Articles from Transform February 2020
Deadline extended for Northern Ireland's first environment strategy
31st January 2020
Northern Ireland's Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has extended the deadline for views on its first environment strat...
Consolidating against corruption
31st January 2020
Colleen Theron discusses human rights legislation and the practical steps an organisation can take to link their anti-bribery compliance with modern s...
Severn Trent donates to charity following sewage discharge
31st January 2020
Severn Trent Water Ltd has paid £226,000 to the Trent Rivers Trust following a sewage pollution incident.
Appeal dismissed against environmental permit decision
31st January 2020
A local action group appealed to the Crown Court after its claim for judicial review was dismissed when it challenged the validity of an environmental...
February: connect: Social and community news from IEMA
31st January 2020
The IEMA community's news for February.
Sustainability Leaders Forum: 'What makes a sustainability leader?'
31st January 2020
On 12 December 2019, IEMA Fellows and full members, together with other experienced sustainability professionals, gathered for the biannual Sustainabi...
Colgate unveils recyclable toothpaste tube
31st January 2020
Colgate-Palmolive has become the first toothpaste brand to launch a recyclable tube, and has said it will share the innovative product design with com...
Quorn introduces carbon labelling
31st January 2020
Quorn has become the first global meat-free brand to introduce carbon footprint labelling on its products to help customers understand the environment...
BlackRock joins Climate Action 100+
31st January 2020
BlackRock – the world's largest asset manager – has joined the Climate Action 100+ investor engagement scheme to help align investee companies' emissi...
Sustainable finance records smashed
31st January 2020
According to data from BloombergNEF (BNEF), record levels of green bonds, loans and other forms of sustainable debt – $465bn – were issued last year, ...
PSC seeks new committee members
31st January 2020
Following on from Professional Standards Committee (PSC) chair Shaun McCarthy article in November's Transform about the importance of rigorous standar...
The 2020 agenda
31st January 2020
The policy and legislative outlook for 2020 will see significant developments from a sustainability perspective.
2020 vision: The year ahead
31st January 2020
As a sustainability professional, I have been eagerly anticipating the arrival of 2020; there is so much happening this year and I can't recall our ag...
Climate change dominates top global risks in 2020
31st January 2020
Climate change is linked to all of the most likely long-term risks facing humanity during the next decade, the World Economic Forum (WEF) has warned f...
Green stimulus needed to tackle next recession
31st January 2020
The UK government should learn from past mistakes and invest heavily in the green economy when the next recession hits, the New Economics Foundation (...
The Greta Effect
31st January 2020
Young Reporters for the Environment is helping to create the next generation of sustainability journalists. Chris Seekings reports
The chemical cure?
31st January 2020
The final piece of the recycling jigsaw, or a toxic pseudo-solution? David Burrows reports on chemical recycling
A different class
31st January 2020
We need to radically change the way we teach sustainability in schools, says Ann Finlayson, in conversation with Huw Morris
COP25: the outcomes
31st January 2020
Nick Blyth reports back from COP25, including headline outcomes and updates on IEMA's contributions
New year diaries
31st January 2020
The start of a new decade has us flicking through our personal archives. What were we doing in 2010? Who were we working for? What were our resolution...
Bovine hormones: Unpalatable prospects
31st January 2020
Sally Best investigates whether a post-Brexit relaxation on the use of bovine hormones could affect public health in the UK
Awards spotlight: WHEB Asset Management
31st January 2020
Seb Beloe, head of research and partner at the company, talks about the investment industry's future and winning IEMA's Sustainable Finance Award
Gas leaks
31st January 2020
Paul Reeve considers the compelling arguments for and against banning sulphur hexafluoride
Road to rebellion
31st January 2020
Environmental lawyer-turned-activist Farhana Yamin talks to Chris Seekings about her journey from drafting international climate treaties to breaking ...
