Smart Metering in the Water Industry: Deep Dive
18 September 2025
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7 January 2025
On 24 December 2024, the UK government Department for Transport (“the DfT”) commenced a new “fast-track” consultation titled ‘Phasing out the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030 and Support for the Zero Emission Transition’ (“the Consultation”). The Consultation is “open”, meaning that any individual or organisation may respond to it by completing…
Read more7 March 2024
Leading national public law specialist, Sharpe Pritchard, is joining more than 4,000 businesses worldwide by committing to the Science-Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) Net-Zero Standard. This latest development in its drive for Net-Zero solidifies its robust commitment to emissions reduction aligned with the latest climate science. The SBTi provides companies with a clearly defined, five-stage path…
Read more15 November 2022
A key theme of COP27, which is currently underway in Egypt, is unsurprisingly, net-zero carbon emissions. Globally, it is important for emissions to be reduced in order to help tackle climate change and honour the obligations made in the Paris Climate Change Agreement. For the UK, we have pledged to cut emissions by 78% by…
Read more28 July 2022
The Good Law Project (“GLP”) continues to challenge the actions of the Government with another successful case in the High Court last week. This time, following a judicial review application by GLP, working alongside Friends of the Earth and Client Earth. The High Court held that the Net Zero Strategy (“NZS”) approved by the Secretary…
Read more10 May 2022
Before we explore how we can assist our clients with legal obstacles and concerns, we want to go back to basics and look at the legal duty to achieve net zero placed upon the UK. Please see below some Questions and Answers about the Climate Change Act and the relevance of the Paris Agreement to…
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