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Thrifty Fashion Thinking: Unlock your fashion style with Second-hand September
This month it's Second-hand September and IEMA's Senior Marketing Officer, Mariabelen Malaga - Hardy explores the ways we can all make more conscious fashion choices to reduce our environmental impact this September and ...
IEMA respond to consultation on agenda priorities of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB)
The IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards) Foundation launched a consultation on the next agenda items for the ISSB (International Sustainability Standards Board). The ISSB was formed by the IFRS at COP 26 in...
Circular economy strategies and practices play a vital part in reducing embodied carbon
With an increasing amount of pressure both ethically and legislatively to reduce the carbon footprint of our buildings, we have to look beyond operational carbon and ensure embodied carbon is fully considered as part of ...
Professional bodies set out concerns to government on proposed ‘nutrient neutrality’ changes
The Environmental Policy Forum (EPF) has written to the Secretaries of State at Defra and DLUCH expressing concern over proposed legal changes to how ‘nutrient neutrality’ requirements for development projects work in En...
UK environmental policy digest – August
Asim Ali, IEMA’s Public Affairs Officer, examines the UK Government's policy announcements from August and how they affect the goals of decarbonisation and environmental sustainability. This blog post is part of a monthl...
What is the Science-Based Targets Initiative (SBTi)?
Companies and governments are taking more action than ever before to do their parts to tackle the climate emergency, but the volume and variation of tools for achieving that change can be daunting. IEMA's Digital Journal...
Government legislating to weaken environmental protections in England
The Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) has set out its concerns to the Government on easing planning laws near many waterways in England. The change would enable housebuilding to take place in areas that are curre...
How does Fairphone's new handset adhere to circular economy principles?
The leading brand of sustainable smartphones called Fairphone launched its latest handset, the Fairphone 5 today, and it claims to be the company’s ‘most sustainable’. IEMA's Digital Journalist Tom Pashby reports.
IA Outlook Journal Volume 17: Habitat Regulations Assessment
The following blog has been written by the Ursula Stevenson, the Guest Editor of Volume 17 of the IEMA Impact Assessment Journal: Habitats Regulations Assessment.
Launch of circular renewables webinar series
IEMA and the University of Leeds is launching a new webinar series looking at the challenges and opportunities associated with developing circular renewables. This follows the Institute’s call for the UK to develop a c...