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https://www.esgtoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/UK-DEFRA.jpg640420The UK government announced that it has scrapped a limit on penalties that its Environmental Agency can impose on companies that pollute the environment through Variable Monetary Penalties (VMPs), its civic sanctions system that can impose fines directly through regulators, and expanded the range of pollution offences covered by the system. Prior to the revision, […]