Guidance Notes and Best Practice Guides
HSE: The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) is concerned that 'health & safety' will be trotted out as an unfounded excuse not to hold local celebrations for the Royal Wedding and has published new information on its website setting the record straight, along with a tongue-in-cheek cartoon lampooning those who would stand in the way of communities celebrating together – See ‘In the News’ section for more information.
PwC: A new ecosystem valuation guide will help business to ‘explicitly account for the full value of ecosystem impacts and inputs’. The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) developed the guide to Corporate Ecosystem Valuation (CEV) to provide a framework which would improve business understanding of the benefits & value of ecosystem services like fresh water, food, fibre and natural hazard protection.
Businesses are given a step by step guide to examine a range of issues including:
* The significance of environmental risks both from & to their operations
* What stakeholders should be compensated & at what price
* The potential revenue opportunities from emerging environmental markets such as carbon, water & biodiversity
* The potential impact of regulatory changes on the availability of natural resources such as land and water
SE: Sport England has recently launched The Community Sport Asset Transfer Toolkit to help community sports clubs across England tackle the complex world of asset transfer. Asset transfer involves the shifting of the ownership of land or buildings from government organisations to community groups such as local sports clubs & trusts, giving them financial stability & independence.
SE’s bespoke, interactive web based tool aims to provide clubs with a step by step guide through each stage of the asset transfer process.
SE’s bespoke, interactive web based tool aims to provide clubs with a step by step guide through each stage of the asset transfer process.
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