Reputations on the line

Author: Emma Clarke

Emma Clarke reports on how companies are ensuring contractors don't land them in court


Finding the source - the role of forensics

Author: Stephen Mudge

With new "polluter pays" regulations in place, the courts will be making greater use of environmental forensics. Stephen Mudge explains...


Insuring against risk

Author: Emma Clarke

New polluter-pays legislation requires businesses to rethink their risk management processes, argues Emma Clarke.


EA seeks a better place

Author: Paul Suff

Environmental regulation and climate change dominated discussion at the Environment Agency's annual conference in November. We report on the two-day event


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


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


Insuring against environmental risk

Author: Becky Allen and Jennifer Zerk

With only 12 months to go before the Environmental Liability Directive comes into effect, Becky Allen and Jennifer Zerk look at how UK businesses and the insurance market are coping with the uncertainties that still surround the new legislation


Mixed results signal the end of the Remas project

Author: Paul Suff

The project to discover whether there is a link between environmental management systems and companies' environmental performance has ended. We examine the results


The seven Thematic Strategies: taking forward EU environmental policy

Author: Catherine Bowyer

The sixth Environmental Action Programme established seven Thematic Strategies to guide future environmental policy-making in Europe. Disagreements within the European Commission have stalled their progress. The IEEP's Catherine Bowyer examines developments, including the potential impact of the strategies on air quality and waste


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