Our expertise
Our Environment & Chemicals practice brings together public affairs and
communications expertise with a long track record of assisting industry in addressing
the issues that affect business performance.
For more than 20 years our team has helped clients succeed in legislative and
regulatory advocacy and stakeholder communications on the range of environmental
issues including chemical and product safety, waste management, water quality and
industrial emissions.
Our services
Our team
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Robert Anger, Director
Advocacy & Campaigning
[email protected]
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Anti-trust and Competition
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Corporate Reputation Management
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Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability
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Crisis & Issues Management
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Digital Communication
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Government Relations
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Internal Communications
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Media Services
Aaron McLoughlin, Senior Advisor
[email protected]
David Turier, Account Director
[email protected]
Michael Stanton-Geddes, Account Director
[email protected]
Pauline Tawil, Account Manager
[email protected]
Laura Rozzo, Senior Account Executive
[email protected]
Lara Visser, Account Executive
[email protected]
ENVIRONMENT
& CHEMICALS
Lucie L’Hôpital, Account Executive
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Policy & Perception Audits
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Political Analysis & Intelligence
[email protected]
Ilektra Tsakalidou, Account Executive
[email protected]
Environment and Chemicals
Legislation in the EU: What’s next?
FleishmanHillard
35 Square de Meeûs
BE-1000 Brussels
Tel: +32 (0) 2 230 05 45
fleishman-hillard.eu
April 2015
EU Environment and Chemicals legislation
May 2015: The European Parliament
ENVI committee votes on the limitation
of emissions of certain pollutants from
medium combustion plants
Air
May 2015: Water
reuse stakeholders
consultation
Water
July 2015: The European Parliament ENVI
committee votes on the reduction of
national Emissions of Atmospheric
pollutants
Sept 2015: Priority
Substances
Directive revision
enters into force
Summer 2015:
Possible proposal
on Water reuse
Sept 2015: European Parliament
votes on the reduction of national
emissions of certain atmospheric
pollutants
Sept 2015: Strategy
on Pharmaceuticals
in the environment
End 2015:
Possible proposal
revising the
Drinking Water
Directive
July 2016: Deadline
for transposition of
the Groundwater
Directive
2017: Review
proposal of the
Priority
Substances List
2019: Review of
the Water
Framework
Directive
2015: Evaluation of the Drinking Water Directive
Waste /
Circular
Economy
April 2015:
Stakeholders
Consultation on the
Waste Package
May 2015:
Stakeholders
Conference on the
Waste Package
End 2015:
Commission
Proposal on a new
Waste Package
July 2015: European
Parliament votes on the
Circular Economy (owninitiative report)
June-October 2015: Impact Assessment on Legislative Measures (New Waste Package)
LATVIA
EU PRESIDENCY
6 March 2015:
Environment
Council
April 2015: 9th
TTIP Round of
negotiations
LUXEMBOURG
15 June 2015:
Environment
Council
NETHERLANDS
26 Oct 2015:
Environment
Council
16 Dec 2015:
Environment
Council
2015
CHEMICALS
June 2015: Member
States to submit reports
on the operation of
REACH in their territories
MALTA
End 2015: Expected
date for final
agreement on TTIP
2016
2015: Results of the
study on the benefits of
chemicals legislation for
health and environment
2015: Results of the
Cumulative Cost
Assessment of EU policy
for the Chemicals Industry
End 2015: Results of
Evaluation of
Occupational Health
& Safety Legislation
2016: Stock-Taking
Report of the
evaluation of EU
chemicals legislation
End 2016: Expected
proposal on endocrine
disruptors
2015: Fitness Checks Chemical Legislation (other than REACH)
ENVIRONMENT
UK
Nov / Dec 2015: UN Climate
Change Conference COP 21
2015: TTIP Working Group on Chemicals
2015: Nanomaterials—
Expected proposals on
their definition and
regulation under REACH
SLOVAKIA
Q1/Q2 2015: Expected
results of the evaluation of
the Environmental Liability
Directive
2016: Expected results of
the evaluation of the
Environmental Noise
Directive
2016: Expected results of
the Fitness Check of the
Birds & Habitats Directives
2017
June 2017: Commission
to publish a report on the
experience acquired with
the operation of REACH
Dec 2017:
Commission to
report on Biocides