Working on behalf of Defra, we have completed an analysis of consultation responses on proposals to make biodiversity net gain a requirement for new developments. The proposals come in the context of the UK Government’s ambition to embed the principle of ‘environmental net gain’ into development, as set out in [...]
The London Borough of Waltham Forest has recently awarded its eight-year, £112 million Neighbourhoods Services Contract to Urbaser Ltd. We have been working with the council from the beginning of the process in July 2017, when we carried out a Commissioning Options Analysis on the waste collection, grounds maintenance and [...]
Awareness around the issues microplastics cause in the marine environment has continued to grow over the past 12 months, however businesses are often overlooked in the discussion. To combat this, we have been working with Earthwatch Europe to put together guidance on how to help businesses respond to microplastics and [...]
A new report, published by the European Commission’s Directorate General for the Environment, estimates that the cost to EU Member States of not implementing environmental law in 2018 was around €55 billion. This is the result of Member States not fully achieving the targets set out by EU environmental legislations [...]
On the 8th April 2019 we celebrated the launch of our South East Europe Office, headquartered in Athens, Greece. The drinks and canape celebration took place at Aegli Zappiou in Athens, and was opened by the Greek Minister of Environment and Energy, Sokrates Famellos, who welcomed us to Greece. William [...]
Στις 8 Απριλίου 2019 έγιναν τα εγκαίνια του γραφείου Νοτιανατολικής Ευρώπης, με έδρα την Αθήνα Η δεξίωση πραγματοποιήθηκε στην Αίγλη Ζαππείου με πλήθος προσκεκλημένων. Χαιρετισμό απηύθυνε ο υφυπουργός Περιβάλλοντος και Ενέργειας Σωκράτης Φ στοουσία δεκάθε άμελλος που καλωσόρισε την Eunomia στην Ελλάδα. Ο William Neale, σύμβουλος για θέματα Κυκλικής Οικονομίας [...]
Darebin City Council (DCC) in Melbourne, Australia were the first in the world to declare a climate emergency in December 2016. We have been appointed to help the council to determine what practical actions they can take to meaningfully reduce the amount of carbon that they currently emit through their [...]
We are working alongside Bureau Veritas (BV), AECOM and Hertfordshire County Council (HCC) to help Broxbourne Borough Council develop air quality plans. The European Ambient Air Quality Directives specify the concentration of air pollutants that are acceptable for air quality to be at a healthy level. Countries across Europe, including [...]
On 25th March two of our leading sustainability consultants led a sold-out session at the Greater Manchester Green City Summit on reducing plastic waste. The event took part in the Public Sector Space in parallel with the wider GM Green Summit, with the space focusing on inspiring the public sector [...]
In March 2019 our consultants led two days of workshops in Brussels to gather ideas, facilitate discussions and canvass industry opinions for two studies that we are currently undertaking for the European Commission. One of these reports relates to the development of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) (covering packaging, waste electrical [...]