The area of regulation primarily concentrates on environmental standards; the initiative covers many areas of best practice and legislation. Environmental systems can save money in areas such as greater energy efficiency as well as provide evidence of a company's environmental policy.

BOSS has a number of recommendations for best practice in this area and provides factsheets and guidance on the following:

• BOSS-EC
• Packaging Waste
• WEEE and RoHS Directive
• REACH Directive
• NetRegs
• Environmental Description and Product Information