Articles from Transform July 2011
Support for mandatory GHG reporting rises
18th July 2011
IEMA'S response to Defra consultation on mandatory greenhouse-gas (GHG) reporting reveals the measure in increasingly popular, but is critical of Defr...
Industry floored by carbon price
18th July 2011
Energy-intensive sectors should be exempt from the proposed carbon floor price (CFP), CBI director general John Cridland told the organisation's recen...
Environmental standards 'good' for growth
18th July 2011
Reducing "red tape" must not be at the expense of the vital role regulation plays in correcting market failures, promoting fairness and protecting the...
New generic structure for ISO 14001 likely
18th July 2011
The next version of ISO 14001 is likely to be written in line with a new high-level structure under consideration for all ISO management system standa...
Growth put before the environment
18th July 2011
The government's proposed approach to sustainable development in local planning has been criticised as promoting the economic agenda ahead of protecti...
Business leaders vital to cutting carbon
18th July 2011
Board-level representation is essential for progress in environmental sustainability, according to new research from the Carbon Trust
IEMA procedure update
15th July 2011
Carbon budgets in doubt
15th July 2011
The UK will not be able to meet its first four carbon budgets if emissions continue to rise as they did in 2010, warns the Committee on Climate Change...
Conference sponsorship opportunities
15th July 2011
Passionate about the profession
15th July 2011
IEMA reveal the results of its latest environmental skills and talent survey
IEMA's 2011 conference: Putting environment professionals in the driving seat
15th July 2011
This year IEMA's conference focuses on how environment professionals can help organisations to meet the challenge of sustainability
Electricity (Generation Exemptions) Order 2011
15th July 2011
The Electricity (Individual Generation Exemptions) Order 2011 published 18 May
FITs (Maximum Capacity and Functions) Order 2011
15th July 2011
The Feed-in Tariffs [FITs] (Specified Maximum Capacity and Functions) (Amendment) Order 2011 published 30 May
Town and Country Planning (EIA) (Scot) Regs 2011
15th July 2011
The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 published 1 June 2011
CRC plans fail to meet demand for change
15th July 2011
Climate change minister Greg Barker has unveiled plans to further streamline the Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency scheme (CRC), which he ...
ISO 14001 - 15 years of progress?
15th July 2011
Auditor John Marsden gives his assessesment of the environmental management standard, which was first introduced in 1996
EIA Update July 2011
15th July 2011
IEMA update on the latest EIA regulatory changes from Scotland and expected plans for legislation throughout the UK
Case Law >> Wind farm wars
15th July 2011
Colleen Theron and Deirdre Lyons detail a Court of Appeal decision imposing a new obligation to ensure acceptable noise levels from wind turbines
In parliament >> Fish need sex!
15th July 2011
Chris Davies, Liberal Democrat environment spokesperson in the European Parliament, welcomes the new EU fisheries commissers moves to reform the commo...
Water firm fined £145k
15th July 2011
United Utilities has been ordered to pay more than £170,000 for illegally discharging partially treated sewage into the River Mersey.
New environmental rankings
15th July 2011
A UK-based research body, the Environmental Investment Organisation (EIO), has unveiled its Environmental Tracking (ET) Index Series, which aims to he...
SEPA gets support for new regime
15th July 2011
Respondents to the consultation on Scotland's environmental protection regime have generally endorsed the changes planned by the Scottish Environment ...
More transparent data from EU states
15th July 2011
MEPs have approved legislation on "environmental growth accounts", paving the way for greater disclosure of environmental information by member states...
UK pledge to support microgeneration
15th July 2011
The government has outlined plans for how it will encourage the uptake of small-scale renewable installations generating less than 50kWh of electricit...
Valuing nature with the NEWP
15th July 2011
Protecting the UK's natural environment is to be placed at the heart of the government's ongoing strategic and economic approach, according to the nat...
Knowledge maintenance - sustainable development
14th July 2011
Chartered environmentalist Paul Reeve begins his journey through the syllabus of the IEMA associate certificate course by looking at sustainable devel...
What to do with our waste food?
14th July 2011
Are Scotand's plans to order separate food waste collections the best way to achieve zero waste?
My career: Sylvie Sasaki
14th July 2011
Sylvie Sasaki describes how she moved from volunteering from environmental charities to environment manager at Royal Mail
Book review: The limits to scarcity
11th July 2011
Book review: Embedded sustainability
11th July 2011
Book review: Diagonal lengths
11th July 2011
