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		<title>UNEP Report &#8216;Environmental Assessment of Ogoniland&#8217; Published</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WISenvironmental participated in the United Nations Environment Programme programme to independently assess the environmental impact of oil-field contamination in the Ogoni Region of south-west Nigeria. The team was managed by Rob Holmes. The over-riding objective of WISenvironmental’s task was to identify the range of possible full-scale remediation technologies available commercially for oil-contaminated soils and sediments and to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.holmesenvironmental.co.uk/news/unep-report-environmental-assessment-of-ogoniland-published-2/</link>
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		<title>Certification Success for Healthcare Products Company</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The company has been supporting the development of an ISO14001 certifiable environmental management system since the EMS programme’s inception at the Basingstoke-based UK headquarters of a healthcare products organization, which is a world leader in the field of in vitrio diagnostics. The pre-certification support culminated in the completion of two audits in late-2011 &#8211; a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.holmesenvironmental.co.uk/news/certification-success-for-healthcare-products-company/</link>
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		<title>RSPB Role</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Director Rob Holmes has been appointed as an EMS Technical Consultant for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds EMS. The voluntary role supports the implementation of certifiable environmental management systems across the organisation’s head office, 6 regional offices and approximately 200 nature reserves. The organization has commenced the process by carrying out an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.holmesenvironmental.co.uk/news/rspb-role/</link>
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		<title>Strong Start to 2011 Audit Year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Acting as a DNV Certification Lead Auditor through the first quarter of 2011, director Rob Holmes carried out recertification audits of 3 businesses’ and periodic audits of 6 businesses’ environmental management systems to the requirements of the ISO14001:2004 standard. The businesses include: o   Cognis Limited o   Computer Cab plc o   Deutsche Bank o   The Land [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.holmesenvironmental.co.uk/news/strong-start-to-2011-audit-year/</link>
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		<title>Compliance Audit of Clinical Waste Incinerator</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Director Rob Holmes acted as the lead auditor in a WISenvironmental team commissioned by Veolia Environmental Services in the last quarter of 2010 to carry out an audit of the clinical waste incineration operations at the Tyseley Energy-from-Waste facility at Tyseley, Birmingham. The audit followed the much delayed publication in July 2010 of Environment Agency guidance [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.holmesenvironmental.co.uk/news/compliance-audit-of-clinical-waste-incinerator/</link>
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		<title>Expert Witness Engagement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  Director Rob Holmes has been engaged as an exert witness by the Dublin law firm A L Goodbody in support of a civil action scheduled to be heard in the Dublin High Court in Spring 2011. This is being taken by the law firm’s Dutch client who is suing for damages resulting from the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.holmesenvironmental.co.uk/news/expert-witness-engagement/</link>
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		<title>Compliance Auditing Return</title>
		<description><![CDATA[June 2010 Holmes Environmental Ltd have been engaged by Manchester-based AEC Ltd. to form part of a team conducting audits of environmental, health, and safety activities for a leading US multinational organisation at two of their manufacturing facilities located in Manchester and Worcester. Rob Holmes will act as the auditor knowledgeable in environmental regulations. The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.holmesenvironmental.co.uk/news/compliance-auditing-return/</link>
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		<title>EMS Design &amp; Maintenance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[April 2010 On-going The Company has been awarded a contract to design and support the implementation of a certifiable EMS at a Hampshire based health care company which is a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics. The environmental programme is currently under development. EMS development support is being provided by WISenvironmental to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.holmesenvironmental.co.uk/news/ems-design-maintenance/</link>
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		<title>Certification Audits</title>
		<description><![CDATA[2009 to March 2010 The time spent by Principal Rob Holmes on-site carrying out  ISO14001 EMS certification audits and compliance audits topped 400 hours in the 2009 to April 2010 period. The impact of the global recession on the UK economy may explain the 20% fall in auditing hours recorded in the latest period compared [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.holmesenvironmental.co.uk/news/certification-audits/</link>
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		<title>Support in Expansion of EMS Scope</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The Company has been invited by W&#38;S Recycling to provide on-going support in adding up to 6 additional waste recycling centres to the scope of the certified EMS operating at Millhams Recycling Centre in Bournemouth since summer 2008.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.holmesenvironmental.co.uk/news/support-in-expansion-of-ems-scope/</link>
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