22 Mar 2022
Defra launches targets consultation and Nature Recovery Green Paper: The Nature Recovery Green Paper sets out our ambition to enable nature’s recovery in England, laying out proposals to support our aim to halt and reverse the loss of nature over the last 50 years. We want to seize the opportunity to update the existing legal […]
10 Feb 2022
The Environment Act gradually comes into force with the OEP receiving its legal powers Greener UK Each section of the Environment Act comes into force via commencement orders which are laid in Parliament. On Monday 24 January, the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) assumed its legal powers via powers via Commencement Order No.2. Having campaigned […]
25 Jan 2022
Read more and download the consultation Our three strategic goals – to transform water company performance, to meet long-term challenges and to provide greater value for customers and the environment – continue to shape our programme for the coming year. Our key aim is for the water sector to provide the very best service to […]
19 Jan 2022
From waterbriefing Five regional water resource groups have published their Emerging Regional Water Resource Plans, setting out how they propose to address a predicted water deficit for England of 3,435 million litres per day (Ml/d) megalitres by 2050. The estimate is set out in the national framework for water resources paper Understanding England’s future water needs […]
11 Jan 2022
Have your say on CCW’s strategy for 2022 Today we’re launching a consultation on our draft strategy for 2022-23, and would like to invite you to have your say on our plans. To date, many of you have already contributed to the development of our plans and we thank you for your valuable input. Our draft […]
02 Dec 2021
Consultation description – Commonly littered items ‘The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) wants to gather evidence around commonly littered single-use plastic items to help inform future policy decisions. We are interested in your views on single-use plastic items, especially: wet wipes, tobacco filters, sachets and single-use cups We are also asking for […]
23 Nov 2021
This discussion paper sets out further detail on our approach to long-term delivery strategies at PR24, following our recent consultation, ‘Creating tomorrow together’, and subsequent engagement with the sector. It sets out our expectations for what companies should include in their long-term delivery strategies as part of the business plan submission for PR24. To help […]
26 Oct 2021
Government seeks views on the management of sandeels and Norway pout Defra: UK is seeking views on the management of sandeel stocks and Norway pout to address stock declines. The government is launching a call for evidence seeking views on potential measures to manage stocks of sandeel and Norway pout in UK waters. Sandeels and […]
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