New independent expert advisory group launched to assist Government with delivery of UK climate and nature goals
A new independent expert advisory group has been launched today to assist Government with the delivery of UK climate and nature goals.
First of its kind £1.5m nature restoration project to reduce flood risk in Lancashire gets underway
The Wyre Natural Flood Management project (Wyre NFM) is set to invest £1.5 millon to reduce flood risk to communities in Lancashire.
Severn Trent and Anglian Water offer farmers funding options to protect rivers and the environment
As part of their Get River Positive commitments to protect rivers and the environment, water companies Severn Trent and Anglian Water have launched a new support package to encourage regenerative farming practices.
Affinity Water launches Green Finance Framework
Affinity Water has published its Green Finance Framework which aligns the company's strategic and sustainability priorities with its funding and financial strategy.
RSPB and United Utilities sign up to “shared vision” in North West and formalise working relationship
The RSPB and United Utilities have signed up to a shared vision for the North West of England - a remote hill farm at Haweswater in the Lake District marked the agreement between the conservation charity and the water company.
Anglian Water reports huge investor demand for inaugural net zero-based sustainability linked bond
Anglian Water Group has made financial history by becoming the first water company in the world to launch a sustainability-linked bond connected directly to achieving its newly set interim carbon targets by 2025.
Independent expert group appointed to advise Government on standards for green investment
HM Treasury has announced the appointment of an independent expert group to advise Government on standards for green investment.
Anglian Water - new Sustainable Finance Framework to underpin delivery of AMP7 capital programme
Anglian Water has reaffirmed its long-term commitment to utilising sustainable finance as it launches the Sustainable Finance Framework which will underpin the delivery of its capital programme for 2020-2025.
Pennon Group and South West Water sign pioneering £80m green finance deals
Pennon Group and subsidiary South West Water have signed new pioneering £80 million green finance deals with Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking in London and NatWest for Revolving Credit Facilities (RCF).
Environmental Audit Committee to scrutinise Government’s Green Finance strategy
The House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee has launched a Green Finance inquiry to scrutinise the Government’s strategy to develop ‘world leading Green Finance capabilities’.
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Kohtari CEO says joined-up water intelligence needed to predict, not just react - not more data
James Sumsion, CEO of predictive water intelligence specialists Kohtari, says the water sector needs to take a giant leap forward, so that it can anticipate and act upon water quality issues - rather than merely react. -
IED compliance – using automated sliding floodgates to support secondary containment at water and sewerage company sites
Ray Moulds, Sales Director at Flood Control International, takes a look at how automated sliding floodgates are supporting secondary containment at water and sewerage company sites. -
Making storm overflow data make Sense – Metasphere launches dedicated monitoring device
With the UK government demanding a 50% reduction in storm overflow spills by 2029, the era of reactive management is over. Speaking in the House of Commons on 21 July 2025, then environment secretary Steve Reed said, “This Government will cut water companies’ sewage pollution in half by the end of the decade.” -
King’s Award for Enterprise shows ERG moving forward with growth in UK and Asia
ERG, the leading supplier of odour control systems and industrial gas cleaning & thermal systems, has been awarded the coveted King’s Award for Enterprise.
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