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 edition include:
Protect duty – Draft standard terrorism evaluation and guidance
Firm fined £50,000 following outbreak of legionnaires’ disease
Company fined £200,000 as worker crushed by 700kg crate
The UK Food Standards Agency expected to update “may contain” labelling guidance
UK registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals (UK REACH) update
Further disruption to the planned Scottish deposit return scheme, and announcements about the Welsh scheme
Greenwashing - UK and EU updates
Climate Change Committee delivers its latest progress report to UK Parliament
Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme Phase 3 compliance deadline extended by six months
EU Deforestation Regulation enters into force
New EU General Product Safety Regulation
European Parliament adopted a new regulation on batteries and waste batteries
Draft Regulation on European Sustainability Reporting Standards