Environmental Policies

We have project experience in the following areas:

• Tax Reforms

• Sustainable Development

• National Policy Initiatives

• Engagement

• Influencing Environmental Policy

• Impacts on SMEs

• Regional Development Programmes

• Best Practice in Analysing and Developing Environmental Policies

• Institutional Constraints

• Comparative Analysis

• Assessment and Development of Indicators

Examples of our experience in environmental policy projects are provided below.

Improving financial security in the context of the Environmental Liability Directive (ELD), 2021, for DG Environment, European Commission.

Development of an assessment framework on environmental governance in the EU Member States, 2019, for DG Environment, European Commission.  

Review of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) established under Regulation N° 1907/2006, 2017, for DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, European Commission.

Environmental Governance in Northern Ireland, Identifying Drivers for Change and Considering Solutions, 2016 for RSPB, National Trust and Northern Ireland Environmental Link.

Study on Environmental Fiscal Reform Potential in 14 EU Member States: Main Report, 2015, for DG Environment.

Evaluation of Environmental Tax reforms: International experiences, 2013, for the State Secretariat of Economic Affairs and Federal Finance Administration of Switzerland.

Qualitative Analysis Key Results and Policy Implications. Integration of Mainstream Economic Indicators with Sustainable Development Objective, (IN-STREAM), 2011, for the European Commission.

Production of A Handbook on EU Env. Law, Principles and Standards. A Handbook to Inform the Work of the “European Principles for the Environment” banks and their sponsors, 2008,for the European Investment Bank.

Study on the External Dimension of Sustainable Development, Analysis of the Potential Contribution of the Renewed EU SDS to the CSD 15 Priorities, 2007, for the Finnish Ministry of the Environment.

Environmental Compliance Assistance for SMEs at National and Local Level and Identification of Best Practices, an Analysis of Specific Initiatives, 2006, for DG Environment, European Commission.

Integration of the Environment into Regional Development Programmes, 2006 - for the European Regional Policy Group and Scottish Natural Heritage.

Study on Best Practice in Analysing and Developing Environmental Policies, to Examine the Flexibility Member States have in Transposing EU Environmental Policy, 2006, for DG Environment, European Commission.

Classification System for Occupational Safety Performance, 2006, for The Netherlands Government.

Quantification of Occupational Risk Exposures, 2005,for The Netherlands Government.

Study on how European Authorities (Denmark, Sweden, Finland) Engage in Influencing European Environmental Policy, 2003, for The Environment Agency (England and Wales).