{"id":804,"date":"2025-12-04T09:39:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T10:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/textosbreves.com\/?p=804"},"modified":"2026-01-12T12:03:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T12:03:05","slug":"ciwm-members-briefing-note-environmental-improvement-plan-eip-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/textosbreves.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/04\/ciwm-members-briefing-note-environmental-improvement-plan-eip-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"CIWM Members Briefing Note: Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP) 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In this briefing for CIWM members, the expert policy, innovation & technical team break down the recent changes to the Environmental Improvement Plan and how they impact the resources & waste sector.<\/h4>\n

The EIP 2025 was published on 1 December. It sets out a five-year roadmap to tackle the nature and climate crisis, improve public health, and support sustainable growth. It is one of four pillars of the post-Brexit environmental governance system, alongside embedding environmental principles in policymaking, setting legal restoration targets and oversight from the Office for Environmental Protection. The Plan, and all its associated supporting documents, can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This CIWM member briefing predominantly focusses on Goal 5: Waste (and its associated Commitments and Indicators), which sits in Chapter 3: Circular Economy of the EIP 2025. This Goal is the one with the most relevance to the resources and waste sector.<\/p>\n

The associated \u2018Residual waste reduction Environment Act target delivery plan \u2013 policy paper\u2019 can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0 What is an Environmental Improvement Plan?<\/h2>\n

A long-term plan to improve the natural environment in England was first put in place in 2018 with the 25 Year Environment Plan<\/a>. Under the Environment Act 2021, this was adopted as the official legally binding Environmental Improvement Plan, and was revised in January 2023 as the Environmental Improvement Plan 2023 (EIP 2023<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Environmental Improvement Plans are critical documents. They set out the steps needed to meet the statutory targets set in the Environment Act 2021, and sit alongside other provisions in this act to ensure there are steps to protect and enhance the environment throughout all of government policy.<\/p>\n

Regular reviews of EIPs are a mandatory requirement of the Environment Act\u202f2021. In their annual reviews, the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) provide an assessment of progress towards legally-binding environment targets, commitments and goals, including those in the statutory EIPs.<\/p>\n

In their 2025 report<\/a> (reviewing progress from 2023 to 2024) the OEP reported that government was still largely off track in achieving its legal environmental commitments. In their response<\/a> to this \u00a0report, the government stated they were undertaking a statutory review and revision of EIP2023 and would publish a revision in due course. The EIP 2025 (hereafter referred to as the \u2018Plan\u2019) is the revised version.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0 Overview of the EIP 2025 \u2013 the Plan<\/h2>\n

The Plan relates to England only, but the Government acknowledges that nature does not follow borders. They are working closely with the devolved governments, who are largely responsible for their own environmental policy, where nature matters overlap such as the Northern Ireland EIP, the Scotland Environment Strategy, and the Environment (Wales) Act 2016. The Plan contains five chapters:<\/p>\n