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The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has published a letter from the Deputy Prime Minister and the Secretary of State to...
A round-up of the latest environmental enforcement, including a farmer being given a suspended prison sentence for allowing slurry to run into a...
The Council of the EU has adopted a Regulation for the digital labelling of EU fertilising products. The Regulation promotes the use of digital labels...
The UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) has published the first reports in a new series of resources helping banks implement and...
The Environment Agency (EA) has reported its efforts alongside its partners, Sussex Police Rural Crime Team, West Sussex local authority and the...
Environmental Information Regulations 2004—exceptionsThe Environmental Information Regulations 2004, SI 2004/3391 (EIR 2004) give rights of public...
Water industry regulation—OfwatThis Practice Note sets out the key legal issues pertaining to the Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat) and...
Private equity: Reflection on practical integration and application of UN PRIOverview of tools and resourcesThis Practice Note discusses the United...
ESG measures to amend AIFMD/UCITS/MiFID—essentialsThis essentials note discusses the EU environmental social governance (ESG) (also referred to as...
The EU sustainability-related disclosure regulation (EU SFDR)—essentialsThis Practice Note analyses the scope and requirements of the EU regulation on...
Pie crust lease of a unit on an estateHM Land Registry Prescribed ClausesLR1. Date of the lease[date]LR2. Title number(s)LR2.1 Landlord's title...
Retained EU law—training materials [Archived]ARCHIVED: This Precedent has been archived and is not maintained.These training materials consist of...
Legal due diligence report—private M&A—share purchaseProject [insert project name]Prepared for [Insert addressee name][Insert date of...
Letter requesting environmental consultant proposal for phase 1 audit[Project name OR address of property]This Precedent can be used in corporate and...
Anti-slavery and human trafficking statement for a business in the construction sector1: Opening statement from senior management[Name of...
Nuisance and the rule in Rylands v Fletcher—common law liability for pollutionPrivate nuisancePrivate nuisance is an unlawful interference with a...
Commercial Property Standard Enquiries (CPSE)—environmental and health and safety enquiriesCommercial Property Standard Enquiries (CPSEs) are industry...
Sewers and drains—sewerage undertakers’ core duties and powersA sewerage undertaker is the company appointed by the Secretary of State or Ofwat to be...
BREEAM key requirementsWhat is BREEAM?The Building Research Establishment’s Environmental Assessment Methodology (BREEAM) is a method for evaluating...
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)—snapshotTitleUnited Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)Parties168Adopted10...
Contaminated land—meaning of remediationMeaning of remediation'Remediation' is given a relatively wide definition in the Environmental Protection Act...
Control of asbestos—asbestos surveysLegal requirementsThere is a legal presumption that any non-domestic buildings (and the common parts of domestic...
Sustainable procurement—private sectorWhat is sustainable procurement?According to the UN Global Marketplace definition: procurement is sustainable...
Lease transactions toolkit (environmental issues)—Commercial Property Standard Enquiries and additional environmental enquiriesCommercial Property...
Control of asbestos—duty to manageThe Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 (CAR 2012) place various duties on employers to protect employees from...
Riparian ownership—rights and responsibilitiesWhat does riparian ownership mean and who does it affect?‘If you own land or property next to a river,...
Highway drains and culvertsFor the purposes of s 100 of the Highways Act 1980, a ‘highway drain’ is defined as including a ditch, gutter, watercourse,...
Environment Agency (EA)—powers of entryThe Environment Agency (EA), Natural Resources Wales (NRW) and Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have...
Environmental management—environmental management systems (EMS)What is an environmental management system (EMS)?An environmental management system...
Transporting dangerous goodsBrexit11 pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marked the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following...
Waste types and control—asbestos wasteIdentifying asbestos wasteAsbestos exists in a number of forms—the three most common are chrysotile (white),...
Harbour authorities—duties and powersDuties and powersHarbour authoritiesA harbour authority is an independent self-governing body that is responsible...
Energy Company Obligation (ECO)—key features of ECO1 and ECO2 [Archived]Energy Company Obligation (ECO) replaces Carbon Emissions Reduction Target...
where no GHG emissions can be attributed to an organisation across any of its activities, or scopes
The legal duty, found in the Environmental Protection Act 1990, s 34, of any person who imports, produces, carries, keeps, treats or disposes of controlled waste to take all such measures as are reasonable in the circumstances to prevent that waste causing harm to the environment.
where no CO2 emissions can be attributed to an organisation across any of its activities, or scopes