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Legislation and regulation
PPWR packaging minimization and empty space ratio: what it requires and how to calculate it
From 1 January 2030, Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging sets a maximum empty space ratio of 50% for grouped packaging, transport packaging and e-com ...
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Waste management
NOM-161-SEMARNAT-2011: which special management waste requires a management plan and how to build one
NOM-161-SEMARNAT-2011 sets out the criteria for classifying a waste stream as special management waste and determines which of those streams must have ...
Waste management
What Is Waste Traceability in the Automotive Industry?
Waste traceability is the complete documentary record of every waste stream a company generates, from the moment it is produced to its final destinati ...
Legislation and regulation
ETS2: the EU second emissions market for transport and buildings, and its effect on costs
ETS2 is the European Union's second emissions trading system, created by Directive (EU) 2023/959 to cover the CO2 from fuels used in buildings, road t ...
Legislation and regulation
Spain's PRTR register: what it is, who must report and when the deadline falls
Spain's State Register of Emissions and Pollutant Sources, known as PRTR-España, is the public database where industrial facilities report each year h ...
Legislation and regulation
Sustainable consumption law in Spain: how it transposes the anti-greenwashing directive and the right to repair
Spain's forthcoming sustainable consumption law transposes two EU directives at once: Directive (EU) 2024/825 on empowering consumers for the green tr ...
Practical guides
Spend-based vs activity-based method in scope 3: when to use each
The spend-based method calculates emissions for a scope 3 category by multiplying spend in currency by a sector-level monetary emission factor, while ...
Practical guides
Fluorinated gases and fugitive emissions: how to calculate scope 1 refrigerant leaks
Refrigerant leaks are usually the scope 1 line item that catches people off guard in a first greenhouse gas inventory: there is no fuel invoice behind ...
Core climate concepts
Guarantees of origin and scope 2: how to account for renewable electricity
If you buy electricity with guarantees of origin, your inventory has to carry two scope 2 figures, not one . The GHG Protocol Scope 2 Guidance require ...
Legislation and regulation
CBAM timeline 2026 and 2027: authorised declarant, annual declaration and certificates
If you import iron and steel, cement, aluminium, fertilisers, electricity or hydrogen, four dates govern your calendar: since 1 January 2026 only an a ...
Practical guides
Carbon footprint of a services company: what to measure without a factory
With no factory or vehicle fleet of its own, the carbon footprint of a consultancy, a law firm, an agency or a software company concentrates in three ...
Practical guides
Limited assurance of the sustainability report: what the verifier reviews and how to prepare
Assurance over the CSRD sustainability report is, and will remain, limited assurance . Directive (EU) 2026/470 removed the planned move to reasonable ...
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