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Barbour – New International Content: Singapore & South Africa Updates

We’re delighted to announce that we have produced and added even more environmental guidance for Singapore to our International service.

If you manage your organisation’s international sites, you’ll know just how time-consuming it is to stay on top of ever-changing legislation and understand your legal requirements for each country.

We do the legwork for you, simplifying EHS compliance for 30 countries — and this update for Singapore gives you the resources you need to quickly understand environmental legislation and what you need to do, making you an instant expert.

Country Guide: Singapore Environment
Our Country Guides are your ultimate resource for understanding health & safety and environment within each country. This Singapore Environment country guide focuses on the legislative structure and system, covering aspects such as enforcement, inspection, and the overarching structure.

Get your understanding of the legislative structure for Singapore from just one document.

Topic Guidance: Singapore Environment 

Our Singapore Environmental topic guidance now features 27 key topics, covering the fundamental areas you need to know.

Each topic offers detailed, granular guidance on environmental responsibilities, helping you quickly understand not just the law but also the official guidance surrounding it. This saves hours of research time.

Our Key Documents feature defines the key legislation you need in one place, providing a single access point for easy reference to the primary legal documents. Find out more – www2.barbour-ehs

Also new: Health & Safety Topics for South Africa

With so many areas to remain compliant, we continuously add new guidance to our international service.
The following new Health & Safety topics have now been added to our library for South Africa:

• Confined spaces
• Construction
• Electricity
• Lone working
• Stress at work

If you’d like to take a peek inside our International service to see how it can help streamline your EHS compliance across your organisation’s international locations, please get in touch today; we’d love to show you around!

From 31st March 2025, all businesses in England must start to comply with new waste separation rules, including the separate collection of food waste.

These changes are among the most significant updates to waste legislation for some time. They affect every industry — and, as a result, they could impact your operations.

We know this legislation is complex. To help you get to grips with what it all means for you, we’ve answered your biggest questions.

Your waste questions answered

• What types of waste are covered?
• Does this apply to all businesses?
• Are there any exemptions?
• Are “micro-firms” exempt?
• Does the waste have to be collected separately, or can it be mixed?
• When does it all come into force?

Get your copy – barbour-ehs.com/download/waste-separation-legislation-your-questions-answered/