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6th April 2023

Associated British Ports partners with IEMA and launches sustainability strategy

IEMA was pleased to welcome ABP as its first partner in the ports sector earlier in 2023. ABP owns and operates 21 ports in the UK, supporting over 100,000 jobs, and says it contributes £7.5 billion to the economy. IEMA'...

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5th April 2023

IEMA responds to Defra’s consultation on the strategy for the fourth round of adaptation reporting - April 2023

Chloë Fiddy, IEMA’s policy and engagement lead for climate change and energy provides this short explainer on the Adaptation Reporting Power and an update on IEMA’s consultation response.

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3rd April 2023

UK environmental policy digest – March 2023

Asim Ali, IEMA's Public Affairs Officer, looks at some of the key policy announcements from UK government during March and their implications for the decarbonisation and wider environmental sustainability agenda.

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30th March 2023

Government sets out new strategy for the net zero transition

Green Day is here! Not the American rock band, but the widely anticipated suite of announcements from the government on the transition to net zero. Do they deliver? Chloë Fiddy, IEMA’s policy and engagement lead for clim...

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28th March 2023

Task Force for Nature-Related Financial Disclosure (TNFD) beta v.0.4 released

Today, beta v.0.4 of the TNFD Risk and Opportunity Framework was released. This is the last draft that will be available for consultation before the launch of the final TNFD document in September 2023. IEMA’s Policy and ...

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23rd March 2023

IEMA Meet & Network Sessions

In 2022 we asked IEMA members what events you would find useful to get the most from your IEMA membership, you told us that you'd like more opportunities to connect with other members.

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21st March 2023

Government responds to the technical consultation on the Defra Biodiversity Metric

Today the Government published its response to last August’s consultation on the Defra Metric 3.1. IEMA’s Policy and Engagement Lead on Biodiversity and Natural Capital, Lesley Wilson, tells us more about it.

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15th March 2023

The Chancellor’s Spring Budget and the energy sector

The Chancellor’s Spring Budget was announced earlier this afternoon. In this short blog IEMA’s Head of Policy, Ben Goodwin, looks at what was and wasn’t announced on energy.

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14th March 2023

GHG Protocol Guidelines Open to Improvement

Greenhouse Gas Protocol is surveying stakeholders on the need for updates or additional guidance related to GHG Protocol’s reporting standards. IEMA members attended a workshop during which this was debated and IEMA has ...

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14th March 2023

Key points from IEMA webinar on Environment Agency guidance on mitigating climate change for the permitting process

IEMA recently hosted a webinar with Mike Nicholas from the Environment Agency to talk through the recently updated approach to adaptation in environmental regulation of industry. Here, Kay Johnstone, Senior Advisor at th...

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