EIC responds to announcement of Clean Air Strategy
Today the government announced that Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Environment, would be launching a new Clean Air Strategy to combat Britain's harmful air pollution. Matthew Farrow, EIC Executive Director, said: The draft Strategy is right to focus on protecting public health and the target of halving the number of people exposed to PM levels above WHO guidelines is an
EIC renews ties with Contamination Expo
The Environmental Industries Commission is pleased to announce its renewed partnership with the Contamination Expo Series. This highly anticipated event will be taking place on 12 & 13 September at the NEC Birmingham, the show’s brand-new location for 2018. The Contamination Expo Series is a great opportunity for environmental professionals seeking the latest in strategies, techniques and technologies being used
Event report: Smartly Sustainable: using smart technology to do ‘more for less’
Environmental leaders, innovators and experts across various sectors including water, air pollution and energy management gathered at an inaugural event aimed at understanding how places around the world can do ‘more for less’ and meet environmental obligations in a cost effective way. The Smartly Sustainable: Using Smart Technology to do 'more for less event which was held yesterday (18 April)
A message about EIC’s chairman
Dr. Nelson Ogunshakin OBE, EIC’s chairman and chief executive of EIC’s sister organisation the Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE) has announced he is stepping down from both roles to become chief executive of the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC). ACE has already started the search for a new chief executive and has engaged the services of an executive search agency to oversee the
Removing the roadblocks to environmental innovation
Government strategies, white papers and even reshuffles come and go, but one constant is a desire to encourage innovation in UK business, says Matthew Farrow. Ever since Harold Wilson talked of “the white heat of technology”, politicians of all persuasions, in good economic times and bad, have eulogised innovation and pledged to increase it. Here at EIC, representing a wide mix
Keeping the government ‘honest’ on the green agenda
The creation of a new body to hold the government to account on environmental issues is significant and could have implications for decades to come, says Matthew Farrow. I’ve been lucky enough (or unlucky enough, depending on your view!) to work with many ministers over the years in my career at different trade associations. While they varied in personality and