A year after the disastrous Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico, WWF is calling for better safeguards to protect the UK’s marine environment.
WWF is urging the Scottish government to abandon new oil drilling and invest in Scotland’s huge renewable energy potential, following the results of the UK Government Energy and Climate Change Committee’s independent review of deepwater drilling in the UK. The Committee’s report and recommendations published in March 2010 raised serious concerns over the safeguards in place to protect the marine environment from the event of an oil spill.
The potential impacts of a hypothetical oil spill off the coast of Scotland are highlighted in an interactive map developed by RSA and WWF to help insurers better understand the risks of this kind of accident. The map shows oil seeping from a damaged passenger ship off the coast of Mull towards fish farms, ports and environmental conservation areas.
With increasing day-to-day demand on seas from fishing, resource extraction, transportation and tourism, oil spills are not the only threat to the marine environment. Leading international insurance group RSA and WWF are working together to improve understanding of these impacts. Last year RSA and WWF jointly published Insurance and the Marine Environment briefing, to provide guidance for business and the insurance industry on managing the challenges and opportunities from environmental change.
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.”
ERG, the leading supplier of odour control systems and industrial gas cleaning & thermal systems, has been awarded the coveted King’s Award for Enterprise.
Welsh Water’s new artificial intelligence-driven tool, ORAI, has been shortlisted for three categories at the prestigious British Data Awards 2026 – underscoring the company’s commitment to using cutting-edge technology to deliver better outcome for customers.
Barhale has completed work on two separate Rapid Action Taskforce Spills projects it is carrying out for Severn Trent.
Hear how Scottish Water has completed its £235 million Ayrshire Glasgow Resilience Project - customers across Greater Glasgow, Ayrshire and East Renfrewshire will now benefit from a more secure and resilient water supply.
Hear how United Utilities is accelerating its investment to reduce spills from storm overflows across the Northwest.
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