Ruth Williams

Gender equality initiatives failing to deliver in energy

Well-intended initiatives by energy companies to improve gender equality in the industry are failing to consistently deliver, in part due to unsupportive company cultures, a new report has revealed. The Powerful Women group highlighted multiple issues including the inconsistent quality and accessibility of mentoring and coaching programmes and the reluctance of women to take advantage of flexible working policies for fear of being overlooked for career opportunities.

Anglian and SVT join forces to support regenerative farming

People struggle to identify environmental impacts of water habits

Tunnelling completed on Thames Tideway

CCW launches credit protection campaign for businesses

CCW has launched a campaign to support water retailers to tell their customers about any credit accrued on their account and inform them of the risks as well as benefits of advance payments. The watchdog wants all business customers to be aware that in the event of retailer failure they could lose their money and will offer a communication toolkit to spread the word effectively.

Ofwat proposes new approach to resilience monitoring

Ofwat has proposed a new approach to monitoring and regulating operational resilience as it takes a longer-term view of sector-wide challenges. The regulator said this will include asking water companies to report on a series of new measures covering asset health, unplanned maintenance and equipment failures that will eventually be consolidated into an “integrated monitoring framework”.

Leakage and wastewater emissions focus for innovation winners

Change at the top for UU and ENW

Susan Davy: Change won’t happen overnight

On the Move: Ex-National Grid CEO joins NIC