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This standard was published in April 2026. This replaced the prior ISO 14001:2015 standard on environmental management systems.
Organisations certified to ISO 14001:2015 have until 14 April 2029 to recertify to the 2026 standard. Changes made include an increased focus on the life cycle perspective within environmental management.
These regulations will apply the first phase of the mandatory digital waste tracking system in England from 1 October 2026.
In the first phase, facilities in England that are permitted to receive waste must register with the digital waste tracking system and enter specified information on waste received into the system. The second phase, expected in 2027, will apply to producers, carriers and brokers of waste.
These regulations will expand the list of installations eligible for climate change agreements. Climate change agreements apply a reduced rate of climate change levy on the installation’s bills, in return for binding energy or emissions targets.
Installations undertaking the mechanical recycling of plastic, packaging spirits or producing automotive grade battery cells will become eligible for these agreements.
These regulations amend the European Union (Energy Performance of Buildings) Regulations 2012.
These changes update the mandatory format for Building Energy Rating (BER) certificates. The rating system was updated. Additional BER metrics to be included in certificates concern energy use, global warming potential and operational greenhouse gas emissions.
