The Environment Agency has secured planning permission for its £6.1 million Keswick flood risk management scheme to protect 180 homes and businesses at risk of flooding from the River Greta.

A new guide from the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) has strengthened the bottom-line business case for valuing ecosystem services.

Costain has launched Costain Cares, a new operational drive to build a longer-term sustainable business that creates greater economic, environmental and social value.

Yorkshire Water is trialling easy access water meters in Halifax as part of a joint initiative with Redrow Homes.

Galliford Try plc, the housebuilding and construction group, has issued its interim management statement for the period 1 January 2011 to 4 May 2011.

Dwr Cymru Welsh Water has put out a £40 million tender for its minor civil engineering works framework.

The European Commission and the European Environment Agency (EEA) have published new updated information on releases and transfers from industrial installations reporting to the European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (E-PRTR).

Ofwat, the economic regulator of the water and sewerage sectors in England and Wales, has published a new Policy paper setting out its approach to impact assessments.

One of Europe's largest paper recyclers, St Regis Paper Company Ltd, was ordered by a court last week to pay nearly £500,000 after committing environmental breaches - including misleading the Environment Agency.