving scheme, which aims to improve energy efficiency and red...
1 Nov 2010 12:24PM

News analysis

The CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme Order 2013 – Simplification changes in force
The CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme Order 2013 (the 2013 Order) was made on 15 May 2013 and entered into force on 20 May 2013. The 2013 Order brings into effect the simplification changes announced...
22 May 2013 3:35PM

Consultation on Environmental Offences Sentencing
The Sentencing Council, the independent body responsible for developing sentencing guidelines for the criminal courts in England and Wales, is consulting on a draft guideline for the sentencing of ...
15 Apr 2013 12:45PM

Regulations

Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013
The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill received Royal Assent on 25 April 2013, making it the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013. Alongside this, the Government has announced imple...
25 Apr 2013 4:09PM

Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011
The Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011 came into force on 29 March 2011 and require businesses to: confirm that they have applied the waste management hierarchy when transferring waste, ...
29 Mar 2011 9:00AM

Case reviews

Environment Agency v. Safapac Ltd
Thousands of fish died and thousands more were damaged by agricultural chemicals that leaked into the River Nene in Peterborough on 18 June 2012. Drainage plans held by Chemical manufacturer and pa...
26 Feb 2013 5:12PM

Environment Agency v. Bristol and Avon Transport and Recycling Ltd
Environment Agency officers visited Bristol and Avon Transport and Recycling Ltd at the old Queen Charlton Concrete Works in Charlton Field Lane in March 2011 after a member of the public reported ...
14 Sep 2012 1:15PM

Official guidance

The Business Case for Green Building
This detailed report released by the World Green Building Council has highlighted a ‘large number of compelling benefits’ offered by green buildings throughout their lifecycle. Th...
6 Mar 2013 10:22AM

Draft Contaminated Land Statutory Guidance
This statutory guidance has been issued by the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in accordance with section 78YA of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 . Section 57 of th...
7 Feb 2012 4:43PM

Features

A fresh look for ISO 14001
ISO 14001 is the world’s leading voluntary standard in Environmental Management, with more than 250,000 organisations in 155 countries having gained certification. It can be adopted by any or...
10 May 2013 4:09PM

Are your people up to the challenge?
Environmental sustainability provides many challenges for organisations – in ensuring they have individuals with the right technical skills to reduce environmental risks and drive improvement...
29 Apr 2013 9:48AM

WPL TV films

Facilities Management Legal Update - a review
On Wednesday 24 April, Workplace Law played host to its biannual Facilities management Legal Update conference, which highlighted, over the course of one day, all the issues FMs need to know about ...
29 Apr 2013 4:24PM

Workplace Futures Conference 2013: Building the future of FM
In this series of films from Workplace Futures 2013, we speak to some delegates and speakers from the conference about the state of facilities management.In this short film, we look at energy and s...
8 Apr 2013 11:59AM

Blog Posts

Resource efficiency – a golden opportunity for FMs
I was privileged to be invited to address delegates at the recent European FM Summit in Prague on the subject of waste management. The theme of the presentation, titled ‘Less is more’, ...
21 May 2013 9:02AM

Sustainability: built-in, not bolt-on
The Responsible Business Summit in London this week brought together such high profile speakers as the CEO of BSkyB, the Executive Director of Greenpeace, the Executive Editor of the Economist and ...
9 May 2013 10:45AM

Why attend ThinkFM?
As Chair of the Programme Advisory Group (PAG) for ThinkFM, along with my conference committee colleagues I’m pleased to say our work is now largely done. We’ve secured some 22 of the...
25 Mar 2013 9:03AM

News

University wins gold award for its green efforts
Sheffield Hallam University has been awarded ‘Gold’ status in the Business in the Community Environment Index 2013. The University received a score of 95% for environmental management ...
22 May 2013 4:28PM

Government criticised for confusion over Green Deal
The Energy and Climate Change Select Committee has published a report, “The Green Deal: watching brief”, which criticises the Government for being unable to define what they hope to ...
22 May 2013 12:02PM

Compensation scheme for energy intensive businesses
The Government yesterday (20 May) published guidance informing energy intensive businesses how to claim compensation to offset the cost of energy policy in their electricity bills. The guida...
21 May 2013 4:10PM

Local Authorities breaching energy regulations
According to a recent Freedom of Information (FoI) request, over a third of all Local Authorities across England and Wales have been found in breach of European energy efficiency directive. ...
21 May 2013 2:44PM

Businesses asked how EU environment policies impact the UK
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) have launched a consultation into EU action on the environment and climate ...
21 May 2013 10:28AM

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