Contaminated Land: Applications in Real Environments (CL:AIRE) is a respected independent not-for-profit organisation established in 1999 to stimulate the regeneration of contaminated land in the UK by raising awareness of, and confidence in, practical and sustainable remediation technologies.

Since 1999, CL:AIRE has grown into an organisation that does more than just demonstrate remediation technologies “in real environments”. The early years were very much focussed on land contamination and the processes and techniques in site characterisation, remediation and monitoring/verification.  As the remediation industry has matured, CL:AIRE’s activities have broadened into many areas of sustainable land reuse.  CL:AIRE supports a number of industry initiatives, for example, sustainable remediation and asbestos in soil, and has helped to develop more efficient regulation initiatives, such as the Definition of Waste Code of Practice for development projects and the National Quality Mark Scheme.  CL:AIRE’s position in the industry makes it ideally placed to identify and help manage the challenges ahead.

CL:AIRE consists of a dedicated team of professionals who carry out its daily activities, supported by a Board of Trustees and an advisory group – the Technology and Research Group (TRG). The TRG takes a key role in CL:AIRE’s work, supporting CL:AIRE on issues associated with technology development, and providing guidance on issues relating to sustainable land reuse.

CL:AIRE is a registered charity (No. 1075611). We are also an incorporated company, limited by guarantee and registered in England and Wales (reg no. 3740059).

CL:AIRE Trustees

• Richard Froggatt – Chairman
• Martin Ballard
• Frank Evans
• SAGTA
• Fiona Grandison

CL:AIRE Technology and Research Group (TRG)

• Kim Baines – International Atomic Energy Agency (Chair)
• Liz Gray – Ramboll (Deputy Chair)
• Bob Barnes – Environment Agency
• Simon Burr – CampbellReith
• Ruth Chippendale – Shell
• Max Coleman – Caltech
• Steve Edgar – Vertase FLI Ltd
• Sarah Harris – Natural Resources Wales
• Tom Hayes – INEOS
• Mark Hodson – University of York
• Edward Lewis – Northern Ireland Environment Agency
• Brian Reid – University of East Anglia
• Mike Rivett – GroundH2O plus Ltd
• Steve Thornton – University of Sheffield
• Karen Young – Jacobs UK Ltd

2025 TRG Early Career Professionals

• Hebah Abdel-Hady – Arcadis
• Patrick Moore – Wardell Armstrong

• Background to CL:AIRE and the TRG
• 2024 Annual Report
• Appendix 1 – CL:AIRE activities in 2024
• Appendix 2 – TRG Member Biographies
• Appendix 3 – CL:AIRE Resources (publications, online training and eLearning)

There are three key areas of activity for CL:AIRE:

Improving Efficiency & Raising Standards

CL:AIRE works with industry, through its membership to identify, common problems in the field of sustainable land management. Using its extensive experience of developing industry-led initiatives, it works with highly respected experts and government to develop solutions which are tested and critiqued by our Members to ensure they are fit for purpose.

CL:AIRE has a strong track record of carrying out industry relevant research projects, the findings of which are often used for the benefit of industry or fed into our initiatives.

CL:AIRE provides technical secretariat services for a number of industry wide programmes such as the National Brownfield Forum and the National Quality Mark Scheme.

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Supporting our Members

CL:AIRE has two types of Members: Supporters and Principal Members and CL:AIRE supports its members in a range of ways.

Our regular eAlerts keep them up-to-date with industry relevant news and events but also on the development of our industry initiatives.

Our Principal Members are given the opportunity to become directly involved in our industry-led initiatives by joining our working groups. Bringing the industry together is a core part of our membership scheme and we achieve this through regular informal networking events but also by using online social media discussion groups.

We help promote the good work and success of our members through these channels and we provide a webinar platform for members who have interesting projects or news they wish to share with the CL:AIRE Network.

CL:AIRE also has many University Members and works with them to raise the profile of the industry to the next generation of experts.

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Sharing Knowledge & Developing People

Since the beginning, CL:AIRE has always had a heavy focus on sharing knowledge throughout industry. We continue to perform this role in a number of ways including the development of the online Water & Land Library (WALL) which has become the primary and ever growing location for relevant industry guidance and support material.

CL:AIRE runs traditional classroom and online training events and courses. We develop guidance documents and materials to benchmark industry standards. We work with a number of international organisations to increase the reach of our output and the CL:AIRE network.

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PURCHASING AND PAYMENT TERMS:

PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

If you have requested that CL:AIRE invoice you for purchases of products or services, payment must be received within 28 days. If you have requested an invoice, it is your responsibility to forward the invoice to your paymasters for full payment within 28 days of date of invoice. When you pay by BACS transfer, cheque or card during this period you will receive an email once the payment has been verified, confirming that payment has been made in full. Please note that products and services will not be distributed or available to download until full payment has been received and your order confirmed.

EVENTS (this includes training courses, webinars & workshops)

Event and training course registrations will be secured upon receipt of payment. Delegates booking less than 30 days in advance of the event/training course date must pay by debit/credit card at time of booking. Cancellations received in writing 7 days before the event will be completely refunded or a delegate can ask to move to another date if available. Only one change of date is permitted. We regret that cancellations received after this date cannot be refunded, however delegates may be substituted up to three days before the event date.

CL:AIRE withholds the right to change the venue and/or speakers at any stage, and to cancel or postpone any event due to lack of delegate numbers or speaker cancellations up to 7 days before the event date. If the event has been cancelled, delegates will have their delegate registration fee refunded. If the event has been postponed, joining instructions will be sent to the delegates confirming the new date and location. If delegates are unable to attend the re-scheduled date, their registration fee will be refunded upon receiving a written request.

MEMBERSHIP

CL:AIRE Membership is an annual regularised subscription available to purchase online. Upon receipt of the subscription form (and subject to receipt of an official purchase order number at time of booking), CL:AIRE can issue an invoice which can be paid by BACS transfer, cheque or debit/credit card. Annual Membership commences once full payment has been received by CL:AIRE. Maximum payment terms are 28 days from invoice date. Subscription fees are revised annually and will be notified to members in writing. The subscription rates are calculated by the number of individuals and organisations whose work and interests touch upon contaminated land, environmental sustainability, regeneration, remediation, waste and other related activities.

Membership Cancellation terms: New members have 7 days from the invoice date to cancel their subscription and receive a full refund if payment has been made (on the basis that no documents have been downloaded from the Members area of the CL:AIRE website). Any requests for cancellation after this period will not entitle the member to a refund for the unused membership. All cancellations must be made in writing by the account holder or bill payer only; we cannot accept cancellations from third parties for security reasons. Please send your cancellation notice to: enquiries@claire.co.uk, or in writing to CL:AIRE at our registered address.

RESOURCES (this includes CD ROM/hardcopy reports, and podcasts)

Right to cancel: Should you be dissatisfied with your goods you may wish to return them. Read more about our Returns Policy at www.claire.co.uk. Furthermore, under the United Kingdom and Europe’s Distance Selling Regulations, you have a statutory right to cancel the contract for the purchase of your products within 7 working days of receiving them. However, the right to cancel does not apply to CDs, DVDs or audio products where the seal has been broken. Please note that we are unable to accept cancellation of, or returns for, digital items once downloading has commenced. To cancel your order before it is dispatched please contact CL:AIRE on telephone +44 (0)​1844 296112 or email enquiries@claire.co.uk.

Returns and refunds: If you wish to cancel your order once you have received it, package the relevant item securely and return it to CL:AIRE at our registered address. For your protection, we recommend that you use a recorded-delivery service. Until the products are returned to us, you must not use them and must take care of them to ensure they are returned in a reasonable condition.

Please note that you will be responsible for the costs of returning products to us unless we deliver the item to you in error or the product(s) is faulty. You will be liable for any charges incurred in returning the goods to CL:AIRE or if you fail to return goods within 21 days of cancellation you will be liable for any charges incurred in relation to attempts to collect the goods. If you cancel your order in accordance with the above provisions, we will refund the relevant part of the purchase price for that item and the item's normal postage charge as soon as we receive notice.

WEBSITE CONTENT, MEDIA AND DOWNLOADS:

YOU ARE PERMITTED TO USE THE CL:AIRE WEBSITE AND WEBSITE CONTENT ONLY ON THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. ACCESSING THIS SITE IS SUBJECT TO AND CONSTITUTES ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

GENERAL DISCLAIMER

CL:AIRE is not responsible and accepts no responsibility for the content of the publications on the CL:AIRE website and is not responsible for any use that might be made of data appearing in the CL:AIRE website. The CL:AIRE website and their respective suppliers who provide this site with information hereby disclaim all warranties terms or conditions with regard to the information found on or accessed through this site including all warranties terms or conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, quality, title, accuracy, completeness, and non-infringement, whether express, implied or statutory. In no event shall the CL:AIRE website or their respective suppliers be liable for any damages whatsoever, whether direct, special, indirect or consequential resulting from your access to or use of this site or your access to or use of the information contained on or accessed through this site, including without limitation, loss of data, profits or expected savings, whether in an action of contract, negligence or other tortious action.

INFORMATION ON THIS SITE

CL:AIRE has used reasonable endeavours to ensure that information contained on this site is correct, however, it is possible the information may be incomplete, contain errors or be out of date. Changes are periodically added to the information on the CL:AIRE web site.

LOGO USAGE
You must obtain written permission from CL:AIRE to use the name or logo of CL:AIRE or any CL:AIRE initiative, for any use, including but not limited to: (i) merchandising purposes; (ii) on or in relation to a software product that includes or is built on top of any CL:AIRE initiative, including open source projects; or (iii) in an attention-getting or branding manner. Without the express prior written consent of CL:AIRE, no CL:AIRE or CL:AIRE initiative logo may be used in a manner that implies an affiliation with, approval by, endorsement of or sponsorship by CL:AIRE.

NO WARRANTIES

CL:AIRE makes no representations about the suitability of the information contained in the documents and related graphics published on the CL:AIRE web site for any purpose. All such documents and related graphics are provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. Readers / visitors to the site (hereinafter referred to as users) should verify any information obtained from this site before acting upon it. Any decision or action taken by users on the basis of information provided on or via the CL:AIRE web site is at the user's sole discretion and risk. In particular, the information contained on this site should not be construed as technical advice for dealing with the management of any particular land contamination/contaminated land site or area or waste or risk management activity or situation. Users are advised to use the information contained herein purely as a guide and to take appropriate professional advice where necessary.

All other warranties, terms and conditions, whether express or implied, statutory or otherwise relating to information and material on this site or sites accessed through this site are excluded to the extent permitted by law. CL:AIRE accept no liability for direct, indirect or consequential loss or damage of any kind (including without limitation loss of profits) arising from any use of the information and material contained on this site or any site that may be accessed through the CL:AIRE web site, whether in an action of contract, negligence or other tortious action, arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of software, documents, provision of or failure to provide services, or information available from the CL:AIRE web site.

VIRUSES

CL:AIRE makes no representation that this web site does not contain computer viruses or other harmful components. Users accept that accessing the internet and the CL:AIRE website may put users' computers at risk of viruses, and users therefore access the internet and the CL:AIRE web site at their own risk. CL:AIRE accept no responsibility for transmitting or otherwise passing viruses to users' computers whether by negligence or howsoever caused. Users shall not transmit or download viruses or other harmful components to the CL:AIRE website.

LINKS

This site contains links which will let users leave the CL:AIRE web site and proceed to third party sites. These sites are beyond the control of CL:AIRE, who accept no responsibility for the content of these third party sites. CL:AIRE are not responsible for webcasting or any other form of transmission received from any linked site. CL:AIRE are providing these links to users only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by CL:AIRE. Users acknowledge that the CL:AIRE will not be party to any contract with a third party site that users enter into and CL:AIRE shall not be liable to users in respect of any loss or damage suffered by users when using those web sites. Users are responsible for viewing and abiding by the terms of use that use of the linked sites may be subject to. For your information, linked sites may also collect your personal information on different terms to those set out in the Privacy Policy set out below.

INDEMNITIES

In the event of any claim being made against CL:AIRE or against  any members of the CL:AIRE project team as a result of breach of these terms and conditions by a user, the user undertakes to fully indemnify CL:AIRE or any members of the CL:AIRE project team or  supplier projects against all actions, claims, proceedings, damages and costs arising from or incurred by reason of a user's breach of these terms and conditions.

These terms and conditions were last updated on October 2020

CL:AIRE is registered in England and Wales under company No. 3740059

COMPLAINTS AND ENQUIRIES: For any complaints or enquiries please contact CL:AIRE using the details at the bottom of the website.

PRIVACY POLICY

Last updated: 12^th May 2025

This privacy policy sets out how CL:AIRE uses and protects your personal data.

1. Important information and who we are

Privacy policy

This privacy policy gives you information about how CL:AIRE collects and uses your personal data through your use of this website, including any data you may provide when you become a member or purchase a product or service.

This website is not intended for children and we do not knowingly collect data relating to children.

Controller

CONTAMINATED LAND:APPLICATIONS IN REAL ENVIRONMENTS is a private company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales, with company registration number 03740059, registered charity number 1075611, and its registered office at Reading Business Centre Fountain House, Queens Walk, Reading, England, RG1 7QF (“CL:AIRE”, "we", "us" or "our").

CL:AIRE is the controller and responsible for your personal data.

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, including any requests to exercise your legal rights (paragraph 9), please contact us using the information set out in the contact details section (paragraph 10).

2. The types of personal data we collect about you

Personal data means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified.

We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together as follows:

• Data includes first name, last name, any previous names, username or similar identifier, marital status, title, date of birth and gender.
• Contact Data includes billing address, delivery address, email address and telephone numbers.
• Financial Data includes bank account and payment card details (collected on our behalf by our payment processors - we do not see or hold card details).
• Transaction Data includes details about payments to and from you and other details of products and services you have purchased from us.
• Technical Data includes internet protocol (IP) address, your login data, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, device ID and other technology on the devices you use to access this website.
• Profile Data includes your username and password, purchases or orders made by you, your interests, preferences, feedback and survey responses.
• Usage Data includes information about how you interact with and use our website, products and services.
• Marketing and Communications Data includes your preferences in receiving marketing from us and our third parties and your communication preferences.
• Education and Employment includes information regarding your employment and education history.
• Certifications and Memberships includes information about your professional certifications and memberships.

We also collect, use and share aggregated data such as statistical or demographic data which is not personal data as it does not directly (or indirectly) reveal your identity. For example, we may aggregate individuals' Usage Data to calculate the percentage of users accessing a specific website feature in order to analyse general trends in how users are interacting with our website to help improve the website and our service offering.

3. How is your personal data collected?

We use different methods to collect data from and about you including through:

• Your interactions with us. You may give us your personal data by filling in online forms or by corresponding with us by post, phone, email or otherwise. This includes personal data you provide when you:
• buy or subscribe to our products or services (including our training courses);
• become a member;
• use one of our initiatives;
• create an account on our website;
• subscribe to our publications or register to receive one of our newsletters;
• request marketing to be sent to you;
• enter a competition, promotion or survey;
• apply for a job at a company in the CL:AIRE group; or
• give us feedback or contact us.
• Automated technologies or interactions. As you interact with our website, we will automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions and patterns. We collect this personal data by using cookies, server logs and other similar technologies. Please see our cookie policy, which can be found at https://claire.co.uk/home/about-us/cookie-policy, for further details.
• Third parties. We may obtain information about you from third parties, including from vendors and service providers who may collect information on our behalf, such as:
• Companies who support our website and services.
• Recruitment agencies.
• Our payment processors, who collect payment information (e.g., bank account, credit or debit card information, billing address) to process your payment in order to fulfil your orders and provide you with products or services you have requested, in order to perform our contract with you.
• When you visit our website, open or click on emails we send you, or interact with our services or advertisements, we, or third parties we work with, may automatically collect certain information using online tracking technologies such as pixels, web beacons, software developer kits, third-party libraries, and cookies.

Any information we obtain from third parties will be treated in accordance with this privacy policy. Also see the section below, Third Party Websites and Links.

4. How we use your personal data

Legal basis

The law requires us to have a legal basis for collecting and using your personal data. We rely on one or more of the following legal bases:

• Performance of a contract with you: Where we need to perform the contract we are about to enter into or have entered into with you.
• Legitimate interests: We may use your personal data where it is necessary to conduct our business and pursue our legitimate interests, for example to prevent fraud and enable us to give you the best and most secure customer experience. We make sure we consider and balance any potential impact on you and your rights (both positive and negative) before we process your personal data for our legitimate interests. We do not use your personal data for activities where our interests are overridden by the impact on you (unless we have your consent or are otherwise required or permitted to by law).
• Legal obligation: We may use your personal data where it is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation that we are subject to. We will identify the relevant legal obligation when we rely on this legal basis.
• Consent: We rely on consent only where we have obtained your active agreement to use your personal data for a specified purpose, for example if you subscribe to an email newsletter.

Purposes for which we will use your personal data

We have set out below, in a table format, a description of all the ways we plan to use the various categories of your personal data, and which of the legal bases we rely on to do so. We have also identified what our legitimate interests are where appropriate.

Direct marketing

We may also analyse your Identity, Contact, Technical, Usage and Profile Data to form a view as to which products, services and offers may be of interest to you so that we can then send you relevant marketing communications.

Third-party marketing

We will get your express consent before we share your personal data with any third party for their own direct marketing purposes.

Opting out of marketing

You can ask to stop sending you marketing communications at any time by following the opt-out links within any marketing communication sent to you or by contacting us by email to enquiries@claire.co.uk or by writing to CL:AIRE, ​Reading Business Centre, Fountain House Queens Walk, Reading, RG1 7QF. Alternatively, you can telephone +44 (0)​118 228 1488​.

If you opt out of receiving marketing communications, you will still receive service-related communications that are essential for administrative or customer service purposes.

Cookies

For more information about the cookies we use and how to change your cookie preferences, please see https://claire.co.uk/home/about-us/cookie-policy.

5. Disclosures of your personal data

We may share your personal data where necessary with the parties set out below for the purposes set out in the table Purposes for which we will use your personal data in paragraph 4 above.

• Other entities within the CL:AIRE group (such as CL:AIRE INITIATIVES LTD, a wholly owned subsidiary of CL:AIRE).
• Third-party service providers (such as IT support, payment processors and cloud storage providers)
• Professional advisers (such as accountants, auditors or lawyers)
• Third-party platforms or applications (such as productivity applications)
• Third parties to whom we may choose to sell, transfer or merge parts of our business or our assets. Alternatively, we may seek to acquire other businesses or merge with them. If a change happens to our business, then the new owners may use your personal data in the same way as set out in this privacy policy.

We require all third parties to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes and only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions.

6. International transfers

Please note that we may transfer, store and process your personal information outside of the UK. Your personal information is also processed by staff and third-party service providers and partners in other countries.

Whenever we transfer your personal data out of the UK to countries which have laws that do not provide the same level of data protection as the UK law, we always ensure that a similar degree of protection is afforded to it by ensuring that the appropriate safeguards are implemented, such as the International Data Transfer Agreement or any equivalent contracts issued by the relevant competent authority of the UK, as relevant.

7. Data security

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal data on our instructions and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality.

We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so.

8. How long will you use my personal data for?

We will only retain your personal data for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, regulatory, tax, accounting or reporting requirements. We may retain your personal data for a longer period in the event of a complaint or if we reasonably believe there is a prospect of litigation in respect to our relationship with you.

To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal, regulatory, tax, accounting or other requirements.

By law we have to keep basic information about our customers (including Contact, Identity, Financial and Transaction Data) for six years after they cease being customers for tax purposes.

In some circumstances you can ask us to delete your data: see paragraph 9 below for further information.

9. Your legal rights

You have a number of rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data. You have the right to:

• Request access to your personal data (commonly known as a "subject access request"). This enables you to receive a copy of the personal data we hold about you and to check that we are lawfully processing it.
• Request correction of the personal data that we hold about you. This enables you to have any incomplete or inaccurate data we hold about you corrected, though we may need to verify the accuracy of the new data you provide to us.
• Request erasure of your personal data in certain circumstances. This enables you to ask us to delete or remove personal data where there is no good reason for us continuing to process it. You also have the right to ask us to delete or remove your personal data where you have successfully exercised your right to object to processing (see below), where we may have processed your information unlawfully or where we are required to erase your personal data to comply with local law. Note, however, that we may not always be able to comply with your request of erasure for specific legal reasons which will be notified to you, if applicable, at the time of your request.
• Object to processing of your personal data where we are relying on a legitimate interest (or those of a third party) as the legal basis for that particular use of your data (including carrying out profiling based on our legitimate interests). In some cases, we may demonstrate that we have compelling legitimate grounds to process your information which override your right to object.
• You also have the absolute right to object any time to the processing of your personal data for direct marketing purposes (see Opting out of marketing in paragraph 4 for details of how to object to receiving direct marketing communications).
• Request the transfer of your personal data to you or to a third party. We will provide to you, or a third party you have chosen, your personal data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. Note that this right only applies to automated information which you initially provided consent for us to use or where we used the information to perform a contract with you.
• Withdraw consent at any time where we are relying on consent to process your personal data (see the table in section 4 for details of when we rely on your consent as the legal basis for using your data). However, this will not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before you withdraw your consent. If you withdraw your consent, we may not be able to provide certain products or services to you. We will advise you if this is the case at the time you withdraw your consent.
• Request restriction of processing of your personal data. This enables you to ask us to suspend the processing of your personal data in one of the following scenarios:
• If you want us to establish the data's accuracy;
• Where our use of the data is unlawful but you do not want us to erase it;
• Where you need us to hold the data even if we no longer require it as you need it to establish, exercise or defend legal claims; or
• You have objected to our use of your data but we need to verify whether we have overriding legitimate grounds to use it.

If you wish to exercise any of the rights set out above, please contact us using the details at  paragraph 10 below.

No fee usually required

You will not have to pay a fee to access your personal data (or to exercise any of the other rights). However, we may charge a reasonable fee if your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive or excessive. Alternatively, we could refuse to comply with your request in these circumstances.

What we may need from you

We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your personal data (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is a security measure to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. We may also contact you to ask you for further information in relation to your request to speed up our response.

Time limit to respond

We try to respond to all legitimate requests . Occasionally it could take us longer than a month if your request is particularly complex or you have made a number of requests. In this case, we will notify you and keep you updated.

10. Contact details

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or about the use of your personal data or you want to exercise your privacy rights, please contact us in the following ways:

• Email address: enquiries@claire.co.uk
• Postal address: Reading Business Centre, Fountain House, Queens Walk, Reading, RG1 7QF
• Telephone number: +44 (0)​118 228 1488

11. Complaints

You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK regulator for data protection issues (www.ico.org.uk). We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the ICO so please contact us in the first instance.

12. Changes to the privacy policy and your duty to inform us of changes

We keep our privacy policy under regular review.

It is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal data changes during your relationship with us, for example a new address or email address. If you have any difficulties doing so or you wish to change your email address, please contact us using the details set out in paragraph 10 (Contact details) above.

13. Third-party links

This website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. When you leave our website, we encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit.

Cookie Policy

Scope of this policy

1. Contaminated Land: Applications In Real Environments (we or us or our or CL:AIRE) uses cookies when you visit our website, https://www.claire.co.uk/, (the Website) to help customise the Website and improve your experience using the Website.
2. This policy applies between you, the user of this Website, and us, CL:AIRE the owner and provider of this Website.
3. When you visit the Website, and before your Website places cookies on your computer, you will be presented with a message bar requesting your consent to set those cookies. By giving your consent to the placing of cookies, you are enabling us to provide a better experience and service. You may, if you wish, deny consent to the placing of these cookies; however, certain features of the Website may not function fully or as intended.
4. This cookie policy should be read alongside, and in addition to, our Privacy Policy, which can be found at: https://www.claire.co.uk/home/about-us/privacy-policy.

What are cookies?

5. A cookie is a small text file placed on your computer by this Website when you visit certain parts of the Website and/or when you use certain features of the Website.
6. This Website may place and access certain cookies on your computer. We use these cookies to improve your experience of using the Website and to improve our range of products and services.
7. Cookies do not usually contain any information that personally identifies you, the Website user. However, personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information obtained from and stored in cookies. For more information on how such personal information is handled and stored, refer to our Privacy Policy which is available online at: https://www.claire.co.uk/home/about-us/privacy-policy.

Types of cookies

8. This Website uses the following cookies:

9. You can find a list of the cookies that we use in the attached Cookie Schedule.
10. We have carefully chosen these cookies and have taken steps to ensure that your privacy is protected and respected at all times.

How to control your cookies

11. You can choose to enable or disable cookies in your internet browser. By default, most internet browsers accept cookies but this can be changed. For further details, please see the help menu in your internet browser.
12. You can switch off cookies at any time, however, you may lose information that enables you to access the Website more quickly and efficiently.
13. It is recommended that you ensure that your internet browser is up-to-date and that you consult the help and guidance provided by the developer of your internet browser if you are unsure about adjusting your privacy settings.
14. For more information generally on cookies, including how to disable them, please refer to aboutcookies.org. You will also find details on how to delete cookies from your computer.

Changes to this policy

15. CL:AIRE reserves the right to change this cookie policy as we may deem necessary from time to time or as may be required by law. Any changes will be immediately posted on the Website and you are deemed to have accepted the terms of the cookie policy on your first use of the Website following the alterations. 

Contact details

16. The Website is owned by Contaminated Land: Applications In Real Environments incorporated in England and Wales with registered number 03740059 whose registered office is at Reading Business Centre, 8th Floor, Fountain House, 2 Queens Walk, RG1 7QF, England.
17. You may contact us:
    1. by postusing the address above.
    2. by telephone at +44 (0)118 228 1488.
    3. by email at enquiries@claire.co.uk

Attribution

18. This policy was created on 01 September 2023 and amended on 29th April 2024

COOKIE SCHEDULE

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The General Assemblies of the European Standards Organizations CEN and CENELEC have approved a plan to secure BSI’s full membership post-Brexit. This will enable UK industry and other stakeholders to continue their important work shaping and maintaining best practice standards used across Europe and internationally. Further information here.

Material Donor sites:

- D147 at Temple Way Binfield Bracknell has Clay subsoil.

- D148 at Southampton has Topsoil and Subsoil.

- D149 at Leeds has Subsoil.

- D150 at Feltham has Excavated material with soil reports.

Feel free to contact us to request the site contact details.

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CL:AIRE has committed to becoming a net zero company in line with the UK government’s ambition to reach net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050, following the Paris Climate Agreement 2015. As advocates for sustainability, we see it as our duty to sign up to the “Pledge to Net Zero” initiative and take actions to reduce our emissions.

Through submitting the pledge, we committed to:

1. Set and commit to deliver a greenhouse gas target in line with either a 1.5°C (encouraged) or well below 2°C climate change scenario – covering buildings and travel as a minimum.
2. Publicly report greenhouse gas emissions and progress against this target each year.
3. Publish one piece of research/thought-leadership each year on practical steps to delivering an economy in line with climate science and in support of net zero carbon. Alternatively, signatories may choose to provide mentoring and support for smaller signatory companies in setting targets, reporting and meeting the requirements of the pledge.

We have identified our operational boundaries, which comprises our day-to-day office activities, working from home, commuting and business travel. Based on our activity data and appropriate conversion factors, we developed our baseline carbon footprint.

We decided to commit to reducing our Scope 2 emissions in line with the 1.5℃ climate change scenario and reduce our Scope 3 emissions in line with the “well-below” 2℃ scenario (Scope 1 emissions are not applicable to us).

Our latest annual carbon footprint is below:

Period of reporting 1st January 2024 to 31st December 2024
Carbon footprint Scope 1 +2 (in KG CO2e) - 4227.95
Scope 3 (in KG CO2e) - 12208.21
Total 16,436.16 KG C02e