Our latest IEMA News

1st February 2023

IEMA responds to Climate Change Committee Adaptation report

Commenting on the Climate Change Committee's report 'Investment for a well-adapted UK', IEMA's CEO Sarah Mukherjee MBE said: “Climate change is already having a visible impact here in the UK, we’re seeing increased incid...

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31st January 2023

Government announces 5-year environment plan covering nature and economic prosperity

Today, the government has launched its ‘Environmental Improvement Plan 2023’, which aims to “restore nature, improve environmental quality, and increase the prosperity of our country”.

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24th January 2023

IEMA reacts to the Doomsday Clock 2023 announcement

IEMA (the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment) has reacted to the news that the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists have decided to move the Doomsday Clock from 100 to 90 seconds to midnight - 10 seconds clo...

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24th January 2023

New IEMA sustainable finance steering group – express your interest in joining

IEMA is establishing a new steering group - specifically for members - that will focus on sustainable finance issues. Sustainability is an increasingly salient issue for the banking sector and more widely other institut...

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19th January 2023

IEMA welcomes People and Culture leader at Patagonia as new Board member

IEMA is delighted to welcome Evelyn Doyle, Head of People & Culture International at Patagonia, as a Non-Executive Director to the IEMA Board.

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18th January 2023

Environment Agency workers strike over pay for the first time ever

Workers at the Environment Agency are on strike due to a dispute over their pay for the first time in the public body’s 26 year history. IEMA's Tom Pashby report.

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13th January 2023

Skidmore Review of UK’s net zero strategy published today

The UK Government has published Chris Skidmore MP’s independent review of its strategy for achieving net zero by 2050 – our target which is set in law.

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12th January 2023

Housebuilder announces carbon neutrality two years ahead of plan

The UK housebuilder Thakeham Group announced on Wednesday 11 January that they have achieved carbon-neutral status in partnership with Planet Mark and Ecology. IEMA's Digital Journalist Tom Pashby reports. Rob Boughton, ...

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6th January 2023

IEMA partners with CWP to produce inspiring video series for the Green Careers Hub

IEMA is working in partnership with Content With Purpose (CWP) to produce a video series that showcases and inspires green skills, jobs and careers in the workplace.

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5th January 2023

IEMA responds to EAC energy report

Reacting to the Environmental Audit Committee's report 'Accelerating the transition from fossil fuels and securing energy supplies' which recommends a 'national mobilisation' to improve insulation in homes across the cou...

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