News analysis

Environment Analyst hosted an online event to discuss PFAS policy and practical solutions in light of proposed new regulations and standards.

UK division of Canadian-headquartered firm makes good progress on carbon reduction but lags on proportion of senior positions held by women.

This year’s flagship awards event for the brownfield community featured particularly innovative applications and a record number of ‘Highly Commended’ entries.

New manifesto urges government to focus on energy efficiency and not to abandon commitments on carbon reduction, nature restoration and waste.

Major global consultancies support initiative to ensure circularity and efficiency in building and construction sectors.

New location to support future growth ambitions in Yorkshire

Nine consultants secure environmental roles under £1.7bn, four-year agreement from the Crown Commercial Service

Conservationists opposing plans for a huge theme park south of the Thames, one of two UK homes for a rare jumping spider are waiting for legal protection to be officially declared

Some of largest environmental consultancies in the UK are to advise Homes England on delivering new homes, including AECOM, Arcadis and WSP

Senior representatives from ten environmental & engineering consultants, remediation contractors and developers discussed the role of the brownfield & regeneration sector in delivering sustainability

NEF report claims the climate impact of regional airport expansions has been underestimated by scheme proponents, and the consultants working for them

Sector hits all-time high of £1.9bn in 2019 before pandemic forces decline last year; Jacobs confirmed new market leader, then RSK, WSP, AECOM and RPS; demand for climate change & energy services surges as net zero and climate resilience efforts ramp up

Carbon capture will soon be a reality in the UK and consultancy WSP is to play a key role in the development of the infrastructure

Investing in low carbon technology will lead to a healthy and resilient economy post-COVID-19 say business leaders

The third of our special reports based on AEC Advisors’ CEO Forum series, addressing COVID-19 impacts and mitigation strategies, provides views based on the bosses of Environmental Partners, Kleinfelder, Stantec and WSP. Liz Trew reports

The first Environment Analyst Business Leaders’ Forum meeting of 2020 saw animated discussion around three interrelated themes of digital disruption, value proposition and the future environmental consultant

LUC suspends all field work, whilst other firms review on an individual basis if onsite work is deemed ‘essential’ given government restrictions to stem coronavirus transmission

Business, councils and communities on their zero-carbon journeys face the same challenge: how do they effectively measure the progress and real contribution of their choices?

Brexit fails to dampen sector thanks to a resurgent public sector spending and continued infrastructure activity. And there’s change at the top as WSP, Jacobs, RSK, AECOM and Mott MacDonald lead the pack, while APEM, Delta-Simons and Sweco enter EA’s Top 30 for the first time.

Fourteen winners were announced and five entries highly commended at the fifteenth anniversary of Environment Analyst's Brownfield Briefing Awards.

EIA remains the engine of growth for the UK’s environmental consultants, according to the latest market report from Environment Analyst

Strong demand across multiple client sectors fuels another solid performance from the UK EC Top 30, although slowdown evident on Brexit worries finds EA’s latest market report

Canada-based international consultancy WSP has been appointed by Transport for the North (TfN) to develop an infrastructure improvement programme across two key transport corridors in northern England.

How demand is being shaped by policy changes, Brexit and international opportunities

It has been a long and slow recovery for firms involved in site assessment and remediation design post recession, as they now face a shortage of skilled practitioners. EA looks at the current state of play and how services are evolving

In the third and final part of this special series of features looking at environmental business drivers and disruptors, we look at why the infrastructure and housing regeneration markets have consultants so optimistic

Some organistions have got their arguments in early responding to the snap UK election, ranging from increasing confidence in infrastructure delivery, strengthening environmental protection and boosting the renewables sector.

Where UK environmental consultancies are viewing opportunities for their services set against often seemingly divergent energy and emissions reduction policies, added to developments and threats on the international scene

Canadian consultancy WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff has been commissioned to undertake the development, planning and consenting of a new liquefied natural gas terminal at the Rosyth Port in Fife, Scotland.

How austerity, flooding, Brexit and COP21 are expected to influence environmental work opportunities this year and beyond