EMS supports Bright Blue Foods with tailored environmental Permit Training
EMS provided customised Permit Training to ensure that staff at Bright Blue Foods were familiar with their requirements to monitor emissions to air and water to comply with their permit.
Our experts delivered the training to help the senior leadership team gain awareness of what having a permit means in practice for operatives and wider staff. The permit training delivered is entirely bespoke to client needs and, in this case, increases awareness of the business’ permit
EMS supported the business to realise of the scope and requirements of a permit incorporating all parts of a permit including emissions and Schedule 5.
The Client
Bright Blue Foods (BBF) develops and manufactures a range of cake products including celebration cakes, fruit pies, and tarts, and Christmas cakes and variety of chilled desserts. BBF have an environmental permit and reached out to our team to receive Permit Training.
Client Benefits
- Increased engagement of senior leadership in promoting awareness of the permit among staff
- Clarity on how to meet your legal requirements
- Increased knowledge of permit to help avoid fines and prosecution
- Flexible delivery of training around client business needs
- Demonstrate your organisation or business’s commitment to the environment
- Increased awareness of BAT and Regulation 61
- A better understanding of the scope and requirements of a permit, incorporating parts of a permit such as emissions, Schedule 5, and accidents and near misses
The Challenges
Our team provided comprehensive training that covered the enforcement powers of the Environment Agency (EA), as well as the overall environmental regulatory process. The training also included guidance on conducting audits for effluent and ensuring compliance with trade effluent discharge consents. Training also included ensuring that Bright Blue Foods understood how they should interpret monitoring data for the parameters in their permit to ensure compliance with it.
The training aimed to educate the senior leadership team on the importance of regulatory compliance and provided insights into the powers held by enforcement officers. Additionally, the training highlighted the importance of improved communication among departments and educated senior leadership on the procedures involved in applying for a permit variation. This training extended to the wider management team, emphasising the point that permit training is no longer merely optional, but an important aspect of business operations, encouraged by the EA.
The Solution
The Permit Training delivered by EMS discussed:
- Legal compliance, which ensured that leadership understood the fundamental requirements for staying within legal boundaries.
- An overview of the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 to ensure staff were familiar with this crucial legislative framework.
- Detailed explanations of environmental permit conditions and requirements, ensuring that leadership knew what was expected for full compliance.
- Information on the powers and enforcement capabilities of the Environment Agency so that leadership were aware of the implications of non-compliance.
- Sentencing procedures and guidelines were outlined to make staff aware of the potential consequences of failing to comply with regulations.
- An explanation of the consequences of environmental non-compliance, enabling leadership to understand the potential impacts on the business.
- Recognising when to report incidents
Our dedicated training team is comprised of practicing environmental consultants. As part of their day-to-day role, our trainers work with some of the UK’s largest organisations to help them maintain compliance with environmental legislation. This means that our team is positioned perfectly to deliver training content as well as real-world advice and working case-studies.
Testimonial
I wanted to take a moment to commend Rebecca Chapman from Environmental Monitoring Solutions for the excellent permit training she provided to our senior management. Her thorough understanding of environmental permits was evident as she tailored the training specifically to our site's needs. Rebecca's ability to customise the content ensured that all the information was relevant and directly applicable to our operations. Her clear communication and engaging teaching style made the training both informative and enjoyable. We greatly appreciate her expertise and the effort she put into delivering such a high-quality session. Thank you, Rebecca!
— Steve Glenton, Bright Blue Foods
