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Environment & Climate Change

London (Firms)

2 Years Ranked

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Provided by Olivia Jamison

UK

Practice Areas

Olivia Jamison has practised environment law for 20 years both at UK and EU level. She is a specialist environment, sustainability and product practitioner. Olivia is dual qualified in England and Wales and in the Republic of Ireland. She is a member of CMS’ Global ESG Steering Committee and the UK’s Sustainability Committee. Olivia initiated the UK business’ SBTi commitment.

She advises on the following areas:

Traditional environment and health and safety liabilities as evolving in the transition to a low carbon economy: waste, contaminated land, permitting, regulatory compliance, risk transfer and crisis and incident management.

The broad sustainability agenda: encompassing the European Green Deal and the UK’s Climate Change Act and Net Zero policies; advising on strategic sensitive environment issues at domestic and EU level including environment and sustainability related marketing claims, the circular economy, extended producer responsibility including deposit return schemes, forced labour, deforestation, the ETS, CBAMs, plastics and packaging, environmental taxes, energy efficiency and energy performance of buildings, transportation and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

International conventions in relation to environment, climate change, biodiversity and the protection of natural resources.

Reporting schemes: for energy and carbon, energy efficiency, the Non Financial Reporting Directive and the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive

Product compliance: labelling, substance restrictions and prohibitions, claims, ecodesign, energy labelling, end of life requirements, product safety and multi jurisdictional product recall and notifications.

Civil and criminal litigation and tribunals: judicial review, group actions, dealing with regulatory notices, prosecutions and civil sanctions.

Professional Memberships

UKELA

HSLA

Work Highlights

Continually leading a pan European team advising since 2020 on the European Green Deal and UK equivalent measures.

Leading multijurisdictional advice for sustainability related marketing claims for various international companies.

Organisations in relation to the application of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and associated strategies.

Supporting businesses in relation to new extended producer responsibility rules for packaging.

Successfully securing regulatory resolutions across a range of permitting, producer responsibility, ETS and landfill tax positions.

Education

LLB (Hons), University of Manchester

LPC, College of Law, Chester

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