Articles from Transform January 2013
Producer Responsibility (Packaging) Regs 2012
14th January 2013
The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 published 11 December 2012
Up in the air - the impact of the IED
14th January 2013
The Environment Agency's Jackie Taylor outlines what firms need to known about the new EU legislation on industrial emissions
The year in focus
14th January 2013
the environmentalist's annual roundup of what policymakers, regulators and business leaders will be prioritising over the next 12 months
Town & Country Planning (Fees) Regs 2012
14th January 2013
The Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) Regulations 2012 published on 22 Novemb...
EC Regulation 1037/2012 approving isopyrazam
14th January 2013
European Commission Regulation 1037/2012 approving the active substance isopyrazam was published on 27 November 2012
Energy Efficiency Directive 2012/27/EU
14th January 2013
Energy Efficiency Directive 2012/27/EU published on 28 November 2012
The Feed-in Tariffs Order 2012
14th January 2013
The Feed-in Tariffs Order 2012 published on 1 December 2012
GHG Trading (Amend) (Charging) Regs 2012
14th January 2013
The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Charging Schemes) Regulations 2012 published on 3 December 2012
Electricity and Gas (ECO) Order 2012
14th January 2013
The Electricity and Gas (Energy Companies Obligation) Order 2012 published 5 December 2012
Green Deal Framework (Amend) Regs 2012
14th January 2013
The Green Deal Framework (Disclosure, Acknowledgment, Redress etc) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 published 5 December 2012
Smoke Control Areas (Fuels) Regs (NI) 2012
14th January 2013
The Smoke Control Areas (Authorised Fuels) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 published 5 December 2012
Lowry Outlet shops for savings
14th January 2013
Energy efficient lighting and a new waste management contract are bringing broader business benefits for the Lowry Outlet mall. the environmentalist r...
Case Law >> Residents "win" nuisance case
14th January 2013
Hayley Tam and George Hobson from LexisPSL on a successful private nuisance claim against a foundry for odours
Ammonia discharge costs haulier £34k
14th January 2013
The accidental release of ammonia from a refrigeration unit into a watercourse has cost Eddie Stobart Group more than £34,000 in fines and costs
£220k fine for trying to export WEEE
14th January 2013
Eight men and three companies have been ordered to pay more than £220,000 for attempting to export broken electronics from the UK, the Environment Age...
The heat is on
14th January 2013
After a disappointing lack of action at the UN talks in Doha, Paul Suff laments how climate change seems to be slipping down decision makers' priority...
State of the profession poll closed
14th January 2013
IEMA's annual survey of members' pay, benefits and experience closed on 11 January.
Look out for the new Downloaded
14th January 2013
IEMA is set to relaunch Downloaded - the Institute's enewsletter - as a fortnightly update later this month.
A focal point for developing policy
14th January 2013
A new online environmental policy "horizon scanning" hub will be available to IEMA members from the end of January. It will also generate a monthly po...
Top tips for future environmentalists
14th January 2013
Looking for your first job in the environment profession or advice on how to further your fledgling career? IEMA asks the finalists of the 2012 gradua...
Book review: The business leader's guide to the low-carbon economy
14th January 2013
Book review: Global environmental history: an introductory reader
14th January 2013
Standards and regulation
14th January 2013
Colleen Theron and Sean MacKenzie argue that voluntary standards are helping to drive the introduction of legislation on sustainability
Out of the frying pan, into the engine
14th January 2013
David Fairchild finds that effective assurance is the only way to ensure waste feedstock for biofuels is from sustainable sources
Sepa's outlines flood warning strategy
14th January 2013
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) has set out its flood warning strategy up to 2016
EU funding gap puts CCS on the backburner
14th January 2013
The omission of carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects from the first tranche of programmes to receive money from the EU's NER300 fund has raised c...
Puma leads the way on reporting
14th January 2013
Puma's environmental profit and loss (EP&L) statement has been hailed as a logical approach for companies to better understand and incorporate environ...
Proposed EIA Directive needs work
14th January 2013
The European Commission's proposals to update the environmental impact assessment (EIA) Directive (2011/92/EU) offer some good opportunities to improv...
EIA Update | January 2013
14th January 2013
IEMA's latest update on legislation and guidance relating to environmental impact assessment (EIA) including news on the chancellor's plans to consult...
In Parliament >> The gutting of the CRC
14th January 2013
Alan Whitehead, Labour MP and energy and climate change committee member, lambasts the Treasury for gutting the CRC
Updated: DECC outlines simplified carbon reduction scheme
13th January 2013
Plans to simplify the carbon reduction commitment (CRC) energy efficiency scheme will save participates a total of £272 million by 2030, claims DECC
Firms 'sleepwalking' into resource crisis
13th January 2013
A poll of companies has found that most are unprepared for the impact of resource scarcity, as boards fail to grasp the business case behind sustainab...
Solar PV joins renewables 'premier league'
12th January 2013
DECC has confirmed it now sees large-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) installations as playing a significant role in ensuring the UK will meet its 2020 r...
Renewable energy cheaper than gas
12th January 2013
Investing in low-carbon energy sources over the next decade will result in lower electricity prices than whole-scale deployment of unabated gas, predi...
Legal brief: Managing compliance risk
11th January 2013
Ross Fairley reminds organisations to always be prepared for environment incidents and potential regulatory investigations in his first 'Laying down t...
Change agents: Sand, spills and body armour
11th January 2013
Environmental engineer and IEMA Affilliate Lloyd Clark describes his year working in the Iraqi oilfields
World to continue to burn more coal
11th January 2013
Coal will come close to outstripping oil as the world's top energy source by 2017, according to the latest projections from the International Energy A...
Sepa gets backing for reforms
11th January 2013
Proposals to simplify and integrate the regulatory framework in Scotland for waste, water, industrial pollution and radioactive substances have receiv...
EU revises ecodesign priorities
10th January 2013
The European Commission has adopted a revised working plan (lexisurl.com/iema14181) on ecodesign covering the period 2012 to 2014
Baxter to chair CEN advisory group
9th January 2013
IEMA's executive director of policy Martin Baxter is to head up the team that advises CEN - the European standards body - on environment management is...
UK's carbon footprint gets bigger
8th January 2013
The UK's carbon footprint increased in 2010 for the first time since its peak in 2004, new data from Defra has revealed
Fracking given the green light
7th January 2013
Exploration of UK shale gas reserves will resume after DECC imposed new controls to mitigate the risk of seismic activity being triggered by hydraulic...
Defra funds low emissions zone studies
3rd January 2013
Local authorities in Exeter, Birmingham and Leicester will receive funding to investigate the benefits of charging polluting vehicles for entering cit...
Electrifying 10% of fleet saves £350k
21st December 2012
Companies running large fleets could cut CO2 emissions by 5% and save £350,000 a year by replacing 10% of their vehicles with electric equivalents, sa...
UK defers tackling CO2 from international transport
19th December 2012
The government will not decide whether to include emissions from international aviation and shipping in future carbon budgets until at least 2016, rev...
ISO 14001 certifications reach new high
12th December 2012
The number of ISO 14001 certified environment management systems now exceeds 267,000, according to the latest figures from ISO
