Environmental Legislation Update

Event Date: 30 November 2011
Event Time: 09:00 - 13:45

The Legislation Update event is always the most popular event of the year and this years keynote speaker (Mark Shayler, from Tickety Boo) once again managed to make a dry subject very interesting.  Mark's comprehensive presentation covered the following topics and can be downloaded below:

• CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme
• Waste Regulations 2011
• Controlled Waste Regulations
• Environmental permitting:
  Civil Sanctions
  Anaerobic Digestion
  Administrative changes
  Carbon Capture and Storage
• ROHS (Restriction of the use of certain Hazardous Substances)
• Energy Information Regulations 2011

John Barraclough from Sustainability West Midlands (SWM) also gave a presentation - entitled: Business Resilience: Adapting to the impacts of Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events.  This covered the following area's and can be downloaded below:

• Impacts on production processes and service delivery
• Financial issues
• Implications for employees and customers
• Process Opportunities

Useful Resources

• UKCIP Adaptation Wizard (www.ukcip.org.uk)
  Guides you through an adaptation process, introduces other UKCIPresources, and acts as a guide to adaptation
• Local Climate Impact Profile (L-CLIP)
  Helps you look back over the last few years to learn about your sensitivity to climate risks and how you managed them
• UKCP09 Climate Projections
  Allow you to explore what climate we have experienced and explore what future climates we might experience
• BACLIAT: Business Areas Climate Assessment Tool
  Designed to explore the changing climate’s impacts on a business or organisation.
• Weathering the Storm – Saving and Making Money in a Challenging Climate
  A Practical Guide for Small Businesses in the West Midlands
  http://www.sustainabilitywestmidlands.org.uk/projects/?/Public+Sector+-+Climate+adaptation+partnership/1622
• The BITC Business Resilience Health Check tool helps businesses to become more resilient to interruptions that they may face, identifies areas where business operations could be impacted by climate change, and offers advise on how businesses can adapt and prepare for these changes.
  http://www.businessresiliencehealthcheck.co.uk/
• Staffordshire Local Climate Impacts Profile (LCLIP)
  http://www.staffsoc3.org/Default.aspx?PageId=270
• Environment Agency Flood Map http://www.environmentagency.gov.uk/homeandleisure/floods/31650.aspx
  Be prepared for flooding call 0845 988 1188 or visit www.environment-agency.gov.uk/floodline