With the appearance of large satellite constellations, the protection of the space environment becomes a matter of urgency. Many actors are developing tools leading to the environmental behavior of space operators. Among those, some countries have included environmental measures into their space legislation. This paper maps these efforts in concentrating on the character of the actors developing these measures: International organisations including ESA, States, but also non-state actors like the organisations of satellite operators or standard organisations. This development raises the question whether also the European Union should be proactive and develop its own system of debris remediation. The analysis comes to the conclusion that at present, the effective regulation of space debris remediation is done less by the formal norm-setting bodies but various non-state entities adopting standards based on the actual practice.