Water Quality

UK way off-track to deliver key nature, water and waste targets, Defra confirms

UK way off-track to deliver key nature, water and waste targets, Defra confirms

The UK Government has published its latest progress report on the 25-Year Environment Plan, revealing that progress has gone backwards in many areas including water consumption, litter in the North Sea and the abundance of ‘priority’ species.

Environment Bill: Government proposes new legally binding targets on nature, air and water

MPs blast lack of regulation and enforcement as ‘chemical cocktail’ forms in UK waterways

What makes a sustainability leader? Inside Tideway’s award-winning infrastructure project

Water sector unveils £2.7bn green recovery framework

What makes a sustainability leader? Meet water management champions The Coca-Cola Foundation and WWF UK

Natural Capital Committee: Environment Bill updates must stop businesses destroying nature

Huge wind-powered boats and a boon for solar in the US: The sustainability success stories of the week

Cargill pledges to restore 600 billion litres of water by 2030

World Water Week: Seven ways businesses are progressing water stewardship

As research released for World Water Week (August 26 -31) reveals that the number of large companies pledging to measure, manage and report their water risks has doubled over the last three years, edie rounds up seven ways that the business community is progressing water stewardship efforts worldwide.

Meet the Sustainability Leader: Wessex Water Services – Water Management 2018

With entries now open for edie's revamped 2019 Sustainability Leaders Awards, this new feature series will showcase the achievements of the 2018 winners, revealing their secrets to success. Up next: our 2018 Water Management winners, Wessex Water Services.

Most of Europe’s rivers and lakes fail water quality tests – report

The vast majority of Europe's rivers, lakes and estuaries have failed to meet minimum ecological standards for habitat degradation and pollution, according to a damning new report.

Sustainability ‘imagineered’: The Disney-led resort powered by geothermal energy

edie's senior reporter Matt Mace travels to the outskirts of Paris to uncover how Villages Nature Paris tapped into geothermal energy to deliver on a holistic 10-step sustainability framework.

How business can play a part in the new Northern Forest

25-year Environment Plan: UK unveils long-term strategy for ‘greener future’

Theresa May has today outlined a vision for a "cleaner, greener Britain", unveiling the long-awaited 25-year Environment Plan which pledges to eliminate all "avoidable" plastic waste by the end of 2042.

United Utilities fined £666,000 for polluting river with raw sewage

United Utilities has been ordered to pay a fine of £666,000 after pleading guilty to polluting a river with untreated sewage effluent in Greater Manchester.

Autonomous systems for environmental monitoring

Dealing with the new and the old: Bringing sustainable drainage to the fore

Coca-Cola hits global water replenishment goal five years early

Soft drinks giant Coca-Cola has become the first Fortune 500 Company to replenish all of the water it uses globally back to nature and communities.

Rio 2016 Olympics: How sustainable is the greatest show on Earth?

It was dubbed a "green games for a blue planet" during the bidding process, but the event has since become shrouded in controversy, with venues contaminated with waste, waters infected with superbugs, and the host city's air quality remaining at deadly levels. So, just how 'sustainable' is the Rio 2016 Olympics?
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