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Fabian Way lessons: drainage design in environmentally sensitive highway schemes

A road that regularly disappears beneath the waterline needs an innovative long-term solution to keep it dry. Here’s what that looks like.   The A483...

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South Korea’s food waste rethink began with citizens demanding change

The Korean Zero Waste Movement Network has spent four decades mobilising citizens, government and businesses to prevent, separate and recycle food waste across South...

UK’s FCA Drops Plans for Mandatory IFRS-Based Climate Reporting

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the UK’s conduct regulator for financial services firms and financial markets, announced the release of it finalized rules for...

EY Launches Framework to Quantify Financial Impact of Sustainability Risks and Opportunities

Global professional services firm EY announced the launch of its EY Sustainability Value Bridge, a new framework aimed at helping companies to understand and...

Britain’s recycling system is writing off electronics that could be repaired

Britain’s approach to electronic waste is prioritising disposal over repair, allowing valuable devices and materials to slip through the net, according to new research...

Surging energy demand puts grids at centre of transition, says McKinsey

Global energy demand is rising fast enough to turn the energy transition into a broader “energy expansion”, according to a new McKinsey analysis which...

Burnham unveils public grid company in push to accelerate connections

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has used his first Labour Party conference speech as Prime Minister to announce a new publicly owned electricity network company,...

Cold-air sludge dryer targets smaller wastewater treatment works

A heat-pump-based sludge drying system aimed at smaller wastewater treatment works is being promoted in the UK as a means of reducing sludge volumes...

New Cefas research vessel to expand UK marine monitoring

A new 85-metre research vessel equipped with automation, robotics and AI is to become a central component of UK marine monitoring, carrying out work...

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