Magazine August 2013
Transform Magazine August 2013
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Business models evolve
Paul Suff finds out how company strategies are changing to become more sustainable
Martin Baxter, IEMA's executive director of policy, on IEMA's response to the government consultation on the balance of competence between UK and EU policymakers
The Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme Order 2013 came into force on 20 May 2013
Paul Suff warns that unless fines for environmental offences are increased in line with the profits polluters can reap by ignoring regulations, then they will never be a deterent
Scottish law expert Ian Cowan examines the recent Court of Session decision on allowing liquidators to abandon environmental licences
Allowing toxic paint sludge to pollute the Fal estuary in Cornwall has resulted in Falmouth-based ship-repair company, A&P being fined £10,000 and ordered to pay £14,300 costs
UK manufacturing could increase annual profits by £10 billion and reduce carbon emissions by 27 million tonnes a year if companies adopted widely proven resource efficiency measures, say researchers at Next Manufacturing Revolution (NMR)
Environmental performance is being considered by investors, but the quality of sustainability data lags far behind that of financial information
Chris Davies, Liberal Democrat environment spokesperson in the European parliament, says leaving the EU won't free the UK from regulation
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