{"id":3173,"date":"2020-03-17T15:53:03","date_gmt":"2020-03-17T14:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tandemsl.com\/environmental-responsibility\/"},"modified":"2020-06-26T09:56:56","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T07:56:56","slug":"environmental-responsibility","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tandemhse.com\/en\/environmental-consulting\/environmental-responsibility\/","title":{"rendered":"Environmental Responsibility"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3173\" class=\"elementor elementor-3173 elementor-100\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ebfbbc3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ebfbbc3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-261367d\" data-id=\"261367d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0eaa9f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0eaa9f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Environmental Responsibility (Financial Guarantee)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-46a2075 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"46a2075\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-424044a\" data-id=\"424044a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1fd05e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f1fd05e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In Spain, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boe.es\/buscar\/doc.php?id=BOE-A-2008-20680\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Royal Decree 2090\/2008<\/a><\/strong>\u2014that approves the previous\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.boe.es\/buscar\/doc.php?id=BOE-A-2007-18475\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Law 26\/2007 on environmental responsibility<\/a>\u2014forces the realization of an <strong>analysis of environmental risks<\/strong> for economic activities listed in the Annex\u00a0III of said law in order to get a <strong>financial guarantee<\/strong> that would cover the costs related to the repair of any environmental damage that would be the direct consequence of the activity, including those resulting in an accident.<\/p>\n<p>After that,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.boe.es\/diario_boe\/txt.php?id=BOE-A-2015-3716\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Royal Decree 183\/2015<\/a>, was published on March 13, modifying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boe.es\/buscar\/doc.php?id=BOE-A-2008-20680\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Royal Decree 2090\/2008<\/a>, from December 22, introducing a series of modifications aimed, among other things, to simplify the determination process of the mandatory financial guarantee.<\/p>\n<p>In agreement with the current legislation, the date from which the mandatory financial guarantee will be required for each of the activities from the Annex\u00a0III of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boe.es\/buscar\/doc.php?id=BOE-A-2007-18475\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Law 26\/2007<\/a>\u00a0will be determined by Ministerial Order.<\/p>\n<p>Annex\u00a0III of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.boe.es\/buscar\/doc.php?id=BOE-A-2007-18475\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Law 26\/2007<\/a> is pretty extensive and was totally modified by the publication of the Order <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boe.es\/diario_boe\/txt.php?id=BOE-A-2017-12356\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">APM\/1040\/2017<\/a>, reducing the number of the activities required to have a financial guarantee.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, this law establishes the protocol for action in the case of environmental accidents and how <strong>environmental damage repair projects<\/strong> should be carried out. This regulation is intended to curb the common practice of discharging effluents intentionally when the fine compensates the economic costs that would entail complying with current environmental legislation.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e775ab6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e775ab6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-57c4e62\" data-id=\"57c4e62\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3daee11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-toggle\" data-id=\"3daee11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"toggle.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 id=\"elementor-tab-title-6461\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-6461\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Financial Guarantee for Environmental Responsibility<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-6461\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-6461\"><p>Every financial guarantee for environmental responsibility should have a series of elements:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Modalities of a financial guarantee<\/strong>. In Spain, insurance policies, the support of a financial guarantee or the constitution of a technical reserve is admitted through an \u201cad hoc\u201d fund with materialization in financial investments backed by public sectors. These techniques can complement each other.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Responsibilities covered by the financial guarantee.\u00a0<\/strong>The entire amount of the financial guarantee will be used to repair environmental damages. The use of a part of this capital to cover a different environmental responsibility is not allowed.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Guaranteed subjects<\/strong>. It usually refers to the operator of the economic activity, although it can be extended to subcontractors or professionals who collaborate with the operator.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Covered costs and quantitative limits<\/strong>. They must include the costs of avoidance and prevention of accidents and what is stipulated as \u201cprimary repair\u201d, although there is a maximum ceiling, currently set at 20\u00a0million euros.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Update of the amount of the guarantee<\/strong>. The financial guarantee must be updated when required by law, or the company may request an update when performing a new analysis of environmental risks, if the calculated values are different from those of the previous report.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Validity of the guarantee<\/strong>. The company or operator must keep the guarantee in force throughout its activity, until the moment of the effective cessation. In the case of a reduction in guarantees of 50% or more, you must replenish the amount within six months from the date of knowledge or detection.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 id=\"elementor-tab-title-6462\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-6462\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Regulatory Framework for Environmental Risk Analysis (ERA)<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-6462\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-6462\"><p>The <strong>environmental risk analysis<\/strong> will collect the minimum amount necessary to satisfy the financial guarantee required by the government for the companies. It is a complex calculation, as it must contemplate unforeseen scenarios, such as those that would lead to different accidents, and their consequences depending on the specific location of the company and its environment.<\/p>\n<p>Tandem HSE is trained to perform the <strong>environmental risk analysis (ERA)<\/strong> of your company and to establish the minimal financial guarantee. To do so, we use our methodology, complying with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.une.org\/encuentra-tu-norma\/busca-tu-norma\/norma\/?c=N0040747\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UNE\u00a0150008<\/a>\u00a0standard or other equivalents and, according to the degree of homogeneity of the sector, we also take into account tools for sectorial risk analysis such as the MIRAT and reference tables.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Environmental Responsibility (Financial Guarantee) In Spain, Royal Decree 2090\/2008\u2014that approves the previous\u00a0Law 26\/2007 on environmental responsibility\u2014forces the realization of an analysis of environmental risks for economic activities listed in the Annex\u00a0III of said law in order to get a financial guarantee that would cover the costs related to the repair of any environmental damage that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4086,"parent":3781,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"sidebar-content","footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-3173","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tandemhse.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tandemhse.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tandemhse.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tandemhse.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tandemhse.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3173"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.tandemhse.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4270,"href":"https:\/\/www.tandemhse.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3173\/revisions\/4270"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tandemhse.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3781"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tandemhse.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tandemhse.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}