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In 2008 the UK became one of the first countries in the world to pass legislation aimed at cutting carbon emissions and managing climate change.

The UK Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has published an update on the implementation timetable for the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment ("WEEE") Directive in the UK.

In heavily regulated business environments, such as the waste sector, we can usually see what is coming down the political and legislative pipeline.

J A Kemp attorneys are helping clients protect their intellectual property in the growing green sector. Ahead of COP29, they predict key growth areas in Cleantech, including plastics recycling and agriculture, which are critical to combating climate change.

Individuals who raise court actions in Scotland focused on environmental issues such as roads, energy developments and land use are to have any award of legal costs against them capped

DEFRA has announced that the maximum sentencing powers available to Courts when sentencing those convicted of animal welfare offences are going to increase significantly.

In advance of a more detailed consultation due to take place this summer, the Scottish Government Directorate for the Built Environment has issued a flyer summarising its intentions in relation to new Regulations to grant permitted development rights in respect of microgeneration plant and structures on non-domestic property.

On 20 June 2025, in a landmark decision, the High Court ruled that Shell plc and its former Nigerian subsidiary, Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria...

A new study by the IBM Institute for Business Value found that approximately half of CEOs and their executive teams surveyed have their compensation tied to the organizations' performance in relation to sustainability goals.

An interesting article on how Freshly Cosmetics has made its values and sustainability, a pillar of its business strategy, alongside its on-line sales.

It is good to see big corporates taking steps to engage in local initiatives but initiated and messaged from a wider, central, strategic level.

I remember as a child reading about environmentally friendly "houses of the future".

In June 2017, Tesco was fined £8 million for breaches of environmental and safety law.

The Conference opened yesterday in Warsaw with speeches by the newly elected President of COP 19/CMP 9, His Excellency Marcin Korolec (Poland’s Environment Minister), and Ms. Christiana Figueres (Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC).

In the recently published Energy National Policy Statements, the Government has not taken on board the recommendations of the Climate Change Committee to have explicit decarbonisation goals in the Energy NPSs.

On 4 January 2024, the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Steve Barclay, announced the biggest upgrade to UK farming schemes since Brexit.

An anti-greenwashing rule comes into force in the UK on 31 May 2024.