Environmental compliance consultancy for UK business
The guidelines on this site tell you what the law requires. When you would rather someone did the work, or checked yours, this is what we do, on fixed fees agreed before we start.
How we work
- Free 30-minute review. We map your activities to the regulations that apply, using the same thresholds published in our guides, and tell you plainly what you need to do and what you don't.
- Gap analysis and roadmap. A prioritised, plain-English plan: what is needed, by when, and what it will cost.
- Implementation and filings. Audits, data, applications, reports and liaison with the Environment Agency, Natural Resources Wales, SEPA, NIEA, HMRC and scheme administrators.
- Ongoing monitoring. We track your deadlines and regulatory change so nothing slips. Clients get the dates in this site's calendar as reminders tailored to them.
What we do
ESOS Phase 4
Qualification checks on the 31 December 2026 date, energy data, audits with a registered lead assessor, board sign-off and notification before 5 December 2027, plus action plans and progress updates.
ESOS guidePackaging EPR and plastic packaging tax
Producer status, registration, six-monthly data, checking PackUK invoices and recyclability ratings, and plastic packaging tax registration and returns.
Packaging EPR guideEnvironmental permits
Standard rules and bespoke applications, pre-application advice, variations, transfers and surrenders, management systems and compliance audits across EA, NRW, SEPA (EASR) and NIEA.
Permits guideSECR and carbon reporting
Scope 1 and 2 inventories, intensity ratios, directors' report disclosures, and preparation for UK SRS-based climate reporting.
SECR guideUK CBAM
Checking whether your imports cross the £50,000 threshold, HMRC registration, supplier emissions data, default values and the first return due 31 May 2028.
UK CBAM guideISO 14001:2026
Building an environmental management system from scratch or transitioning a 2015 certificate to the 2026 revision, including the legal register and internal audits.
ISO 14001 guideBiodiversity net gain
Exemption checks, metric calculations, biodiversity gain plans and sourcing off-site units or statutory credits for developments in England.
BNG guideWaste and hazardous waste
Duty of care audits, transfer and consignment note systems, carrier registration (and the move to permits in England), digital waste tracking set-up and workplace recycling.
Waste guidesWater and effluent
Trade effluent consents and charges, discharge permits, abstraction licences and pollution prevention on site.
Water guideWhy businesses use a specialist
UK environmental regulation is expanding fast: modulated packaging fees, ESOS Phase 4, UK CBAM from January 2027, the deposit return scheme from October 2027, digital waste tracking, biodiversity net gain and the arrival of UK Sustainability Reporting Standards. Missing a threshold or a deadline can mean five- or six-figure penalties, enforcement notices and lost tenders. A specialist identifies exactly which rules apply, handles the data and filings, and keeps you ahead of change, usually for less than the cost of one mistake.
- Regulator-aligned. We work within the frameworks of all four UK environmental regulators and HMRC.
- Fixed-fee options. Clear pricing before any work starts.
- Plain English. Dense legislation turned into prioritised actions your team can own.
- Compliance as commercial value. Win tenders, cut fees and reduce risk, rather than just tick boxes.
Where we work
Based in London and working across the whole of the UK, on site where it helps and remotely where it saves you time: London and the South East, Birmingham and the Midlands, Manchester and the North West, Leeds, Sheffield and Yorkshire, Bristol and the South West, Newcastle and the North East, Glasgow and Edinburgh, Cardiff and South Wales, Belfast and Northern Ireland.
Book a free 30-minute review or email info@thamesenvironment.com.