South East Water has become the first water company to sponsor the Women's Utilities Network (WUN), an organisation dedicated to encouraging greater industry diversity and better careers progression for women in the utilities sector.

Starting on Wednesday 6 November, 30,000 invitation letters will be landing on doormats across the UK – including Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland – inviting people to join Climate Assembly UK.

Atkins, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, has appointed Richard Robinson as CEO of its UK and Europe region, responsible for leading its 10,000 strong team and operations across multiple transportation, infrastructure, building and industrial markets.

Northumbrian Water is working with Durham University and a company called Intelligent Gels, to help prevent tree roots from damaging the sewer network and increasing the risk of flooding and pollution.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is getting ready to publish an IPCC special report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems later today.

On-site sludge treatment technology is offering big food and drink manufacturing companies the opportunity to make major cost savings, improve environmental performance and achieve significant operational benefits – and all with a payback of less than two years.

Yorkshire Water has gone out to tender with a contract for a range of specialist technical services to support service delivery in maintaining key operational activities worth an estimated £10 million.

Global water tech firm Xylem says that new approaches are needed to create a step change improvement in water system performance as global water challenges intensify.