Legislation

New EU legislation – the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the EU Green Claims Directive – is to tighten sustainability reporting and combat greenwashing. The purpose of the legislation is to enhance transparency, accountability and sustainability in business practices. ...

Fresh Start Waste Services, a leading waste management company committed to sustainability and innovative solutions, has launched a cutting-edge tool is designed to assist businesses in navigating upcoming legislative changes and optimising their recycling processes with ease. The ‘Simpler Recycling’ ...

Companies operating fleets of trucks, vans or buses run the risk of thousands of pounds worth of fines and their vehicles being ordered off the roads if they fail to keep on top of their cleaning and maintenance, warns leading ...

The UK Government will introduce new world-leading legislation to ban wet wipes containing plastic, as confirmed by the Environment Secretary. Defra intend to bring forward the legislation for England ahead of summer recess, with Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales following ...

CIWM (Chartered Institution of Wastes Management) has written to the UK Prime Minster, Rishi Sunak, calling on him to push ahead with “the comprehensive and forward-looking reforms on packaging extended producer responsibility (EPR) and consistent collections that the Government introduced ...

Hand Sanitiser Production Cleans Up—Are Companies Ready? Global product liability leader Shook, Hardy & Bacon creates easy-to-read infographics of regulations and requirements for companies entering into complex industry. Business Wire reports that global sales of hand sanitiser will soar to $3.65 ...

The UK Government has issued guidance to businesses that use chemicals on the actions they should take now to minimise any disruption in the event of a no-deal Brexit. If the UK leaves the EU on 29 March without a ...