2024 Programme:
09:30 – 09:50
Welcome and Introduction
09:50 – 10:45
New Government and Governance
The new Labour Government and what it means for Environmental
Regulation, the Regulators, and most importantly, for your organisations
Looking at the key changes to environmental policy and legislation
prompted by the change in Government.
Assimilated EU Legislation
What have we kept from Europe?
Follow-up from the implementation of the Retained EU Law
(Revocation and Reform) Act 2023.
10:45 – 11:00
Break
11:00 – 11:50
Circular Economy, Waste and Resources
We will look at circularity across the UK, the latest on digital
waste tracking and new rules on the segregation of wastes.
11:50 – 12:00
Break
12:00 – 12:30
Packaging (Plastic Packaging Tax and Packaging Extended Producer
Responsibility)
An update on plastic packaging tax, and the Extended
Producer Responsibility obligations.
12:30 – 13:15
Lunch
13:15 – 14:15
Energy
An update on Great British Energy, the changes to energy
efficiency in buildings, and how we’re going along the path to net zero Carbon. We’ll also take a quick look at what’s
happening with Hydrogen.
Emissions and Hazardous Materials
When it comes to emissions and registrations, we’ll consider
the UK implementation of ETS, F-Gas and REACH requirements.
14:15 – 14:30
Break
14:30 – 15:15
Environmental Permitting and UK-BAT
We will review the changes, actioned and proposed, including
the revised Industrial Emissions Directive, and what’s happening in the UK-BAT
system
15:15 – 15:25
Break
15:25 – 15:55
Social Sustainability
We will consider the UK position on Corporate Social
Reporting (CSR) through the UK Sustainability Disclosure Standards (UK-SDR).
Helping Nature and Planning
We will consider progress in biodiversity net gain, look at
the Habitats Regulations and the impact of proposals for planning changes.
15:55 – 16:05
Questions
16:05 – 16:10
Thanks and Close