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Management of environmental protection in defence (JSP 418)

JSP 418 provides the MOD with the direction and guidance on meeting Environmental Protection legislation/Regulations obligations.

Updates to this page

From:
Ministry of Defence
Published:
1 September 2010
Last updated:
30 January 2026
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  1. Updated 'Leaflet 5: environmental aspects of hazardous substances and restricted materials management' attachment. Updated 'Leaflet 6: Ozone Depleting Substances and Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases Policy' attachment. Deleted 'Leaflet 7: ozone depleting substances (May 2016)' attachment as this information is now included in 'Leaflet 6: Ozone Depleting Substances and Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases Policy (January 2026)'.

  2. Added 'Leaflet 13: environmental occurrence'.

  3. Updated 'Leaflet 5: environmental aspects of hazardous substances and restricted materials management (November 2024)'.

  4. Added Leaflet 10: legacy shipwrecks.

  5. Added 'Leaflet 09: environmetal protection on MOD overseas estate and activities', 'Leaflet 11: retention of environmental protection records' and 'JSP 418: master glossary', and updated 'Leaflet 03: waste management (revised June 2023)'.

  6. Updated 'Leaflet 05: hazardous substance and restricted materials' and 'Leaflet 07: ozone depleting substances leaflet'.

  7. Added updated leaflets 3 and 5

  8. Added updated Part 2 guidance and parts 6 and 7.

  9. Updated Part 2.

  10. Updated the JSP with the new 'directive' and 'guidance' documents.

  11. First published.

Documents

JSP 418: management of environmental protection in defence, part 1 directive

PDF, 105 KB

Leaflet 1: environmental management systems (September 2010)

PDF, 380 KB, 25 pages

Leaflet 2: pollution prevention (September 2010)

PDF, 164 KB, 17 pages

Leaflet 3: waste management (June 2023)

ODT, 111 KB

This file is in an OpenDocument format

Leaflet 4: statutory nuisance (September 2010)

PDF, 110 KB, 13 pages

Leaflet 4-1: environmental noise (September 2010)

PDF, 75.2 KB, 12 pages

Leaflet 5: environmental aspects of hazardous substances and restricted materials management (January 2026)

PDF, 406 KB, 38 pages

Leaflet 6: Ozone Depleting Substances and Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases Policy (January 2026)

PDF, 344 KB, 18 pages

Leaflet 9: environmental protection on MOD overseas estate and activities (January 2012)

ODT, 52.7 KB

This file is in an OpenDocument format

Leaflet 10: legacy shipwrecks (February 2024)

PDF, 184 KB, 9 pages

Leaflet 11: retention of environmental protection records (June 2023)

ODT, 15.2 KB

This file is in an OpenDocument format

JSP 418: master glossary (June 2023)

ODT, 44.2 KB

This file is in an OpenDocument format

Leaflet 13: environmental occurrence reporting and recording (March 2025)

PDF, 357 KB, 20 pages

Details

Part 1: directive

Part 1 directive provides the direction that must be followed in accordance with statute or policy mandated by defence or on defence by central government.

Part 2: guidance

Part 2 guidance consists of a number of leaflets providing guidance and best practice that will assist the user to comply with the directive(s) detailed in Part 1. The Part 2 leaflets provide guidance on how Commanding Officers or Heads of Establishment in the Commands, Head Office, Defence Nuclear Organisation and the Enabling Organisations comply with regulatory or policy requirements.

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