The UK is lucky enough to have 2,000 miles of waterways, including canals and rivers. These pass through cities, skirt around homes and offices and meander into our scenic countryside. Waterways provide us not only with a place for recreational activities such as walking or kayaking but also host rich biodiversity, with 30% of our […]
July 2020 Legal Updates This month’s legislation amendments: The Energy Efficiency (Building Renovation and Reporting) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 Changes have been made to Energy Efficiency (Building Renovation and Reporting) Regulations 2014 (Code: ECC14). The changes provide additional information regarding the following areas: Long term renovation strategy Financial measure for energy efficiency improvements The Single Use Carrier Bags […]
The need to stabilize greenhouse gases in the earth’s atmosphere is the great environmental challenge of this century. Approximately two-thirds of the total increase in atmospheric CO2 is the result of burning fossil fuels, with the remainder coming from soil loss due to land use change, such as deforestation for food production [1]. Soil loss […]
Each year the UK government publishes an updated set of greenhouse gas emissions factors for calculating carbon emissions for a range of activities and processes. Compare Your Footprint uses this set of average carbon factors for UK-based organisations, and where relevant also for some international operations, in the GHG Protocol average data method. What’s New […]
The history It all began in 1920, when an astrophysicist from England named Arthur Stanley Eddington, wrote an essay called “The Internal Constitution of the Stars.” In this piece of literature Eddington referred to stars as being ‘vast reservoirs of energy,’ a resource that one day could be harnessed. While, the science behind much of our […]
June 2020 Legal Updates : This month’s legislation amendments The Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products (Amendment) Regulations 2020 This legislation has altered slightly with reference to conforming to statements regarding the replacement of information. The Environmental Protection (Disposal of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and other Dangerous Substances) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 Changes regarding the new EU […]
Reflections from lock down As lockdown restrictions in the UK begin to ease, it is important to consider the changes we wish to make as individuals and businesses. While COVID 19 has brought enormous hardship to humankind, it has also highlighted our determination and collective force. Just like the climate crisis, COVID 19 connects every […]
The Science Based Targets initiative have recently announced a new path for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to get their targets verified. This is very exciting news facilitating smaller organisations to set science-based targets. Previously, SMEs, organisations with less than 500 employees may not have had the resources to do so. Why set science-based targets? […]
This month’s most legislation amendment The Scottish Landfill Tax (Standard Rate and Lower Rate) Order 2020 Changes were made to The Scottish Landfill Tax. The new rates are as follows: Standard rate: £94.15 Lower rate £3.00 These changed rates came into force on 1st April 2020 The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (England) Order 2020 […]
Check out our Environmental Management System ISO 14001 Online Course modules and start to green up your organisation and become certified today. 1 Module 1: Project Strategy Planning What is an Environmental Management System? Where do we start? 2 Module 2: Environmental Impact List Organising your impacts and aspects is one of the most important […]
