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):
Queen’s Speech 2022 – new Bills announced
Building Safety Act 2022 and ancillary regulations enacted
Delay to new rules restricting promotion of high fat, salt and sugar (HFSS) products (but no delay in relation to placement provisions)
Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) updates guidance notes on non-compliance
Shortcomings identified in modern slavery statements
Financial Reporting Council (FRC) publishes new guidance on supply chain disclosure
Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) publishes first annual monitoring report on the environmental improvement plan
The Department for Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) publishes draft environmental principles policy statement
HM Treasury has launched the UK Transition Plan Taskforce (TPT) to help firms transitioning to net zero and tackle greenwashing
National Audit Office (NAO) report has now found that Health and Safety Executive will need another four years before it reaches full capacity to regulate chemicals post-Brexit
Fines have been issued for breaches of climate change emissions regulation
Clean Air (Human Rights) Bill (Ella’s Law) reintroduced to parliament
European Commission consults on the revision of waste rules
European Parliament wants to clarify the scope of the Machinery Regulation
European Parliament Committee wants to include waste incineration in more ambitious EU Emissions Trading System (ETS)
