Articles from Transform July - August 2020
Staying in the loop
3rd July 2020
How can circular economy principles be applied to the water industry? Oliver Heidrich, Majed Khadem and Brett Cherry investigate
Running on empty
3rd July 2020
Water security is the poor relation of the climate emergency when it comes to industry attention, says Catherine Early
Unlocking the grid
3rd July 2020
There are signs that the off-grid solar generation market is about to mature – has the time come for careful investment in this sector? Pete Carvill f...
The corporate diaries
3rd July 2020
“I suspect an awful lot of the environmental agenda and targets will be put on the back burner,“ said Ryanair's chief executive Michael O'Leary at an ...
Scaling the wall
3rd July 2020
Daniel McGahey and Jonathan Davies discuss boosting private investment in the Great Green Wall, a landscape restoration project spanning the African S...
Distance Learning
3rd July 2020
David Burrows speaks to Iain Gulland about Zero Waste Scotland's progress on carbon emissions, on the day its home working report was released
Arrests on illegally operated waste site in Lincolnshire
3rd July 2020
Officers from the Environment Agency and Lincolnshire police have raided an illegal waste site in Long Bennington, Lincolnshire, and arrested two peop...
Application for review of decision to grant power station permission refused
3rd July 2020
In the case R (Clientearth) v Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the claimant applied for judicial review of the Secreta...
Strategies for cities
3rd July 2020
Hannah Lesbirel reflects on how the circular economy could boost cities' resilience
Natural intelligence
3rd July 2020
Chris Seekings investigates how partnerships between NGOs and giant technology companies are harnessing the power of artificial intelligence to unmask...
High Court supports EIA
3rd July 2020
In R (Swire) v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government [2020] EWHC 1298 (Admin), the High Court has quashed a planning permis...
What will COVID-19 mean for sustainable fashion?
3rd July 2020
Can sustainability be the saviour of the fashion industry after the pandemic or will it become another casualty? Kathryn Manning reports
#BuildingBackBetter – but how do we contribute?
3rd July 2020
Absent from our collective narrative in January, the concept of 'Building Back Better' (BBB) after COVID-19 has well and truly arrived.
Climate Change Network support sessions
3rd July 2020
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Climate Change and Energy Network has helped IEMA to deliver a series of support sessions, assisting members with 'w...
New ISO standard unveiled
3rd July 2020
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has developed a new standard, ISO 14016 – Guidelines on the assurance of environmental report...
Multiple weather records broken
3rd July 2020
The UK has experienced multiple record-breaking weather events this year, as the climate crisis continues.
July-August: Connect: Social and community news
3rd July 2020
The IEMA community's news for July-August.
#BeyondPlastic Taskforce, FCO
3rd July 2020
Andrew Collingridge, lead at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's #BeyondPlastic Centre of Excellence, talks about winning Best Team and tackling the...
Women rising to the top of UK energy sector
3rd July 2020
Women occupy significantly more board seats at top UK energy companies than they did last year, analysis by PwC and the POWERful Women initiative show...
Ringing the changes
3rd July 2020
It's my tremendous pleasure to welcome you to this edition of Transform, my first as CEO of IEMA. It has been both an interesting and unusual career t...
