Water companies are in a great position to be a real driver for good practice over plastic pollution driving changes including the national policy debate. Many of the issues are central to drinking water and their roles. Southern Water and Thames Water take up the challenge. Southern Water launches Plastics Policy Southern Water is committed to […]
A recent study by the London Borough of Barnet includes the publication of a Corporate Natural Capital Account that quantifies the value of its parks and open spaces. It shows the benefits from open spaces are around 10 times the cost to maintain them. Natural capital refers to natural assets, such as parks and gardens, which […]
The Zoological Society of London (ZSL) has published guidance on fish conservation for planners, developers, local authority officers and consultants, with the goal of improving fish conservation in the Tidal Thames region, encompassing all Local Authorities adjoining the River Thames between Teddington Lock and Gravesend. ZSL spoke to developers about this guidance at a Thames […]
The election and Grenfell have changed the mood. First it was Corbyn’s plan to renationalise water, then his relative success at the election, then another monster fine for Thames for failed leakage targets, the scandal of Australian investment bank Macquarie’s exploitation, and then Grenfell where profit lead deregulation was and will be fully exposed […]