Our Environmental, Safety & Health team is pleased to share with you the latest edition of our monthly newsletter, frESH Law Horizons: Key Developments in UK & EU Environment, Safety and Health Law and Procedure; providing bite-size updates on EU and UK law, procedure and policy.
The updates covered in this month’s edition include (among others):
Healthcare company is convicted of corporate manslaughter and fined £1 million
Legislation for extending the period for accepting CE product markings
Company is fined £47 million following a conviction for failure to prevent bribery
Changes to rules relating to food allergens and a new allergens knowledge hub is launched
UK government issues climate policy announcements ahead of COP26
Government responds to consultation on mandatory climate-related financial disclosures by publicly quoted companies, large private companies and LLPs
EA published new sector-specific guidance on completing an “adapting to climate change risk assessment” for your environmental permit
Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) upholds a complaint about products claimed to be “good for the planet”
European Commission adopts its Work Programme for 2022
European Commission publishes a roadmap on bioplastics
European countries call for consumer protection and circularity of textiles
EU court dismisses an appeal against phthalates authorisation