Legal Compliance
The volume of environmental legislation is increasing. Organisations need to keep abreast of new legislation to avoid expensive legal and remediation costs. Implementing an environmental management system will help by formalising the methods for accessing relevant legislation and monitoring and measuring critical processes.
Legislative measures
Legislative measures are the strongest instruments for implementing change in environmental policies, since they are mandatory.
They may exist at many levels:
- International law
- European law
Direct legislation such as this is the traditional approach to regulation of environmental pollutants.
For more information on environemtal legislation visit www.netregs.gov.uk.
