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A quick ascent up the sustainability ladder
From a low position, Bradford & Bingley has turned around its environmental performance. Rachel Brown reports
In the heart of the City
The City of London Corporation has used its influential position at the heart of the world’s financial markets to raise awareness and encourage action on climate change. Recognising that the City must plan for the now inevitable effects of climate change, the organisation has developed a climate-change adaptation strategy that aims to climate-proof its infrastructure and services – for example, by dealing with flood risks and managing heat and air-pollution risks. Employee engagement is central to the corporation’s environmental aims; there is a network of volunteer energy champions and the organisation holds a number of different awareness-raising events.
Driving supply chain sustainability
A pioneering initiative involving Coventry City Council and the automotive sector in the West Midlands to raise environmental awareness among small and medium-sized suppliers and encourage them to seek ISO 14001 accreditation has been very successful. Lucie Ponting reports
What's the future for biomass in the UK?
Generating electricity and heat from biomass has the capacity to significantly reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Elisabeth Jeffries looks at developments in the UK and the barriers that still need to be broken down before energy from wood, for example, plays a major role in combating climate change
EMS national forum and EA conference 2007
The fifth EMS forum brought together around 250 environmental professionals to discuss the future of environment management systems, while more than 500 attended the Environment Agency's annual gathering to debate climate-change adaptation and mitigation. Paul Suff reports
Into 2006: the year in prospect
For our annual look at the year ahead, we asked a panel of experts, including the environment minister, the European Union's environment commissioner and the chief executive of the Environment Agency, what they believe will be the dominant issues in 2006
Six steps to ISO14001
BS8555 has been developed to help smaller businesses implement an environmental management system that will eventually lead to ISO14001 accreditation. We take a look at what is involved by examining IEMA's Acorn project and the experience of a construction business
Up in smoke? The UK's new waste strategy
The government's plans for future waste strategy in England include doing more to minimise rubbish and to increase recycling, as well as incinerating increasing amounts of waste. We take an in-depth look at the main proposals and what they mean for businesses and local authorities, while Biffa's Peter Jones provides...
Guiding the future of environmental reporting
Defra has produced new reporting guidelines, and revised guidance from the Global Reporting Initiative will be available by the end of the year. We take a look at what the changes to national and international guidelines mean for reporters
10 years of monitoring environmental engagement
The 2005 Business in the Community Environment Index marks the culmination of 10 years of data collection from the well-established corporate benchmarking service and demonstrates the progress many businesses are making in identifying and tackling their environmental impacts. We examine the latest results and look at the challenges facing the...
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