Articles from Transform June 2012
An inefficient Bill
21st June 2012
Following the publication of the draft Energy Bill, Paul Suff asks what happened to the government's pledge to improve energy efficiency across the UK...
Revising ISO 14001
21st June 2012
IEMA sets out its position on the revision of the environment management systems (EMS) standard
Energy Bill fails to give the right answers
20th June 2012
The draft Energy Bill has failed to provide sufficient clarity of the govenrment's plans for electricity market reform (EMR), with full details on som...
In Parliament >> New life from old
20th June 2012
Chris Davies MEP asks why vehicle dismatlers in the UK are failing to meet EU recycling targets
Water costs must rise to protect supply
19th June 2012
UK and EU policymakers must take urgent action to ensure water security, including increasing the price of water, or risk not having adequate resource...
Low-carbon sector bucks economic trend
19th June 2012
Sales of UK low-carbon environmental goods and services (LCEGS) grew 4.7% between 2009/10 and 2010/11, far outstripping the economy overall, which inc...
Case Law >> When timing still matters
19th June 2012
Experts from Lexis PSL discuss the recent Berky judgement on the timing of making a judicial review claim and what this means for developers
Energy agency forecasts golden age for gas
19th June 2012
Unconventional sources will provide a "golden age" for natural gas, says the International Energy Agency (IEA), but only if strict rules to minimise e...
Carbon neutral Windows
19th June 2012
Software giant Microsoft has pledged to achieve carbon neutrality in its business operations in more than 100 countries during the firm's next financi...
Water runs through EIA
18th June 2012
NEAS explains how it embeds assessment under the Water Framework Directive into EIA
Why EIA needs EMS
18th June 2012
Linking impact assessment to an environment management system is vital, says Martin Broderick
Click to screen: EIA software
18th June 2012
Experts examine three new pieces of software to see if they can improve the efficiency of environmental assessments
Institute receives IAIA award
18th June 2012
Josh Fothergill, IEMA's policy and practice lead on EIA, has collected IEMA's prize from the International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA)
Find out more about the new Associate exam
18th June 2012
IEMA is to host a live webinar and webchat on 29 June to share more information on the new Associate exam format and how to apply
New council members elected
18th June 2012
IEMA reveals new council representatives as voted in by the membership
Planning legislation in England
18th June 2012
On April 6 a suite of regulations and orders with regards the planning regime in England were enforced.
Controlled Waste (Eng & Wales) Regs 2012
18th June 2012
The Controlled Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2012
Water Act Orders (Eng) (Wales) 2012
18th June 2012
The Water Act 2003 (Commencement No.11) Order 2012 and the Water Act 2003 (Commencement No.3) (Wales) Order 2012 published 6 April
Infrastructure Planning (EIA) (Amend) Regs 2012
18th June 2012
The Infrastructure Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 published 13 April
Planning legislation in Wales
18th June 2012
On April 13 a suite of regulations and orders with regards the planning regime in Wales were enforced.
Arrested development in EIA?
18th June 2012
Paul Suff reports on a discussion about the future of environmental impact assessment
Going down to Rio+20
18th June 2012
Joan Walley, MP for Stoke-on-Trent North and chair of the environmental audit committee, argues that leaders must ramp up global ambition to tackle su...
Poor progress on global sustainability goals
18th June 2012
Research by UNEP has revealed that of 90 internationally agreed targets aimed at tackling climate change, water quality and biodiversity loss, signifi...
Sky turns on wind power
18th June 2012
A 155m-high wind turbine has started to power Sky's broadcast centre in west London
Revamped online recycling directory
18th June 2012
Zero Waste Scotland (ZWS) has updated its online tool to help organisations find recycling and reuse services in their local area.
HMRC clarifies landfill tax rules
18th June 2012
HMRC has been forced to issue a second clarification on landfill tax rates after protesters blocked Parliament Square over new guidance.
Giving professional intelligence a boost
17th June 2012
Richard Campen outlines the four ESP&P intelligences and argues that understanding people is the real key to delivering change
Training focus: Find the right path
17th June 2012
A year after IEMA published its skills map, Sarah-Jayne Russell finds out how it is being used to direct professional development
Training focus: Online testing
17th June 2012
Paul Suff discovers how IEMA's new entry exam for Associate membership differs from the open book assessment
UK-Iceland agree geothermal partnership
14th June 2012
Icelandic volcanoes could provide the UK with low-carbon electricity in future after the two countries signed an agreement to work more closely on ene...
Updated: FDs fail to see benefits of GHG reporting
14th June 2012
More than one-third of finance directors in the UK oppose the introduction of mandatory greenhouse-gas (GHG) reporting, according to a survey by Lex A...
£18m fund for Scottish marine power
14th June 2012
The Scottish government is offering companies developing wave and tidal renewable technologies millions of pounds of support in a bid to speed up comm...
O2 connects mobile phone emissions
13th June 2012
O2 and the Carbon Trust have collaborated on research to determine the carbon footprint of the mobile phone company's voice and data services.
Solar PV FIT cuts confirmed
13th June 2012
Payments under the feed-in tariff (FIT) scheme for domestic-scale solar photovoltaics (PV) are to be cut every three months from 1 August, DECC has co...
Defra publishes biodiversity indicators
13th June 2012
The environment department has revealed key figures on the health of priority species and habitats across the UK
EU must rule on UK air quality breaches
1st June 2012
A campaign to have the government's plans for combating nitrous dioxide pollution ruled illegal in the UK has failed, despite Defra admitting that it...
European GHG emissions up in 2010
30th May 2012
A return to economic growth and cold winter weather resulted in a 2.4% increase in greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions from EU member states during 2010, a...
Business leaders want action on sustainability
22nd May 2012
Seven out of 10 chief executives polled by PwC want policymakers attending Rio+20 to agree more ambitious action on issues like energy, water and sust...
Councils are key to climate action
17th May 2012
Limited funding and a lack of obligation is stopping local authorities making a crucial contribution to tackling climate change, putting the achieveme...
