Are you a risk to the environment? Analyze yourself!

Are you a risk to the environment? Although we can find references to Environmental Responsibility in Spain since 2008, it was not until 10 years later, when the administration, with the approval of a Royal Decree of application, it has highlighted the term Environmental Responsibility. With this, it seems that we stopped looking at our navels as a society and began to become responsible and aware of what we influence our environment.

The Environmental Responsibility Act

Companies already have a milestone on their calendar: October 2018. From here on, they are forced to take into account the Environmental Responsibility Act (LRMA). A law that seeks to establish the way in which different operators can prevent and avoid the environmental damage that their activities could trigger. It also establishes an economic instrument to cover possible damage to the environment, and to repair them, to the extent that they occur.

To do this, determine the forecast of an amount, called financial guarantee. This will make it possible to restore the original state or to compensate with actions on the medium. A measure that a priori makes sense, since it is a matter of “saving” money to restore the original situation or to compensate the environment for the damage caused. Depending on the type of activity and within one or two years from October 2017, we will be a little more aware of the environmental cost of our activities.

We are finally considering the environment and our livelihood as an asset that we value and for which we demand its recovery or compensation for its loss, just as we do with a car or a house. However, and now comes the small print, this guarantee is provided only for certain activities, chosen according to the nature of their activity and/or the environment in which they are carried out. Is mine one of those affected? When should I have the financial guarantee? , are questions that homeowners must have in their heads ever since.

Another of the strengths of the LRMA is that it is governed by the principle of presumption of guilt, meaning that in the event of a deterioration of environmental conditions and/or an accident, it must be demonstrated that the damage is not a consequence of our activity, nor are we responsible for it.

For this reason, since Environmental Ideas, we are committed to being aware of the risk posed to the environment by our daily activities and of the richness of the space in which we carry them out.

Are we really paying what I owe?

Currently, some of the large businesses have attached insurance that takes into account possible damage to the environment. But, we can venture to say that, as with our home insurance, most of us are not aware of whether what we pay and what it covers us is adjusted to “my continent and my content”, which undoubtedly changes over time. That is, if the activity and the environment in which they carry it out have been correctly evaluated and what worries us most if

To this end, we think it is essential to carry out a Environmental Risk Analysis, which highlights the possible risks that our activity entails and what the consequences may be, in addition to the health of the population, for the environment in which it is based and with which they live. Well, in short, it's easier to refute an implication if we have previous information and analysis that give us arguments to show that we are doing things right.

Thus, since Environmental ideas, We bet on the Environmental Risk Analysis as the main tool for establishing a starting point and an opportunity to take measures and decisions, to reduce this risk at a lower cost to our activity. Well, by knowing in detail how we do things and when the possibilities of failure increase, we can design measures or improve processes to minimize risks and thus avoid consequences in our environment and in our company. In addition, it allows us to adjust the amount of Environmental Liability Insurance to the real conditions of our activity and the environment in which it is carried out.

We Help You

Our team is willing to help you understand the scope of the Act for your company and address thea) Environmental Responsibility from a technical point of view, which must be considered at the company level. Offering you the possibility to assess different scenarios and carry out an exhaustive diagnosis of the requirements to design and decide, how to deal with the requirements and obligations of this still novel regulatory regime.