Reports and publications
OEP response to consultation on environmental targets
04.07.2022We have provided advice to government in response to its consultation on environmental targets. We are calling for targets to be set that are comprehensive and ambitious, to meet the urgent need for action to protect, restore and improve the environment.
Letter to the Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee on the draft EPPS
29.06.2022OEP letter to the Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee on the draft Environmental Principles Policy Statement
Our Strategy and Enforcement Policy
23.06.2022Our Strategy and Enforcement Policy sets out how we will carry out our work to protect and improve the environment.
Our Corporate Plan
23.06.2022Our Corporate Plan sets out a work programme for our first operational year. We intend to prioritise work on nature recovery and the quality of air, water, soil and marine environments.
Reports and publications
The OEP is committed to being an open and transparent body that shares its knowledge and data with others. We will regularly publish information about our organisation and its findings on the environment.
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The Green Book guidance: embedding natural capital into public policy appraisal
30.11.2020This 2020 paper sets out the NCC’s advice to government on Green Book guidance. It considered how to include natural capital, ecosystem services and the value of these into policy appraisals.
Natural Capital Committee end of term report
02.11.2020This is the final report published by the Natural Capital Committee before it closes at the end of November 2020. It records all the work the Committee undertook over its 2 terms (2012 – 2020).
Final response to the 25 Year Environment Plan progress report
30.10.2020This report, published in October 2020, sets out the NCC’s natural capital asset-based framework for assessing progress against the 25 Year Environment Plan. It shows how to apply this framework to independently scrutinise progress, laying the foundation for the OEP to undertake this role from 2021.This report also highlights the priority areas the government should focus on to reverse declines in our natural assets.
Minutes for the 6 October 2020 meeting
06.10.2020Minutes from the Natural Capital Committee meeting on the 6 October 2020
Interim response to the 25 Year Environment Plan progress report and advice on a green economic recovery
31.07.2020The interim response and advice on a green economic recovery document, published in July 2020, sets out the NCC’s interim assessment of the government’s second 25 Year Environment Plan Progress Report. This paper also presents the NCC’s recommendations to government for delivering a green economic recovery.
Minutes for the 7 July 2020 NCC meeting
07.07.2020Minutes from the Natural Capital Committee meeting on the 7 July 2020
The government’s response to the Natural Capital Committee’s State of Natural Capital Report 2020
12.06.2020This response sets out how the government will act on the recommendations in the NCC’s seventh State of Natural Capital report.
Minutes for the 5 May 2020 NCC meeting
05.05.2020Minutes from the Natural Capital Committee meeting on the 5 May 2020
Advice on using nature based interventions to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050
01.04.2020This 2020 paper sets out the NCC’s advice to government on taking a natural capital approach to attaining net zero. It recommended that nature based interventions for attaining the government’s net zero target should be viewed in the broader context of the 25 YEP goals and delivered through a joined-up government response to climate change.