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The Team at Peak HSE is pleased to announce that we have been awarded NEBOSH Gold Learning Partner status. The learning partner programme is NEBOSH’s quality assurance scheme and enables learners to book with confidence when choosing a learning partner. To achieve the Gold status Peak HSE has evidenced that we exceed NEBOSH expectations in the following six areas: Ensuring we communicate...

The Draft Separation of Waste (England) Regulations 2025 replaces those of 2024 which aimed to allow the combined collection of specific recycling streams in domestic settings within business operations. The changes were made under the Environment Act 2021 which amended the Environmental Protection Act 1990, and originally came into force in May 2024 as the Separation of Waste (England) Regulations...

The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) is legislation with far-reaching implications for EU companies and for all companies doing business in the EU. It is designed to ensure that companies operate in a sustainable and responsible manner, using reporting requirements designed to get companies to:  protect the environment,  maintain social justice and  promote...

On 3rd and 11th March 2024 two new European Regulations on fluorinated greenhouse gases (F-gas) and ozone depleting substances (ODS) came into force and revoked and replaced existing regulations. Regulation (EU) 2024/573, on fluorinated greenhouse gases, and Regulation (EU) 2024/590 on substances that deplete the ozone layer now apply in the EU but have relevance to businesses in the UK and Northern...

No matter the size of a business, big or small, it is inevitable at some point that you will need to engage contractors to undertake work that your organisation cannot complete internally due to either having the competencies but not the capacity or simply not having the internal competencies required. Despite engaging someone to undertake the work that does not absolve you from your health and safety...

Peak HSE’s Senior Environmental Consultant, Petra Stapp, works with clients on assessing environmental legal compliance with all aspects of the business.  Energy reporting is now a priority for many businesses and so we are drawing your attention to the following update on ESOS and what you should now be doing. The Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) Regulations requires all large...