ELV Permit (End of Life Vehicles Regulations) 2003
An ELV Permit or end of life vehicles regulations apply to you if you take in old vehicles and issue a certificate of destruction (COD) to the owner and depollute the vehicles, removing old parts…
Environmental Enforcement Notice
If you are served an environmental enforcement notice (regulation 36 notice) under the environmental permitting regulations by the Environment Agency, then you are duty bound to respond and put in place an action plan to…
ISO 50001 Energy Management Systems
ISO 50001:2011, Energy Management Systems (EnMS) is a new voluntary International Standard that establishes a framework for large and small businesses to improve the way they manage energy. Improved energy performance can provide financial benefits…
ISO 14001 Consultancy Hampshire, Environmental Management Systems
ISO 14001 consultancy Hampshire We are a small independent consultancy providing ISO 14001 consultancy in Hampshire UK. We provide a range of other environmental  services too and we work with local businesses as well as…
European Code of Conduct and ISO 50001
The European Code of Conduct for data centres is a voluntary standard for data centre operators and owners which promotes energy efficiency best practice. The code is voluntary but includes many elements of energy efficiency…
EMS Checklist
eroreEMS Checklist Before conducting an environmental management system audit to ISO 14001, I always make a EMS checklist of procedures or records I would expect to see for that particular aspect. These vary depending on…
Environmental Consultant or Environmentalist?
There is a difference between an environmental consultant and an environmentalist! The modern environmental consultant is usually employed to help businesses comply, adhere to or find ways of minimising the impact of environmental legislation or…
So You Want to be In An Environmental Career?
I get lots of enquiries from students wanting to know how to be an “Environmental Consultant” and start in an environmental career. As usual the request itself triggers another set of questions. From my experience…
Environmental Management in Industry and Manufacturing
The aim of sensible environmental management in business is three-fold, obviously to minimise the impact of your operations on the environment but also to align this with your business aims and objectives in order to help…
Actions, actions, everywhere………. but no corrective action!
It seems to be the bain of most modern businesses, meetings, audits, reviews, they are all followed up with a list sent out to the attendees with corrective actions and a date by which to…