One Planet Prosperity SEPAs Regulatory Strategy SEPAs Statutory

One Planet Prosperity: SEPA’s Regulatory Strategy

SEPA’s Statutory Purpose Protect and improve the environment “ENVIRONMENTAL SUCCESS” Help create health and well-being benefits Help create sustainable economic growth “SOCIAL SUCCESS” “ECONOMIC SUCCESS”

Supporting INNOVATION INFORMATION for decision making Helping COMMUNITIES see the environment as an opportunity Engaging through BOARDROOMS and sectors ORGANISATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS Delivering outcomes through PARTNERSHIPS Organisation people CLAMOUR to work for

Compliance and Engagement Spectrum

Regulating for prosperity within planetary constraints A sustainable economy Supporting “beyond compliance” innovation Profitability opportunity Compliance is not up for discussion Existing non-compliance

21 st century environmental challenges EPAs originally set up to tackle gross pollution

21 st century environmental challenges Todays problems are more complex and interrelated

Opportunity Scotland as one of the first places in the world to have a 21 st Century EPA

Scotland leads the way in reducing fast food waste

· Do we need action beyond the focus of current GBR compliance by land managers in priority catchments if we are to effectively tackle nutrient pollution and sediment? · Would a better understanding of the fate of phosphorus in the water environment help us better target action? · How important is the contribution of private sewage discharges to diffuse pollution risks and where are the hot spots?

· Where do we need to target effort to manage risks to bathing waters and shellfish waters? · How do we make the case for sustainable, win-win solutions? · How can we further improve our source apportionment models?

From waste oil to high value product

Simplifying regulations for Scottish petrol stations

Scotch distillers drive innovation in renewable energy use