Environmental Standards Scotland (ESS)

ESS is here to monitor the effectiveness of environmental law in Scotland, and public authorities’ compliance with it.

Photo of Mark Roberts the ESS Chief Executive

The Scottish Government has committed to keeping pace with European environmental law and given the likely scale of new laws that'll come from Europe over the next few years, that will be no small undertaking. It's our job at ESS to assess how well the Scottish Government is meeting that commitment.

Mark RobertsESS Chief Executive

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See Our Work

To view some of the investigations carried out by ESS, visit our Ongoing and Completed Casework page on our website

Ongoing and Completed Casework - Environmental Standards Scotland