Our Environmental, Safety & Health team is pleased to share with you the latest edition of our quarterly 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 quarter’s edition include (among others):
- “Nature-related risks” fall within scope of director’s duties considerations
- Green claims: Competition and Markets Authority secures undertakings from ASOS, Boohoo and Asda
- Consultation on “Not for EU Labelling” for agri-food products supplied in Great Britain – opposition likely
- Government faces net zero policy judicial review
- DEFRA publishes policy paper: “UK REACH: rationale for priorities”
- Reforms to Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment regime
- UK updates designated standards for machinery
- Recycling company fined £2.15million for corporate manslaughter and health & safety offences
- Expect increased inspections and enforcement on water sector pollution
- Government updates guidance on packaging extended producer responsibility
- HSE launched a new asbestos campaign
- Temporary appeals process for permit compliance assessment reports
- New EU packaging rules to be adopted soon
- Directive on empowering consumers for the green transition published
- A watered-down Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive survives EU Council’s vote
- EU Green Claims Directive moves forward
- EU PFAS Restriction next steps and timeline clarified
