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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

Improving energy efficiency

Energy efficiency is crucial in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but the government admits the pace of progress has so far been slow. We take a look at what one manufacturer and one council have done to improve energy efficiency, and what more can be achieved generally

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...

Award seeks to raise environmental awareness

A new qualification aims to help manufacturing companies comply with environmental legislation by raising employee awareness of the law and promoting good practice. We take a look

Are WEEE ready?

The UK has finally transposed the waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) Directive into domestic law, with full producer responsibility beginning on 1 July 2007. We look at what the new Regulations will mean and how those affected are preparing for WEEE day

Bumpy road ahead for alternative fuels?

Governments around the world are pressing for greater use in transport vehicles of biofuels, believing it to be an effective way of reducing the harm to the environment by emissions from cars. Elisabeth Jeffries looks at how the big car producers are responding to calls for vehicles that use alternative...

JH Civil Engineering

Permit breach costs cement firm nearly £305,000

Court of Appeal court slashes fine imposed on Thames Water by 60%

Manufacturers rising to carbon challenge

Polystar Plastics