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In conjunction with
Minimising Risk, Maximising Benefit - EAUC 10th Annual Conference
NetRegs: Environmental Compliance Help
for Universities and Colleges
Nottingham UniversityTuesday 11th April 2006
Tim Fanshawe - NetRegs Business Development Manager
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Overview
• Sustainable Development (SD) & Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): the Big Picture!
• Background to NetRegs concept & current situation
• Future possibilities & guidelines for the Education sector
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Sustainable Development & Corporate Social Responsibility: the Big Picture
• EU Thematic Strategies to Member State Regulations
• An International Issue
• Insurance Industry pressures - climate change
• Supply chain and customer pressures
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Small Businesses: pressures & constraints
• lack of time and resource
• fear of legislation and the regulator
• lack of consistency of information
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Survey of Business AwarenessSME-nvironment 2005
93% - unaware of impact they could have on environment
86% - cannot name any environmental legislation unprompted
75% - do not have an environmental policy
94% - do not have an environmental management system
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Business Support Organisations across whole UK
BSI
Trade Associations
Environment Agency
Scottish Environment Protection Agency
Environment andHeritage Service NI
Local Authorities and LGA
Cabinet Office Regulatory Impact Unit
FSA
Better Regulation Task Force
Departmental Regulation Units
ScottishExecutive
Small Business Service / Business Connect Wales
RDAs
Govt Offices
DTI
DEFRA
NAW DoE NI
HSE
Interaction of key public and private sector bodies with SMEs on environmental issues
A lack of joined up thinking increases the administrative burden on small businesses
NetRegs: delivering consistent information across the UK for SMEs
4.0 million UK businesses(99.2% of which are SMEs)
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High risk,more
intervention
polluters take
responsibility
risk-based
proportionate
focussed on
outcomes
cost-effective
trust-based
What modern regulation looks like
Low risk,
less intervention
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The different regulatory approaches
clearoutcomes
Direct regulation Alternative approaches
Bespoke permits
Standard permits
Registrations
Directly applying
legislation
Environmental taxes
Trading schemes
Negotiated or
voluntary agreements
Education and advice
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What modern regulation means
An approach that delivers for the environment and for business:
– focusing on outcomes
– risk-based (targeted protection at lower cost)
– changing attitudes - regulatory prescription to corporate responsibility
– using alternatives to direct regulation
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The SME Engagement & Retention Process
Not interested
Interested butNOT active
Getting Started
Want an EMS& ContinuousImprovement
Want to go beyond compliance
Achieved BS8555, EMAS,ISO14001
Continuous Business Improvement Process
'the road to compliance and resource efficiency' 85% of 4m businesses are here!
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What is NetRegs?
A UK wide initiative built in partnershipby the three environmental regulators in the UK
Free, anonymous and available 24 hours a day
A website designed to help small businesses understand their environmental obligations
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How can NetRegs help businesses?
There are four ways to get information:
• Detailed advice for business groups - Sector Guidelines (over 100 are covered)
• General advice on specific issues - Management Guidelines
• Links to key future and current legislation - Legislation
• Links to other information/organisations - More Resources
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Website Demonstration
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Achievements so far
• Survey of Business Awareness
• guidance for over 100 sectors as well as general guidelines and information
• Focus Groups
• Excellent feedback from businesses, trade associations and business support organisations
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Current Activities
• Maintaining & adding content
• Improving user-friendliness
• Promoting the site
• Enhancing the service
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The Future for NetRegs
• Hampton Review
• BREW Projects for 2006
• Business Development and Revenue Generation
• New sector specific guidelines for Education
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The SME Engagement & Retention Process
Basic Registration & Manual Updates
• More Resources e.g. links to Envirowise
NetRegs Basic Compliance Information:
• Sector Guidelines
• Management Guidelines
• Future Legislation
Illegal Waste TippingProgramme Activities
Sustainable Business Award Schemes
IPP Directive Life CycleAssessment & Ecodesign
Established BREW work
Yr 2 BREW fund areas
Illegal Waste Year 2 work Incorporating:
• SME Strategy • What do I do with my waste? Tool (£150k)
Not interested Interested but NOT active
Getting Started Want an EMS& ContinuousImprovement
Want to go beyond compliance
Continuous Business Improvement Process
Achieved BS8555, EMAS, ISO14001
85% of 4m businesses are here!
Established Core NetRegs site
Other NetRegs development areas
Guides to usingNetRegs
Personalise NetRegs to meet business demand for automatic updates (£1,200k) [regionalisation]
ReducedInsurance Premiums
ReducedLicence &Permit Charges
Incentives
NetRegs Compliance Self assessment Tools (£400k)
Business Directories forPollution Abatement Equipment
Additional NetRegs Sectors
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Conclusions
• Delivering consistency
• Helping business deal with environmental risks
• Driving sustainability
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Workshop Questions
1 Where do you look for information? (eg internet , trade press, websites etc ?)
2 How do you search for information? (eg keywords, topic areas etc ?)
3 What style of language works best? (eg e-newsletters, academic docs etc ?)