Greening information technology

Author: Emma Clarke

Emma Clarke discovers how a business can cut the carbon footprint of its IT equipment.


A quick ascent up the sustainability ladder

Author: Rachel Brown

From a low position, Bradford & Bingley has turned around its environmental performance. Rachel Brown reports


Driving supply chain sustainability

Author: Lucie Ponting

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?

Author: Elisabeth Jeffries

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


Out with the old, in with the new: 2008 in prospect

Author: Paul Suff

2007 saw the introduction of several major pieces of environmental legislation, not least the WEEE Regulations, which ushered in full producer responsibility, and the long-awaited REACH Regulation on chemicals. 2008 is likely to be equally momentous on the regulatory front. Paul Suff examines what is in store for the business...


Into 2006: the year in prospect

Author: Paul Suff

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


Delivering sustainability in Cheltenham

Author: Lucie Ponting

EiB 155 examined the sustainability standard that helps put sustainable development at the heart of council planning. We now look at how Cheltenham Borough Council is forging its own sustainable development strategy


Up in smoke? The UK's new waste strategy

Author: Paul Suff and Peter Jones

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...


Environmental training at Yorkshire Water

Author: Richenda Wilson

Successful ISO14001 certification requires organisations to raise environmental awareness among the workforce. Yorkshire Water has developed its own training programme to ensure it achieves this aspect of the international environmental management standard. Richenda Wilson reports


Incineration: environmental solution or pariah?

Author: Rick Gould

The government's plans for future waste strategy in England include sending greater amounts of waste for incineration. Yet many believe that incineration is hazardous to both human health and the environment, as well as less efficient than recycling. Rick Gould examines the arguments


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