Monthly Archives: July, 2022

EY announces appointment of Dr. Matthew Bell as Climate Change and Sustainability Services leader

The EY organization has appointed Dr. Matthew Bell as Global Leader of its Climate Change and Sustainability Services (CCaSS) team, as it continues to...

Scottish Water intelligent assets helping improve service and protect environment

Investment in Scottish Water’s intelligent asset base on its wastewater infrastructure, including remote sensors and data-driven insight, is set to improve its service to...

Faster power restoration prioritised for water infrastructure sites

Faster electricity restoration has been prioritised for water infrastructure sites, to help make sure people are not left without water for long, at the...

BigChange tech boosts Sapphire’s productivity by 100% on Severn Trent water contract

Sapphire Utility Solutions is using the mobile and cloud field service technology to transform the delivery of water network services to its customers. Supplied...

Half of utilities sector’s field workers feel neglected by company’s IT department

New research has highlighted a widespread breakdown of the relationship between IT departments and field service workers in the utilities sector, with half (50%)...

South West Water switches to 100% renewable source electricity in Net Zero drive

South West Water has taken a huge step towards becoming Net Zero by 2030 after switching to 100% renewable source electricity. The water company started...

Burton-upon-Trent flood defence work completes £30 million investment

The Environment Agency has completed additional flood defence work in Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire. The work, which started last summer in 2021, reduces flood risk to...

Water Industry Forum warns that without immediate change the sector faces an inability to meet Ofwat’s required regulatory outcomes

Water Industry Forum (WIF) has today (July 4, 2022) published a paper warning that the water sector needs to act differently to successfully deliver...

Two new Modular Water Pumping Stations installed as part of £7.2 million Resilience Project for NI Water

NI Water has installed two innovative new modular Pumping Stations at Moys Water Pumping Station (Limavady) and Ballinrees (Coleraine), as part of its Northern...

Highways projects must take lead in tackling waterway pollution

Highways engineers are being urged to increase the focus on surface water treatment at the design stage following the recent World Environment Day 2022. This...

Finalists announced for the VIBES – Scottish Environment Business Awards

More than 40 firms across Scotland are in the running to secure a prestigious VIBES - Scottish Environment Business Award. A record number of entrants...

How can stronger ESG strategies help businesses stay afloat?

Linda Allardyce, corporate sustainability expert at SaveMoneyCutCarbon, explains why businesses should embrace Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) strategies in order to survive the looming...

Consumer experts to give evidence to Lords Ofwat inquiry

The House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee will continue its evidence sessions on the work of Ofwat, the UK’s water regulator, by discussing...

Climate-related flooding and drought expected to impact millions of people and cost world’s major cities $194 billion annually

C40 Cities has revealed new research quantifying the dire impacts of climate-driven drought and flooding on the world’s largest cities and its residents. Supported by...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan joins Mayors from Freetown, Bogotá and Bristol to launch the World’s To-Do List

Sadiq Khan, Chair of C40 Cities and Mayor of London, is shining a light on the unique role that cities are playing in addressing...

Galliford Try appoints Mariana Gonzalez to lead on asset optimisation

Galliford Try’s Environment business has appointed Mariana Gonzalez as the new Head of Process Solutions as it ramps up its activities in asset optimisation,...

EAC welcomes ONS move to publish emissions statistics alongside GDP figures

The Chair of the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC), Rt Hon Philip Dunne MP, has written to the National Statistician welcoming the development that the...

The Environment Agency appoints Mott MacDonald to provide digital Smart Object Library

The Environment Agency is to use Mott MacDonald’s Moata Intelligent Content as its Smart Object Library (SOL) and will make it available to all...

Disinfection added to Yorkshire Water treatment works on river Wharfe

Ultraviolet disinfection measures have been added to Yorkshire Water’s treatment works at Draughton and Beamsley to help improve water quality at the designated bathing...

A digital future for the process industries with new Ayrshire technology centre

The National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS) Group, operated by the University of Strathclyde, has announced that it will open a new technology centre in...

Isle appoints Erin Zhang as Head of Technology Advisory & Adoption

Isle Utilities has announced the appointment of Erin Zhang as Head of Technology Advisory & Adoption. Erin will be responsible for leading their EU Technology...

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