ABOUT US
Our remit
Our remit
Environmental Standards Scotland (ESS) is a public sector body, set up as a non-ministerial office, independent of Scottish Government, and accountable to the Scottish Parliament.
We’ve been set up to ensure environmental laws and standards are adhered to in Scotland, replacing the European Union’s scrutiny and enforcement role after Brexit.
We cover a broad range of environmental law, including all aspects of environmental protection and harm, particularly in relation human beings and their enjoyment of the environment.
Our role is to scrutinise, investigate and secure improvements in public authorities’ compliance with environmental law, the effectiveness of environmental law, and the way it is being implemented and applied in Scotland.
We cover all public authorities, including the Scottish Government and its agencies, as well organisations carrying out functions on behalf of public authorities.
We recently held some public information sessions to explain our role, how we intend to work, and how people can raise concerns with us.
You can access the slides from the event here: Presentation to information sessions - January 2022
We have also prepared a note of the questions asked at the events and our answers, which can be accessed here: Q and A from online information sessions Jan 22
Latest News
Latest News
New role advertised: Head of Corporate Services and Communications
Recruitment is now open for the following post within ESS: Head of Corporate Services and Communications - closing date 20...
New CEO at Environmental Standards Scotland
Mark Roberts has been appointed as the new permanent Chief Executive Officer of Environmental Standards Scotland. View and download further...
New roles advertised
Recruitment is now open for the following posts within ESS: Lawyer - closing date 10 May Audit and Risk Committee...
Contact Us
How can we help you?
If you want to raise a formal concern over how environmental law is being applied by a public authority in Scotland, please see our pages on How to raise a concern.
For Freedom of Information and Subject Access requests, please see our Freedom of Information pages.
Otherwise, if you have a general query, please contact us by completing this form. If you are unable to send us a message through this form please leave a message on 0808 196 4000.
For media enquiries, please contact:
Email: media@environmentalstandards.scot
Tel: 0141 221 0707
Environmental Standards Scotland respects your privacy and will not disclose your personal data to a third party without your consent unless legally required to do so. We will process any personal data that may be collected from you for the purpose of fulfilling your enquiry and maintaining records. To find out more, please view our privacy policy.