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The First Value: Embedding Climate Justice within the Built Environment
In 1991, the moral and political philosopher John Rawls stipulated that ‘justice is the first virtue of social institutions, as truth is of systems of thought’. In other words, when decisions are first made about how a s...
IEMA Comment - EIA and Planning Reform
The Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) has long been an advocate of good practice in EIA, working with developers, statutory bodies and consultants to ensure that the effects of development are a...
The New London Plan: 8 Principles for Climate Justice
According to Friends of the Earth, climate justice will be achieved when inclusive progress is made 'towards equity and the protection and realisation of human rights whilst addressing the climate crisis'. But without ju...
IEMA's Value of Environmental Auditing briefing paper
Co author of the new IEMA briefing paper, Andrew Marlow FIEMA CEnv, provides insight on how this is both timely and targeted at explaining how management can support and benefit from effective environmental audits.
Air quality assessment after lockdown
James Bellinger (CEnv), senior consultant at Arup discusses the change in air quality assessments as a direct result of this lockdown period.
The future of learning: Environmental sustainability through online learning.
Dr Keith Whitehead MIEMA CEnv shares his experience of delivering the IEMA Foundation in Environmental Management course online and the business, sustainability and personal benefits of doing so.
Counting the carbon - are international standards always best practice?
Following on from the success of IEMA’s Sustainability & Climate Change theatre at EMEX 2019, Dr Matthew Brander revisits the subject of counting the carbon and explores society’s renewed appreciation of scientific exper...
Teach the Future: Campaigning for sustainability in the education system
In our latest blog, we look at why the messages from Teach the Future are so important as they campaign for an urgent reform of the education system around the climate emergency and ecological crisis.
The new normal – what does that look like?
During Covid-19, there has been lots of noise on social media about what the new normal will look like when this is over and there appears to be a growing agreement that things should change and that the current situatio...
IEMA Responds to call for comments on BS8950 – BSI’s Guide to Enhancing Social Value
In March, the British Standards Institution (BSI) launched the draft version of BS 8950 – Guide to enhancing social value’. The Guide focuses on the role of organisations in understanding, preserving and enhancing social...