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Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa: 2,207 cases from 44 jurisdictions, each with an official source and checked against that source before publication. Filter by country, area of law and sector. Click a chart to drill down one level.
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by company- Anonymised companies €37.6m 42 % · 8 cases
- HF Sinclair Navajo Refining LLC €34m 38 % · 1 case
- Southern Water €11.3m 13 % · 2 cases
- Yorkshire Water Services Limited €2.26m 3 % · 3 cases
- Severn Trent Water Limited €1.72m 2 % · 1 case
- United Utilities Water Limited €1.12m 1 % · 1 case
- Wessex Water Services Limited €604,741 1 % · 1 case
- Perenco UK Limited €459,900 1 % · 1 case
- Anglian Water Services Limited €362,319 0 % · 1 case
- Clarence Colliery Pty Ltd €325,508 0 % · 1 case
- 2 more€147,975
When?
per year, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | €1.03m |
| 2023 | 2 | €2.67m |
| 2024 | 6 | €34.9m |
| 2025 | 5 | €35.9m |
| 2026 | 7 | €15.4m |
22 cases
22 Sep 2026 Southern WaterSouthern Water: 2.4 million GBP fine for sewage and diesel pollution in Kent €2.9m
Between 2019 and 2021, untreated sewage, sewage residues, diesel from a generator and waste entered a stream and the sea around Faversham and Whitstable; the circumstances of one incident were not reported to the Environment Agency, around 70 fish died, and bathing warnings were in place at beaches in Tankerton and Herne Bay for almost a week. The court imposed a fine of 2,416,666.67 GBP, 69,894.04 GBP in costs and a 190 GBP victim surcharge; it was the company's second conviction that year (announcement of 22 September 2026, exact date of judgment not stated). According to the annual accounts filed with the UK companies register for financial year 2026, the company had around 3,109 employees.
Repeated pollution and failure to report incidents lead to a series of prosecutions with rising fines.
Reporting environmental incidents to the regulator
- Authority / court
- Bromley Magistrates' Court (Anklage: Environment Agency)
- Area of law
- Environment and sustainability · Emissions and permits
- Legal basis
- Regulations 12(1)(b) und 38(1)(a) Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- Employees
- 1,000 to 9,999
- Repeat case
- yes
- Published
- 22 Sep 2026
Original amount 2,486,750.71 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 22 Sep 2026.
- Southern Water fined £2.4m for Kent pollution Press release of an authority
- Companies House: Registereintrag Southern Water Services Limited (02366670) Official register or notice
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 3 · Direct link
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8 Sep 2026 United Utilities Water LimitedUnited Utilities: record fine of 900,000 GBP after sewage flood on the Fylde coast €1.12m
Following a partial pipe collapse at the Fleetwood wastewater treatment works, untreated sewage flowed from three pumping stations into the Irish Sea for over 35 hours in June 2023; seven bathing waters were affected and shellfish beds were closed. The water company pleaded guilty to five offences and must pay a fine of 900,000 GBP, 62,225 GBP in costs and a 2,000 GBP victim surcharge. According to the annual accounts filed with the UK companies register for financial year 2026, the company had around 6,678 full-time equivalent employees.
The condition and redundancy of critical wastewater infrastructure are a permit obligation; the Environment Agency assessed the failure as reckless and in the highest harm category.
- Authority / court
- Preston Magistrates' Court (Anklage: Environment Agency)
- Area of law
- Environment and sustainability · Emissions and permits
- Legal basis
- Regulation 38(2) Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- Employees
- 1,000 to 9,999
- Culpability
- negligent
- Mitigating circumstances
- Around 38 million GBP invested in response and repair, and a voluntary payment of 250,000 GBP to Blackpool Council.
- Published
- 8 Sep 2026
Original amount 964,225 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 8 Sep 2026.
- Water company fined record £900k after coastline sewage spill Press release of an authority
- Companies House: Registereintrag United Utilities Water Limited (02366678) Official register or notice
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 3 · Direct link
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17 Jul 2026 Southern WaterSouthern Water: £7.1m fine for repeated sewage discharges in Kent €8.38m
Canterbury Crown Court fined Southern Water £7,127,083 for 13 breaches of the Environmental Permitting Regulations 2016, plus £149,000 in prosecution costs and a £181 victim surcharge. Between 2019 and 2021, failed pumps and poorly maintained equipment at the Margate and Broadstairs pumping stations led to several discharges of untreated sewage into the sea, some of which were reported only the next day or weeks later; beaches had to be closed. The company also admitted 35 further unlawful discharges from the same period.
Maintaining critical pumping equipment and reporting every discharge to the regulator immediately are core duties of any permit holder.
Plant maintenance and prompt reporting of environmental incidents
- Authority / court
- Canterbury Crown Court (Anklage: Environment Agency)
- Area of law
- Environment and sustainability · Emissions and permits
- Legal basis
- Reg. 12(1)(b) und 38(1)(a) Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- Repeat case
- yes
- Published
- 17 Jul 2026
Original amount 7,127,083 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 17 Jul 2026.
- Environment Agency: Southern Water fined £7.1 million for sewage pollution (17.07.2026) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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7 May 2026 Sydney Water CorporationSydney Water: AUD 240,000 penalty after sewage overflow in Carramar €147,975
In two incidents in July and August 2022 around 423,000 litres of untreated sewage escaped in Carramar because plant had not been properly maintained, affecting a residential property, a sports field, bushland and Prospect Creek. After a guilty plea, the Land and Environment Court convicted Sydney Water and imposed AUD 225,000 for breaching its environment protection licence and AUD 15,000 for failing without lawful excuse to provide CCTV footage requested by the EPA.
Operators of sewerage networks must ensure their plant is maintained and respond promptly to regulators’ information requests.
Maintenance of wastewater plant and cooperation with regulatory information requests
- Authority / court
- NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA NSW) / Land and Environment Court of NSW
- Area of law
- Environment and sustainability · Emissions and permits
- Legal basis
- Bedingungen der Environment Protection Licence; Pflicht zur Vorlage von Informationen und Unterlagen gegenüber der EPA NSW
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- Mitigating circumstances
- 25% discount for an early guilty plea.
- Published
- 7 May 2026
Original amount 240,000 AUD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 7 May 2026.
- EPA NSW: Sydney Water cops $240,000 penalty over Carramar sewage spill (7 May 2026) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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23 Feb 2026 Yorkshire Water Services LimitedYorkshire Water: 733,333 GBP fine for repeated sewage discharges into park brook €839,630
Between October 2018 and August 2019, untreated sewage entered a brook in Pools Brook Country Park on three occasions – due to a burst rising main, a blockage caused by wet wipes and a failing pipe coupling; during the first incident, fish died in the park lake. Yorkshire Water had already pleaded guilty in January 2024 and had not attended any of the interviews; the court imposed a fine of 733,333 GBP plus costs. According to the annual accounts filed with the UK companies register for financial year 2026, the company had around 4,481 employees.
After a first incident, the cause at the site must be remedied permanently; repeated discharges from the same pipe lead to high fines.
- Authority / court
- Derby Crown Court (Anklage: Environment Agency)
- Area of law
- Environment and sustainability · Emissions and permits
- Legal basis
- Regulations 12(1)(b) und 38(1)(a) Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- Employees
- 1,000 to 9,999
- Culpability
- negligent
- Repeat case
- yes
- Published
- 23 Feb 2026
Original amount 733,333 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 23 Feb 2026.
- Yorkshire Water fined £733k after polluting country park stream Press release of an authority
- Companies House: Registereintrag Yorkshire Water Services Limited (02366682) Official register or notice
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 3 · Direct link
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20 Feb 2026 Clarence Colliery Pty LtdClarence Colliery: 543,500 AUD after mine water entered the Wollangambe River €325,508
Clarence Colliery Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of Centennial Coal Company, was sentenced by the Land and Environment Court of NSW after pleading guilty to five offences under the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997, after untreated mine water with elevated nickel and zinc levels from the coal mine near Lithgow entered the Wollangambe River in December 2023 and April 2024. The offences comprised two water pollution offences, a licence breach, non-compliance with a prevention notice and a pollution incident response plan that had not been tested for 269 days. The court imposed fines totalling 543,500 AUD and ordered 86,500 AUD for rehabilitation of Long Swamp; in addition, the EPA's legal and investigation costs of 170,000 AUD and 15,548 AUD are payable.
Pollution incident response plans must be tested regularly; here the failure was penalised separately for the first time.
Regularly testing pollution incident response plans
- Authority / court
- NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA NSW)
- Area of law
- Environment and sustainability · Emissions and permits
- Legal basis
- Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 (NSW) s 120(1) (zwei Fälle), s 64(1), s 97(1), s 153E; Zahlungsanordnung nach s 250(1)(e)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- Repeat case
- yes
- Mitigating circumstances
- Early guilty pleas (25% discount).
- Published
- 23 Feb 2026
Original amount 543,500 AUD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 20 Feb 2026.
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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12 Feb 2026 Severn Trent Water LimitedSevern Trent: £1.5m enforcement undertaking after discharges into Broadway Brook €1.72m
The Environment Agency accepted an enforcement undertaking from Severn Trent Water under which the company pays £1,500,000 to Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust, covers the agency's costs and commits to remedial action. It concerns two unauthorised sewage discharges from the Blackminster treatment works near Evesham into Broadway Brook on 12 June and 20 August 2022 and a breach of permit conditions.
An enforcement undertaking avoids prosecution but can still entail payments running into millions.
Operating treatment works in line with the permit
- Authority / court
- Environment Agency
- Area of law
- Environment and sustainability · Emissions and permits
- Legal basis
- Reg. 38(1) und 38(2) Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010/2016
- Action
- Other
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
Original amount 1,500,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 12 Feb 2026.
- Environment Agency: Enforcement undertakings accepted by the Environment Agency (Eintrag EU1099) Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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23 Dec 2025 Perenco UK LimitedPerenco UK: enforcement undertaking after oil spill in Poole Harbour €459,900
The Environment Agency accepted an enforcement undertaking from Perenco UK: the company pays £401,447 to five local organisations (£60,000, £30,000, £200,547, £10,000 and £100,900), covers the agency's costs and commits to remedial measures. The underlying offence was a breach of a permit condition: an inadequately maintained oil pipe at the Wytch Farm site had corroded, and on 23 March 2023 crude oil or reservoir fluid escaped into Ower Bay in Poole Harbour. According to the agency, the overall package amounts to around £6.1m, including response and clean-up costs and £620,000 paid to affected parties.
Corrosion inspections must be designed to detect wall loss that progresses faster than expected.
Pipeline integrity and corrosion monitoring
- Authority / court
- Environment Agency
- Area of law
- Environment and sustainability · Emissions and permits
- Legal basis
- Reg. 38(2) Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010/2016; Environmental Civil Sanctions (England) Order 2010
- Action
- Other
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- Mitigating circumstances
- Substantial costs already incurred for response and clean-up, and measures taken to prevent a recurrence (the agency's reasons for accepting the offer).
- Published
- 13 Mar 2026
Original amount 401,447 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 23 Dec 2025.
- Environment Agency: Enforcement undertakings accepted by the Environment Agency (Eintrag EU1138) Enforcement database of an authority
- Environment Agency: Major oil spill in Poole Harbour costs company £6m (13.03.2026) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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23 Oct 2025 TotalEnergies; TotalEnergies Electricité et Gaz de FranceParis Judicial Court: TotalEnergies advertising on climate neutrality misleading Order
In an action brought by Greenpeace France, Les Amis de la Terre and Notre Affaire à Tous, the Paris Judicial Court (Tribunal judiciaire de Paris, 34th chamber) found that TotalEnergies had advertised on totalenergies.fr with the goal of ‘carbon neutrality by 2050’ and its role as a player in the energy transition without disclosing that oil and gas production continues to be expanded – a misleading commercial practice. The court ordered the communication to cease, damages to be paid to the associations and the operative part of the judgment to be published on the website (RG 22/02955); claims relating to gas and agrofuels were dismissed.
Net-zero targets may only be advertised to consumers with reference to the actual business strategy.
Climate targets in consumer communication
- Authority / court
- Tribunal judiciaire de Paris (34. Kammer)
- Area of law
- Environment and sustainability · Misleading environmental and sustainability claims
- Legal basis
- Art. L121-1 ff. Code de la consommation (Umsetzung der Richtlinie 2005/29/EG)
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Published
- 23 Oct 2025
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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30 Jul 2025 Yorkshire Water Services LimitedYorkshire Water: chlorinated water kills more than 430 fish – 865,000 GBP €1m
After an inlet valve failed at Ingbirchworth water treatment works, around one million litres of chlorinated water a day flowed via the emergency overflow into Ingbirchworth Dike from November 2017; more than 430 dead fish were found on a single day. The capacity alarm was set above the overflow level; fine of 865,000 GBP plus 34,979.79 GBP in costs. According to its annual accounts (to March 2026), the utility employed an average of 4,481 people.
Set alarm thresholds so that they trigger before the point of damage – monitoring that only reports after an overflow is not a control.
- Authority / court
- Sheffield Magistrates' Court (Anklage: Environment Agency)
- Area of law
- Environment and sustainability · Emissions and permits
- Legal basis
- Regulation 12(1)(b) und 38(1)(a) Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- Employees
- 1,000 to 9,999
- Culpability
- negligent
- Repeat case
- yes
- Published
- 31 Jul 2025
Original amount 865,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 30 Jul 2025.
- Yorkshire Water fined for polluting watercourse (Environment Agency) Press release of an authority
- Companies House: Registereintrag Yorkshire Water Services Limited (02366682) Official register or notice
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 2 · Direct link
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30 May 2025 Yorkshire Water Services LimitedYorkshire Water: faulty backup pump ignored for months – 350,000 GBP €416,072
The backup pump at Fossbridge pumping station in York was out of action for five months, although the defect had repeatedly been noted during maintenance; as a result, sewage flowed into Foss Dyke in March 2018. For the discharge and the breach of the maintenance permit condition, the court imposed 350,000 GBP plus 14,028.65 GBP in costs. According to its annual accounts (to March 2026), the utility employed an average of 4,481 people (previous year 3,876).
Give repair orders for emergency equipment deadlines and escalation – a defect noted repeatedly is proof of knowledge in court.
- Authority / court
- York Magistrates' Court (Anklage: Environment Agency)
- Area of law
- Environment and sustainability · Emissions and permits
- Legal basis
- Regulation 12(1)(b), 38(1)(a) und 38(2) Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- Employees
- 1,000 to 9,999
- Published
- 30 May 2025
Original amount 350,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 30 May 2025.
- Yorkshire Water fined after pumping station sewage incident (Environment Agency) Press release of an authority
- Companies House: Registereintrag Yorkshire Water Services Limited (02366682) Official register or notice
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 2 · Direct link
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17 Jan 2025 HF Sinclair Navajo Refining LLCHF Sinclair Navajo Refining: USD 35m for air violations at Artesia refinery €34m
Under a consent decree with the EPA, the US Department of Justice and the New Mexico Environment Department, HF Sinclair Navajo Refining will allegedly pay a total of 35,000,000 USD for its refinery in Artesia (New Mexico): a civil penalty of 33,916,450 USD for excess emissions of, among others, benzene, volatile organic compounds, nitrogen oxides and sulphur dioxide, and 1,083,550 USD for breaches of a 2002 settlement; the civil penalty is split between the federal government and New Mexico. In addition, measures estimated at USD 137m are required, including real-time air monitors at the fenceline and in the town with publicly available results, and a flare gas recovery system. The authority allegedly made the findings set out here; this account is not based on a final judgment. The decision is not final.
Fenceline monitoring obligations require documented root cause analyses and corrective action as soon as action levels are exceeded.
Fenceline emission monitoring
- Authority / court
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) / U.S. Department of Justice mit New Mexico Environment Department (U.S. District Court, District of New Mexico)
- Area of law
- Environment and sustainability · Emissions and permits
- Legal basis
- Clean Air Act (NESHAP für Erdölraffinerien und Benzolabfälle, NSPS, Title-V-Genehmigung); New Mexico Air Quality Control Act; Consent Decree von 2002
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- Repeat case
- yes
- Published
- 17 Jan 2025
Original amount 35,000,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 17 Jan 2025.
- EPA: 2025 HF Sinclair Navajo Clean Air Act Settlement Agreement Summary Press release of an authority
- Lodged Consent Decree, United States and NMED v. HF Sinclair Navajo Refining LLC, Case 1:25-cv-00054 (D.N.M.), filed 17.01.2025 Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 4 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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5 Dec 2024 Anglian Water Services LimitedAnglian Water: 300,000 GBP for sewage discharge into protected Broads area €362,319
Because of a blockage caused by unflushable items, a pumping station in Ormesby St Margaret discharged untreated sewage in 2018 into Spring Dyke, which flows into a drinking water supply and nature conservation area; thousands of fish died. The court found the company negligent and imposed 300,000 GBP plus 21,896.56 GBP in costs. According to its 2025 annual report, the utility employed an average of 5,874 full-time equivalents.
Fix known weaknesses at pumping stations without an emergency overflow permit before they lead to a discharge.
- Authority / court
- Basildon Magistrates' Court (Anklage: Environment Agency)
- Area of law
- Environment and sustainability · Emissions and permits
- Legal basis
- Regulation 12(1)(b) und 38(1)(a) Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- Employees
- 1,000 to 9,999
- Culpability
- negligent
- Repeat case
- yes
- Published
- 6 Dec 2024
Original amount 300,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 5 Dec 2024.
- Anglian Water fined £300,000 for sewage pollution in Norfolk (Environment Agency) Press release of an authority
- Companies House: Registereintrag Anglian Water Services Limited (02366656) Official register or notice
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 3 · Direct link
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11 Nov 2024 Wessex Water Services LimitedWessex Water: 500,000 GBP after fish kills and late reporting €604,741
At Bowerhill Lodge pumping station (Melksham), technical failures in 2018 caused discharges into Clackers Brook lasting more than 54 hours, killing more than 2,100 fish; in addition, a rising main at Wick St Lawrence that was known to be critical but was not monitored burst. The court found the company negligent; the utility had also failed to report discharges immediately. It imposed 500,000 GBP plus 60,000 GBP in costs. According to its annual accounts (to June 2025), the utility employed an average of 2,890 people.
Give assets you have identified as critical the monitoring you yourself consider necessary – and report incidents to the regulator immediately.
- Authority / court
- Swindon Magistrates' Court (Anklage: Environment Agency)
- Area of law
- Environment and sustainability · Emissions and permits
- Legal basis
- Regulation 12(1)(b), 38(1)(a) und 38(2) Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- Employees
- 1,000 to 9,999
- Culpability
- negligent
- Published
- 11 Nov 2024
Original amount 500,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 11 Nov 2024.
- Wessex Water fined £500,000 for sewage killing thousands of fish (Environment Agency) Press release of an authority
- Companies House: Registereintrag Wessex Water Services Limited (02366648) Official register or notice
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 3 · Direct link
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20 Sep 2024 a British water and wastewater companyWater company: £1m enforcement undertaking over unlawful ash disposal €1.19m
Under an enforcement undertaking accepted by the Environment Agency, the water company pays £1,000,000 to a nature conservation charity and covers the agency's costs. Ash from two sludge-powered generators at the Beckton and Crossness treatment works had been disposed of without the relevant permit at a non-hazardous waste landfill in Essex between January 2014 and April 2016.
Residues from a company's own plant must also be classified correctly and disposed of only through permitted routes.
Waste classification and permitted disposal routes
- Authority / court
- Environment Agency
- Area of law
- Environment and sustainability · Waste and hazardous substances
- Legal basis
- Reg. 38(1) Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010/2016
- Action
- Other
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
Original amount 1,000,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 20 Sep 2024.
- Environment Agency, Enforcement Undertakings (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2024) Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Company name anonymised since 20 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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16 Sep 2024 an integrated oil company with a refinery in OntarioOil company: CAD 900,000 fine for an oil release at a refinery in Ontario €595,671
The court hearing the charge found that in April 2021, at a refinery in Ontario, steam from a steam-tracer leak that had been known since January and whose repair had been deferred bored into an adjacent line, releasing about 1,150 litres of slop oil. Neighbouring businesses and residents reported odours, irritation, headaches and nausea. The operator was convicted under the Environmental Protection Act of discharging a contaminant causing an adverse effect and fined CAD 900,000 plus a victim fine surcharge of CAD 225,000.
Known leaks on lines carrying hazardous substances should be prioritised by their risk to the neighbourhood rather than deferred for seasonal reasons.
Maintenance and leak management in facilities handling hazardous substances
- Authority / court
- Gericht in Sarnia (Ermittlung und Anklage: Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks)
- Area of law
- Environment and sustainability · Emissions and permits
- Legal basis
- Environmental Protection Act (Ontario), RSO 1990, c E.19 – Einleitung eines Schadstoffs, die eine nachteilige Wirkung verursacht hat oder wahrscheinlich verursacht
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- Published
- 13 Nov 2024
Original amount 900,000 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 16 Sep 2024.
- Ontario Newsroom, Veröffentlichungen (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2024) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Company name anonymised since 16 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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29 Aug 2024 a UK biomass power station operatorOfgem: power station operator pays GBP 25m over inaccurate biomass sourcing data €29.7m
Ofgem found that the power station operator had submitted inaccurate annual profiling data on its biomass for the Renewables Obligation compliance period April 2021 to March 2022, in particular on forest type and sawlog content of Canadian consignments, and could not support these data because of inadequate data governance. The operator accepted the findings, is paying GBP 25m into the energy industry voluntary redress fund, is re-reporting the data and is commissioning an external audit of its supply chain data; Ofgem found no incorrect issue of subsidy certificates.
Sustainability data reported to authorities needs the same data governance as financial figures – right down the supply chain.
Data governance for sustainability and subsidy reporting
- Authority / court
- Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem)
- Area of law
- Environment and sustainability
- Legal basis
- Renewables Obligation Order 2015 (Berichtspflichten zu jährlichen Profildaten)
- Action
- Other
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- Published
- 29 Aug 2024
Original amount 25,000,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 29 Aug 2024.
- Ofgem, Bußgelder und Redress-Zahlungen (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2024) Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Company name anonymised since 29 Aug 2026 · Direct link
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19 Feb 2024 a British water and wastewater companyWater company: £2.07m fine for raw sewage in the River Trent €2.42m
The court fined the water company £1,072,000 and £1,000,000 (£2,072,000 in total) plus £16,476.67 in costs because around 260 million litres of raw sewage entered the River Trent in breach of permit from the Strongford treatment works near Stoke-on-Trent between November 2019 and February 2020. One of three pumps had been out of action for weeks when a second one failed; in addition, the works' flow limits had been altered manually. The judge found the lack of proper contingency planning to be reckless.
Running critical pumps without standby capacity or a spare-parts plan risks major discharges and heavy fines when equipment fails.
Contingency planning and spare-parts provision for critical plant
- Authority / court
- Cannock Magistrates' Court (Anklage: Environment Agency)
- Area of law
- Environment and sustainability · Emissions and permits
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- Mitigating circumstances
- Guilty plea at an earlier hearing; measures put in place on site after the incident.
- Published
- 20 Feb 2024
Original amount 2,072,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 19 Feb 2024.
- Environment Agency, Behördenauftritt (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2024) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Company name anonymised since 19 Feb 2026 · Direct link
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26 Apr 2023 a British water and wastewater companyWater company: £2.15m fine for pollution in Devon and Cornwall €2.43m
Plymouth Magistrates' Court fined the water company £2,150,000 and ordered it to pay £280,000 in costs and a £170 victim surcharge. The company had pleaded guilty to 13 charges: six unlawful water discharge activities and seven breaches of permit conditions between 2016 and 2020 at treatment works in Lostwithiel, Kilmington, Crediton and Torpoint and at the Watergate Bay pumping station. According to the Environment Agency, common deficiencies in the management system lay behind the offences, including failures to respond adequately to alarms.
Alarms that nobody acts on offer no protection; operators need clear procedures for who does what when a fault is signalled.
Alarm management and environmental management systems at treatment works
- Authority / court
- Plymouth Magistrates' Court (Anklage: Environment Agency)
- Area of law
- Environment and sustainability · Emissions and permits
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- Mitigating circumstances
- Guilty plea at an earlier hearing.
- Published
- 26 Apr 2023
Original amount 2,150,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 26 Apr 2023.
- Environment Agency, Behördenauftritt (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2023) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Company name anonymised since 26 Apr 2025 · Direct link
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4 Jan 2023 a Canadian waste management companyWaste management company: CAD 343,000 fine for nine breaches at soil treatment sites €238,808
Between 2018 and 2020 the waste management company repeatedly breached its environmental approvals at contaminated soil treatment and transfer sites in Toronto: storage piles exceeded the permitted height of eight metres, the site was not secured, there was no continuous weigh log and gas cylinders were stored without protective barriers; at another site the company accepted organic waste without approval. The court convicted the company of nine offences under the Environmental Protection Act and fined it CAD 343,000 plus a victim fine surcharge of CAD 85,750.
Approval conditions such as pile heights, site security and quantity logs must be monitored continuously, especially after warnings from the regulator.
Compliance with approval conditions in waste management
- Authority / court
- Gericht in Toronto East (Ermittlung und Anklage: Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks)
- Area of law
- Environment and sustainability · Waste and hazardous substances
- Legal basis
- Environmental Protection Act (Ontario), RSO 1990, c E.19 – Verstöße gegen Auflagen einer Ministeriumsgenehmigung und Abfallannahme ohne Genehmigung
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- Published
- 6 Mar 2023
Original amount 343,000 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 4 Jan 2023.
- Ontario Newsroom, Veröffentlichungen (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2023) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Company name anonymised since 4 Jan 2025 · Direct link