Environment Agency prosecution: what the check means
What it means when the Environment Agency has taken a company to court, how it differs from other environmental enforcement, and what to do.
- Severity
- High
- Category
- Operational
- Plan
- Free and above
- Test code
- OPS-015
- Source
- Environment Agency enforcement records · check it yourself
0.00% of UK companies show the related measure: environmental enforcement action
The published figure counts any environmental enforcement action in the past three years, not only prosecutions.
239 of 5,416,028 companies where this can be known, measured 1 October 2026. From the UK Supplier Risk Index, public registers only.
What this test checks
Looks for Environment Agency enforcement records that went to court. The Agency has a range of responses, from advice and warnings to civil sanctions and cautions, and prosecutes only the most serious cases.
Prosecution usually means significant environmental harm, a risk of it, or deliberate or repeated breaches, such as illegal waste handling or pollution of water.
What a fail looks like
The company has been the subject of Environment Agency court proceedings.
Harmless explanations
- A case can be old and relate to a site or activity the company no longer runs.
What to do
- Read the case details: what happened, when and the outcome.
- For suppliers handling your waste or working on your sites, check their current permits and registrations, such as waste carrier registration.
- Ask what changed afterwards.
Background: Environmental and social risk.
Related tests
- OPS-010HSE Major Hazard Notice (COMAH/FEPA/Crown)
- DRV-027New Environment Agency Enforcement
- OPS-011HSE Criminal Conviction
Part of the test catalogue. Every check Senserity runs, with its severity and the plan it is available on.
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