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Environmental Legal Compliance

Know exactly which environmental legislation applies to your business — permits, waste duty of care, discharge consents — and be able to prove you comply.

Wales & the South West — Cardiff, Newport, Swansea, Bristol the Midlands — Birmingham, Coventry, the automotive manufacturing belt London & the South East — London, Essex, Kent the North of England — Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield
Why a legal register matters

From 'we think we comply' to 'we can prove it'

Environmental law changes often, and it applies differently depending on your processes, substances and location — permits from the Environment Agency or Natural Resources Wales, waste duty of care, packaging regulations, and water discharge consents can all apply to a single manufacturing site. If you hold or want ISO 14001, a legal and compliance register is also a specific requirement of the standard.

We build and maintain legal registers that are genuinely usable — matched to your actual operations, not a generic downloaded list — and evaluate your compliance against each item so you know where you stand.

Who it's for

Who this service is for

Businesses needing an ISO 14001 legal register

You hold or are implementing ISO 14001 and need a proper legal and compliance register to satisfy the standard.

  • Legal register build or refresh
  • Compliance evaluation against each item
  • Ongoing legislative monitoring

Businesses unsure which permits apply

You're not certain which environmental permits, licences or consents apply to your site or processes.

  • Applicability review
  • Permit & licence gap identification
  • Duty of care & waste compliance check
What's included

What's included

Legal & compliance registers

A register matched to your actual operations, not a generic downloaded list nobody maintains.

Permits & licences review

Identifying which environmental permits, licences or consents apply to your site and processes.

Duty of care & waste management

Checking your waste transfer documentation, carrier registration and duty of care obligations are in order.

Compliance evaluation audits

Periodic evaluation against each legal requirement, as ISO 14001 requires, with evidence you can show an auditor.

Horizon-scanning for legislative change

Keeping you ahead of new or amended environmental legislation that affects your business.

Integration with ISO 14001

Legal registers built to slot directly into an ISO 14001 management system.

Our process

How we build your legal register

1

Identify applicable legislation

We review your site, processes and substances to identify every relevant piece of legislation.

2

Build the register

We document each requirement, its source, and what it means for your business in practical terms.

3

Evaluate compliance

We assess and evidence your compliance status against each item on the register.

4

Ongoing monitoring

We keep the register current as legislation, or your operations, change.

Why Control Edge

Why work with Control Edge on legal compliance

Common questions

Legal compliance questions, answered

Is a legal register required for ISO 14001?

Yes — ISO 14001 requires organisations to identify applicable legal and other requirements and evaluate compliance with them, which is exactly what a legal register documents.

How often should the register be reviewed?

At least annually, and whenever your processes, substances or site change, or when relevant legislation is amended.

Do you handle environmental permit applications?

We can identify which permits or licences apply and support you through the application process, working alongside the relevant regulator (the Environment Agency or Natural Resources Wales, depending on your location).

What's the difference between compliance evaluation and an audit?

Compliance evaluation checks your performance against specific legal requirements one by one; a broader environmental audit looks at the whole management system, including but not limited to legal compliance.

What does this service cost?

We quote a fixed price for building or refreshing a legal register, agreed after a free scoping call based on the complexity of your operations.

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Not sure which environmental laws apply to you?

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