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Who was sanctioned, and for what?
Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific: 1,828 cases from 37 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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Where?
by authority- NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA NSW) €527,610 55 % · 2 cases
- NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA NSW) / Land and Environment Court of NSW €424,524 45 % · 2 cases
What for?
by action- Fine €952,134 100 % · 4 cases
Who?
by sectorAll sectors
When?
per quarter, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2023 | 0 | – |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | – |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | – |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | – |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | – |
| Q1 2025 | 1 | €202,102 |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | – |
| Q3 2025 | 0 | – |
| Q4 2025 | 0 | – |
| Q1 2026 | 2 | €602,057 |
| Q2 2026 | 1 | €147,975 |
| Q3 2026 | 0 | – |
| Q4 2026 | 0 | – |
4 cases
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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16 Mar 2026 Forestry Corporation of NSWForestry Corporation of NSW: AUD 450,000 over illegally felled giant and hollow trees €276,549
In June and July 2020 contractors of the state-owned forestry corporation felled six giant trees and three hollow-bearing trees in Wild Cattle Creek State Forest near Coffs Harbour that should have been retained under the Coastal Integrated Forestry Operation Approval. On the EPA’s prosecution, the Land and Environment Court convicted the corporation and found harm to koala habitat and cultural harm to the Gumbaynggirr people; following a restorative justice conference, the AUD 450,000 penalty goes to the Yurruungga Aboriginal Corporation for remediation projects. The corporation must also commission an independent audit of its procedures and publish the conviction.
Anyone contracting out forestry work remains responsible for identifying protected trees and must align planning and training accordingly.
Marking and protecting trees to be retained in forestry work carried out by contractors
Missing or inadequate training played a role in the decision.
- 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
- Coastal Integrated Forestry Operation Approval (NSW)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Public sector
- Repeat case
- yes
- Published
- 16 Mar 2026
Original amount 450,000 AUD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 16 Mar 2026.
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · 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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31 Mar 2025 Cadia Holdings Pty LtdCadia Holdings: 350,000 AUD for excessive dust emissions from a mine €202,102
Cadia Holdings Pty Ltd, a Newmont Mining company (formerly Newcrest Mining), was sentenced by the Land and Environment Court of NSW after pleading guilty to three offences under s 128(1)(b) of the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997, because poorly operated mine exhaust fans exceeded the concentration limit for solid particles three times between November 2021 and May 2023. The court imposed fines totalling 350,000 AUD and ordered a payment of 61,500 AUD to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water (DCCEEW) for a new dust monitor in the Rural Air Quality Monitoring Network; in addition, the company must pay the EPA's costs and publish notices in three newspapers.
Emission-relevant equipment such as exhaust fans must be operated and monitored so that limits are also met in day-to-day operation.
Dust emissions and limits in mining
- 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 128(1)(b); Zahlungsanordnung nach s 250(1)(e)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Steel and metals
- Repeat case
- no
- Mitigating circumstances
- Guilty pleas at the earliest opportunity (25% discount); no prior convictions, good character and a low risk of reoffending (further 5% discount).
- Published
- 2 Apr 2025
Original amount 350,000 AUD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 31 Mar 2025.
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link