Ricardo’s experts have played a pivotal role providing evidence and analysis underpinning proposed revisions to several pieces of environmental legislation announced by the European Commission. The proposed changes, which are part of the Commission’s commitments under the European Green Deal, as well as several other initiatives, are in line with Ricardo’s ambition to help create a world where everyone can live sustainably. Revision to the Industrial Emissions Directive (and Regulation on a European Pollutant Release and Transfer Registry) The Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) controls the environmental impacts of the largest industrial installations across the EU. Last year, Ricardo’s specialists worked with the Commission to provide the research to support these proposals, continuing the work undertaken in 2020 to evaluate the IED. In particular, the Ricardo team helped support the Commission with the impact assessment for the revision of the IED. Tim Scarbrough, Business Area Manager for Environmental Policy at Ricardo said: “The revisions to the IED address not only the zero-pollution agenda, but also touch on many other strands of the EU policy acquis, including sustainable chemicals, the circular economy, waste and sustainable products, nature and biodiversity, climate and energy, and innovation. Our work, in collaboration with partners, assessed the economic, environmental and social impacts in detail of 43 policy measures, starting from a longer list of more than 100 measures. It was made all the more robust by the economic analysis underpinning the assessment which adhered to the Better Regulation Guidelines.” Read More