14001 17 50001 20 EIA 27 Delivering change ESOS compliance Climate resilience Practitioners discuss whether Peel Land and Property takes IEMA guides the profession on the revised standard can help the 50001 route to comply with assessing the challenges and firms to embed sustainability new energy efficiency scheme threats from a changing climate environmentalistonline.com April 2016 Wales flies the flag for sustainability 6 clicks from enlightenment Visit our NEW store today store.lexisnexis.co.uk RELX (UK) Limited, trading as LexisNexis. Registered office 1-3 Strand London WC2N 5JR Registered in England number 2746621 VAT Registered No. GB 730 8595 20. LexisNexis and the Knowledge Burst logo are trademarks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc. © LexisNexis 2016 SA-0116-060. The information in this document is current as of JANUARY 2016 and is subject to change without notice. SA-0116-060 New e-Store Promotion A4.indd 1 1/26/16 6:32 PM Contents 1 April News Features 4 EU ETS rules increase emissions Waste duties need enforcing 5 Osborne bows to pressure on mandatory greenhouse gas reporting 6 Emissions down, economy up Better ways to trade waste 17 Can 14001 help drive sustainability? 8 Green laws cost neutral Paul Suff hears practitioners’ views on the revised international standard and whether its requirements will assist them in embedding sustainability Timber advice service closes Business plans United Airlines, AltAir Paramount, Viridor, Unilever, TerraVia IEMA news 9 New look membership levels coming in June 20 Making 50001 work Policy column Martin Baxter on plans to Manchester-based Peel Land and Property made an early decision to take change energy taxation and reporting the 50001 route to ESOS compliance. Niall Enright on the lessons learned EIA news 12 Wales revises EIA laws Practice column Rufus Howard, chair of the IEMA impact assessment network, goes in search of proportionate EIA 23 Endless possibilities EIA research Health-impact assessment; benefits of the ‘pre-app’ AkzoNobel is a Dutch company whose brands include Dulux and Polycell. Paul Suff reports on how imagination is helping it do more by using less Political insight 13 Environment missing from Brexit debate In parliament Catherine Bearder welcomes EU plans to tackle wildlife trafficking Legal brief 27 Acclimatising to change Mott MacDonald’s Henry Le Brecht, James Montgomery and Phil Le Gouais 14 In court Thames Water receives six-figure summarise the IEMA guide on climate change resilience and adaption in EIA financial penalty; Advocate General rejects German ETS appeals Case law Court of Appeal dismisses solar firms appeal over early closure of RO 15 New regulations Sustainability; pollution; planning; water; waste; environment protection 30 Wales: the new of home of sustainability? 16 Latest consultations Non-financial New legislation will require every major public body in Wales to maximise reporting; renewable heat incentive; sustainable development. Alex Marshall discovers what it means in practice bioenergy; offshore environmental assessment; buildings regulations Guidance Waste duty of care; low-risk waste; waste electrical and electronic equipment IEMA members 33 Is your business fit for the future? 35 More successful IEMA members A new tool is being launched to assess whether a company is sustainable. IEMA and external events Michael Hardisty wonders if it is what the profession has been waiting for April 2016 environmentalistonline.com I was used to the tree hugger label at work so the The Finance Director signed off the proposal last thing the Fleet Manager expected from me was a and created a more senior role for me so that proposal to buy new cars. I could launch a company-wide audit of our I’d recently upgraded to Associate membership and environmental policies. felt able to put together a strategy showing how She’s hoping for cost savings and I still want to a more efficient fleet, combined with a car sharing save the planet. It turns out we can do both. incentive scheme would generate cost savings as well People as reducing our impact on the environment. like Hannah say: Use your IEMA membership to build your skills and boost your professional profile today at www.iema.net/mystory IEM991_Carpark_A4.indd 1 8/8/12 10:43:10 Comment 3 Bright, open and brave In April 2013, I was preparing to join IEMA and doing my homework, finding out what the institute had achieved and where it said it wanted to be. What I realised was that IEMA was an organisation with a huge wealth of knowledge and equity, which had grown quickly for all the right reasons and boasted a network of thousands of committed and passionate professionals. Fast forward a few months and, after spending time getting to know the staff, volunteers and many members, I discovered that the institute was a little listless: capable of huge things but held back by some self-imposed barriers. That is not unusual for a professional body. As beasts they can feel a little cool to the touch and are rarely set up to maximise Over the next three months you will the passion members have for their careers. I knew I wanted IEMA to be different and members told me see IEMA change in the right ways time and again they wanted the same thing. and because members said that’s Three years later, I can tell you that we have been working hard to reshape IEMA to become what what they need. This will include you want and need us to be. We’ve removed the barriers that constricted our ambition, creativity and greater clarity about what being an growth. We are building the IEMA brand to have IEMA member at any level means a bigger impact and to be readily recognised. Most importantly, with the help of members, employers and universities, we have worked to make membership more meaningful and more valuable than ever. We now consider ourselves to be a bright, open and brave organisation that is fit for the future and ready to fulfil the collective ambition of its members. Over the next three months you will see IEMA change in the right ways and because members said that’s what they need. You will see a refreshed look and feel to our logo and website. You will hear IEMA’s comment and voice get louder. You will also get greater professional value from your membership. From June, you will have greater clarity about what being an IEMA member at any level means and the tools to better explain it to employers. The member journey will be clearer and you will have more opportunities to develop and progress. Innovations to the way those new to the profession can join IEMA will help the institute to grow, making your professional network stronger, wider and more diverse. Please keep an eye out for the updates we will be delivering to you in the months ahead because they will explain the important changes in far greater detail than this column allows. I am genuinely excited to see Tim Balcon, all we have worked on together come to fruition. I hope you are too. CEO of IEMA The Institute of Environmental Management Deputy editor Advertisement production © IEMA 2016 & Assessment (IEMA) is the professional Catherine Early John Woffenden home of more than 15,000 environment and [email protected] [email protected] LexisNexis aims to provide authoritative sustainability practitioners from around Managing editor Publisher and accurate information at all times. Its publications are, however, for guidance only the globe. 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