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Making sure that commercial properties are let and managed in an environmentally sustainable way is increasingly in focus. Landlords may want to attract tenants to more efficient and sustainable...

There are instances where the owner of a property is unknown, making it difficult to determine how the property should be dealt with, especially from the viewpoint of a prospective buyer.

Minor amendments to the legislation governing the UK ETS have been laid in Parliament and are intended to come into force on 1 January 2024. The amendments follow on from the Government's...

The Secretary of State has issued his long awaited decision on Helioslough’s appeal against St. Albans City & District Council.

Following a multi-firm review of sustainability reporting, the FCA has announced that it is considering how to streamline and enhance the UK's sustainability reporting framework by simplifying disclosures...

A new report from the International Energy Agency's Ocean Energy Systems programme examines how global marine energy test centres have collaborated over the past decade to advance tidal and wave energy technologies.

Ofgem has recently published its decision document setting out the steps it intends to take to facilitate the development of microgeneration and ensure that regulatory measures promoting microgeneration are well designed.

The government has laid before parliament the Infrastructure Planning (Radioactive Waste Geological Disposal Facilities) Order 2015.

Recently Defra began consulting on the Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2010. These Regulations bring the revised EU Waste Framework Directive (WFD) into effect and should be in force by December of this year.

The UK Government's Farming Roadmap 2050 presents new opportunities for EU farming families to invest in British agricultural land and rural businesses. However, post-Brexit immigration rules create complex challenges that must be navigated alongside any acquisition, as property ownership alone does not confer residency or work rights in the UK.

According to a recent news article on by the BBC, European MPs have recently voted overwhelmingly for a new law that means that all new portable devices, such as laptops and mobile phones,...

The Environment Agency has launched a new Economic Crime Unit (ECU) to tackle serious financial offences in the waste sector, addressing illegal waste management activities that cost the UK economy £1 billion annually. The ECU will focus on asset denial and money laundering investigations.

On March 23, the British Standards Institution (BSI), the UK National Standards Body, announced the launch of a three-year Nature Investment Standards Programme and related consultation...

The suspense is over! After the frenzied speculation that this topic generated over the summer, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has finally revealed her line-up...

Businesses operating across the UK and EU face an increasingly complex regulatory landscape for environmental and sustainability claims, with the EU's Empowering Consumers for the Green Transition Directive taking effect in September 2026. Regulators now possess significant enforcement powers, including fines up to 10% of turnover, and are demonstrating clear appetite to challenge greenwashing. Organizations must review their environmental claims and governance processes to ensure compliance in this fast-ev

The CBAM is, effectively, an import tax on carbon intensive products, such as cement, steel, iron, aluminium and electricity. During the current transitional phase, businesses subject to CBAM must report on a quarterly...