Law Society hosts specialist
environmental debate on Waste Policy
Waste Policy will be the topic
of discussion at the forthcoming 'Castle Debate', to be held at the
Law Society on December 1st.
The free debate, chaired by
Pamela Castle OBE, will focus on the Government's recent Review of
Waste Policy in England, which has the overarching aim of moving to
a zero-waste economy and ensuring that waste is valued as
resource.
The Review echoes the Localism
Agenda and expresses preference for incentivisation over
regulation. The Review supports the Waste Hierarchy with emphasis
on waste prevention which will have potential implications for
waste-to-energy schemes.
The event boasts a wide range of
leading expert speakers including Peter Jones OBE, ex- Director,
Biffa Waste Services Ltd, Andrew Bryce, Andrew Bryce & Co,
Gavin Shuker MP, Shadow Minister for Waste and Water.
They will consider the
increasing consumption of materials and products and the inevitable
environmental and economic implications of waste.
The Law Society has thrown its
weight behind this second programme of Castle Debates, a series of
high level environmental debates with leading scientific, legal and
governmental speakers, organised in association with Sykes
Environmental and sponsored by the ENDS Report.
The Law Society is supporting
this series of events as part of its commitment to managing,
monitoring and reducing the environmental impact of its own
operations as well as working with its members to support the
collective reduction of the profession's carbon footprint and
adoption of more environmentally sustainable practices through the
Legal Sector Alliance.
Solicitors and wider members of
the legal profession are invited to attend the forthcoming debate,
which will be held at the Law Society.
Law Society Chief Executive
Desmond Hudson said: 'Acting on climate change is in our collective
interest, individually, as businesses and as a profession. The
clients and employees of law firms across England and Wales
recognise that immediate action to reduce our adverse impact on the
planet's resources is necessary and imperative. Being a member of
the Legal Sector Alliance is an opportunity to demonstrate
commitment and enables firms to share best practice and
understanding of current industry trends.”
Pamela Castle, OBE, Chair of the
Castle debates, said: “The purpose of these Debates is to
provide objective and factual clarification on a wide range of
environmental issues which are fundamental to our future health and
prosperity, emphasising the crucial roles of law and regulation and
Government policy”.
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Notes to Editors
1.5 CPD hours per
debate
Future debates in the
series
Loss of Biodiversity: 1st
February , the Law Society, Chancery Lane
Chemicals in the Environment:
6th March, the Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall
Air Pollution: 17th April, the
Law Society, Chancery Lane
Timings
9.30am - 10.00am registration
and refreshments
10.00am - 11.30am speaker
presentations, Q&A
Admission is free
Location: The Law Society, 113
Chancery Lane, WC2A 1PL
To register your interest and
join environmental policymakers, entrepreneurs, lawyers,
scientists, academics and others at the debates, please
e-mail:
events@lawsociety.org.uk
Find out more about the Legal
Sector Alliance:http://www.legalsectoralliance.com/