Energy and carbon
ESOS Phase 4 (Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme)
ESOS Phase 4 requires every large UK undertaking (250 or more employees, or turnover above £44 million and a balance sheet above £38 million) and its UK group to...
Environmental compliance for professional services businesses
Office-based firms have fewer obligations but not none: workplace recycling rules apply to every workplace, ESOS and SECR catch large firms and LLPs, WEEE take-back applies to IT suppliers, and landlords and tenants both have an interest in minimum energy efficiency standards.
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Guides most relevant to professional services
Permits, air and water
F-gas regulations for refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pumps
Fluorinated greenhouse gases (F-gases), mainly the HFC refrigerants in chillers, cold rooms, air conditioning, heat pumps and vehicle refrigeration, are controlled in...
Reporting and management systems
ISO 14001:2026 environmental management systems
ISO 14001 is the international standard for environmental management systems (EMS). The revised ISO 14001:2026 was published on 15 April 2026 and strengthens...
Permits, air and water
Medium combustion plant and specified generator permits
Any boiler, engine or turbine with a rated thermal input of 1 MW or more but less than 50 MW is a medium combustion plant (MCP) and needs an environmental permit...
Property and development
Minimum energy efficiency standards (MEES) for let property
In England and Wales a landlord cannot let a non-domestic building or a home with an EPC rating below E unless a valid exemption is registered. The government...
Energy and carbon
SECR reporting (Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting)
SECR reporting requires UK quoted companies, and unquoted companies and LLPs that exceed two of three tests (turnover over £36 million, balance sheet over £18...
Reporting and management systems
UK Sustainability Reporting Standards and climate disclosures
The UK Sustainability Reporting Standards, UK SRS S1 (general sustainability) and S2 (climate), are the UK's endorsed versions of the ISSB standards, published on 25...
Waste and resources
Waste duty of care and waste transfer notes
The waste duty of care applies to every business and organisation in the UK that produces, carries, keeps, treats or disposes of waste. You must stop waste escaping,...
Packaging and products
WEEE regulations: producers, retailers and online marketplaces
The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2013 make anyone who manufactures, imports or rebrands electrical equipment for the UK market a producer who...
Waste and resources
Workplace recycling rules: Simpler Recycling and the devolved regimes
Every UK workplace must now separate recycling and food waste from general waste, but the detail differs by nation. In England, Simpler Recycling has applied to...
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