Month: June 2006

Fishermen and conservationists clash over shellfish

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Government effort to get schoolchildren cycling

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Construction company goes for zero landfill

A major UK construction company has publicly pledged to eliminate its landfill waste by 2010, as it attempts to lead a sea-change in an industry responsible for a third of UK waste - three times as much as all householders combined.

UK vows carbon trading is here to stay as it sets ETS cap

The UK has announced tougher targets for the second phase of the European Emissions Trading Scheme, saying it wants to demonstrate leadership and a commitment to the environment.

Biwater buys out Cascal

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Employees refuse to pay for carbon cuts

Almost 60% of UK employees think their bosses should donate more of their profits to protect the environment, as new research reveals that staff racked up 42.6Mkm flying on business in 2005.

Porsche fined over packaging waste

Car manufacturer Porsche Cars Great Britain Ltd has been ordered to pay more than £27,000 for failing to comply with packaging-waste regulations.

Spreading out cost of asbestos

At the start of May, the House of Lords handed down a landmark decision in Barker v Corus (UK) plc (formerly Saint Gobain Pipelines plc); Murray v British Shipbuilders (Hydrodynamics) Ltd; Patterson v Smiths Dock Ltd and others (HL), changing the way in which compensation should be paid to those that have been negligently exposed to asbestos and contracted mesothelioma as a result.

Making consents fairer

It would be fair to say that enforcement of discharge consents has not received the highest priority in recent years. Most tellingly, just 0.3% of them were reviewed in 2004 - an improvement on the 0.1% rate in 2002 and 2003.

Business of biodiversity

According to new research, supporting biodiversity can have benefits for business. John Haven reports

Ahead of the game

According to David Jackson, chairman of Business in the Environment - a sub-division of Business in the Community (BiTC), "the Environment Index has proved vital to the development of corporate environmental practice over the years". And he certainly has a point.

EIC: We must make economy more efficient

The government has already implemented a number of legislative and fiscal drivers directed towards sustainable production and resource efficiency.

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