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:
- £4.4 million fine for civil engineering firm over M6 motorway works
- Consultation opens on extending investigatory powers under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA) to more public bodies
- Food company fined £858,000 after an employee loses an arm
- UKCA marking transitional deadlines extended
- Insurance exclusion for “pollution and contamination” considered by Court of Appeal
- Competition and Markets Authority to crack down on greenwashing in fast-moving goods sector
- DEFRA publishes government response to consultation on proposed ban for single-use plastics
- DEFRA and devolved administrations publish response to deposit return scheme consultation for England, Wales and Northern Ireland
- Net Zero Review highlights “historic opportunities” and economic benefits of green growth
- The long awaited proposal for Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation
- The European Chemicals Agency adds nine chemicals to the candidate list of substances on very high concern
- Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden have submitted their PFAS restriction proposal
- Progress made on sustainability reporting and due diligence proposals
- Revision of CLP Regulation
