Webinars

This webinar brings together experts in legal, planning, development and consultancy for a fruitful discussion on how to effectively scope solar PV NSIPs.

Dive into the world of sustainable construction with RSK Geosciences’ waste and resources team as it guides you through the intricacies of circular economy principles in the construction process.

In the UK, party leadership elections in Wales, local elections across the UK and a general election are set to take place this year.

In this presentation, we will give an overview of some of the technical challenges presented by incidents involving leaks or spills of domestic heating oil.

This webinar, the second in our geophysical series, explores the importance of choosing the right geophysical technique(s) for your ground investigation.

Geophysical logging or wireline logging uses different probes and is used widely in the oil and gas industry, as well as in the construction industry, mainly in ground investigations to identify some of the physical properties of solid and soft rocks in a borehole.

The concept of circular economy offers a transformative approach to how we manage our water resources.  
Within the water sector, the adoption of circular economy principles holds immense potential.

This talk will introduce the audience to Margaritifera margaritifera – the freshwater pearl mussel. In this talk, you will learn about a species that yes, does produce pearls, but no, you cannot eat it and yes, we should all be thinking about it when working in and around rivers in the UK and further afield.

With biodiversity net gain (BNG) now a mandatory condition for planning permission for most applicants, the Environment Act 2021 has created a new legal mechanism for securing land agreements called ‘conservation covenants’.

Join us for the upcoming The Blue Thread webinar, during which we will tackle the vital issue of addressing water challenges in the food and drink industry.

Central Alliance will share the lessons learned from its experiences in deploying EKG treatment to dewater and stabilise a north-facing, 7-m-high, 70-m-long rail embankment on the rail line between Plumpton and Cooksbridge stations.

This presentation sets out the approaches and tools that can be used in achieving the goal of sustainable development, specifically considering the reuse of soils and waste minimisation during redevelopment works.

RSK’s Pride employee network has partnered with Charlton Athletic to host a webinar on football vs. homophobia. Run by the club’s affiliated LGBTQ+ inclusive team, Charlton Invicta, this webinar promises to be a thought-provoking exploration of fostering inclusivity within the world of football.

The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) is a groundbreaking framework, enabling organisations to assess and respond to nature-related impacts, dependencies, risks and opportunities. It provides a pathway for organisations and investors to address nature loss. But for many companies, this is uncharted territory, so where should they begin?

Explore the soil conditions that are suitable for improvement to facilitate the economic development of sites. The improvement of different soils will be explored to show how we can create a working platform using a variety of techniques.

Join us for an insightful exploration of the challenges and opportunities in maintaining a skilled workforce in the water sector.

The aim of this webinar is to discuss fish rescues and specifically how and when they become a requirement when undertaking certain activities.

Dive into the details of digital transformation in the water sector and explore the important decisions companies need to make in the digital age.

Have you ever wondered what geophysics is? Have you ever thought it was a waste of time and money? This webinar aims to dispel the myths.

Just as there is across the world, there is an urgent need to accelerate the energy transition in the Middle East, considering the region’s significant role in global energy markets. How is the region accelerating in progress and ambition? Come along to our webinar to learn from the experts.

What do we need to come from COP28 to ensure we can finally get on track for a 1.5°C future? Join our webinar to find out more.

Net zero transition planning serves as the backbone in managing the shift towards a net zero economy. Companies are critical components of this shift, but what exactly does transition planning entail? Why is it so important?

Hear from experts from ADAS, TerrAffix and PD&MS Group, as well as RSK’s innovation team, as they share details in delivering sustainability projects and waste management solutions to achieve net zero goals, from recycling food waste into carbon-locking biochar to using low-energy gene discovery technology to extend the shelf life of fruit.

This webinar presents a discussion about how the approach to biodiversity net gain (BNG) is likely to be different in Wales and Scotland.

Following the recent RSK COP15 event ‘From commitments to action: Exploring innovative approaches for water and biodiversity’, we are excited to continue the conversation and deepen our understanding of the critical interplay between water and biodiversity.

We delve deep into the pivotal connection between carbon net zero initiatives and the global water sector. This event promises to be a transformative exploration of the role water plays in achieving a sustainable, carbon-neutral future.

We are thrilled to invite you to the first webinar in The Blue Thread series, ‘Navigating SDG 6 and the decade of change for clean water and sanitation’. In a world where access to clean water and sanitation remains a critical challenge, this webinar aims to shed light on the progress, challenges and road ahead regarding Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6.

On 12 October, FRC, an RSK Group company, will be hosting a continuing professional development (CPD) accredited webinar event to share insights into the most recent advancements and to provide practical knowledge to support the effective management of fire and life safety measures for the safeguarding of occupants and to minimise risk.

In this webinar, we will explore what WLC assessment is, when it can be introduced into a project or asset plan and how it is used to manage emissions.

Aviation releases emissions into a unique and complex region of the atmosphere. In this webinar, we will touch on the chemistry of these emissions, the impacts they have on climate change and why the industry is so difficult to change.

This event is ideal for professionals, researchers, policymakers, environmentalists, industry stakeholders and anyone who is passionate about addressing the critical issues of water management and biodiversity conservation.

Recent improvements in the technology, software and data available to those working in the ecology sector have led to rapid innovation within the sector and greatly influenced how surveys are conducted and data are collected and analysed. This talk is primarily directed at those with an interest in ecological surveys and GIS.

On 18 July, FRC, an RSK Group company, will be hosting a continuing professional development (CPD) accredited webinar event to share insights into the most recent advancements and to provide practical knowledge to support the effective management of fire and life safety measures for the safeguarding of occupants and to minimise risk.

Join RSK for an engaging panel discussion and Q&A session on the vital connection between COP15 commitments, biodiversity and healthcare.

This webinar offers a landscape review of ESG reporting and suggests ways to focus your disclosure efforts over the next few years.

In our intriguing and invaluable webinar, we explore greenwashing in greater detail, including the increasing legal challenges across sectors and the rise in media attention.

Scope 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are those indirectly associated with an organisation’s activities. Scope 3 can be challenging and complex to assess: we explain why it’s worth the (considerable) effort.

This webinar will review the salient BNG updates and will draw on our experience of delivering complex large-scale BNG delivery plans

Join Nature Positive Director Stephanie Wray to find out what you, your business and your government need to do after COP15

In this webinar, RSK will explain more about nature-based solutions, with its in-house teams ADAS Natural Solutions and Solutions By Nature sharing their experiences of how they are supporting clients and helping them to achieve their environmental goals.

Join the COP conversation as RSK reports live from COP15.

RSK France, in collaboration with law firm Franklin and TechWorks Marine, invites you to a webinar on the sustainable support of renewable energy in the marine environment.

Steph Wray from Nature Positive will be here to answer all your questions before she packs her thermals and heads off to join COP15.

Carbon Zero Consulting invites you to discover what natural environmental heat sources can do for food and drink manufacturing operations.

Join our panel of experts discussing the practicalities of science-based targets for nature and how to embed targets into business strategy

RSK company Envireau Water’s Borehole Users Conference is about the latest developments in sustainable groundwater abstraction.

Copper invites you to join a virtual discussion on how ready the water sector is for the upcoming challenges.

Join us as we speak to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC), alongside industry experts, to explore freeports in more detail.

Join us as thought leaders from across multiple sectors come together to discuss what we need to do to tackle some of the greatest challenges societies have ever faced.

This webinar will explore ESG for the construction sector, including examining how organisations can respond to emerging reporting and regulation requirements and act on the triple sustainability threats of climate change, biodiversity loss and poverty.

National Highways is delivering one of the biggest infrastructure programmes for a generation.

Join us on 18 October, as a valued panel of experts explores why and how the finance sector is addressing biodiversity.

RemedX will share the lessons learnt from using deep soil mixing columns for the remediation of soils impacted by chlorinated solvents.

How can the built environment, as a sector, overcome challenges to decarbonise in order to meet the government’s net-zero target?

This webinar will discuss how we can use these spaces dedicated to green energy production and think outside the box to ensure we are providing net benefits to biodiversity.

This webinar explores well businesses understand their dependencies and impacts on nature and how that translates into corporate strategies.

Mel Lyons, Technical Lead for Hydrogeology at RSK Geosciences, will give this presentation that will illustrate how good quality data are fundamental to the understanding of aquifer characteristics.

Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been termed the “forever chemicals”, but what are they? Are they harmful? Where will I find them?

This presentation will detail the latest remote sensing technology and will provide real-world examples of how soil moisture data has been acquired and analysed to benefit projects and clients.

This talk will be an introduction to the drilling equipment available for ground practitioners to undertake ground investigations.

This webinar seeks to outline some of the major issues and pitfalls involved in the control of asbestos in made ground in site development.

In this webinar Richard Delahay, RSK Biocensus Director will explore the role of scientific evidence in ecological consultancy. 

This webinar will describe Network Rail’s sustainability journey and highlight the future challenges the British rail industry will face.

This webinar will provide a high-level overview of how the effects of future climate change could be incorporated within the conceptual site model for land contamination risk assessments.

This webinar will summarise methods and approaches for obtaining renewable heat from the ground using ground source heat pumps (GSHP).

In this talk, Rich Prew and Mark Lang will summarise the key issues that arose from the recent consultation on BNG.

Join us, as a panel of experts explore what the draft Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework entails.

This webinar will present Leap’s foundation carbon calculator, a tool that has been developed in conjunction with the University of Surrey.

Join us as a panel of experts discusses best practices, the future of the TCFD and sustainability disclosures and lessons learned from early adopters.

Join us on 17 March for a virtual event that will bring together policy, legal, investor, industry and practitioner perspectives to explore what the consultation means to them, and how BNG policy will affect industry.

We will outline the legal considerations regarding aquatic environments and give an overview of the types of projects for which aquatic ecology advice may be needed

This webinar explores how water monitoring is used to support risk assessments and environmental permit applications.

Environmental DNA (eDNA) is fast becoming an important tool in the study of aquatic and terrestrial biodiversity.

In this webinar, RSK Geosciences will outline some of the challenges faced by practitioners when assessing sites for gas and vapour risk.

Join us as we discuss what regenerative design means, why it is so important and the five principles to follow to get it right in practice.

In this sector-focused webinar, the RSK Biocensus team looks back on 30 years of practice in the field of wildlife and highways to identify solutions to some of the most intractable problems and will then look forward to what biodiversity net gain and the future policy landscape will mean for linear infrastructure.

Join ADAS, an RSK company, for this webinar outlining the benefits and values of peatland and will explore how we can restore it.

In this webinar, RSK Biocensus Managing Director Tim Hounsome will give an overview of the provisions of the Environment Act 2021

In this seminar, Dr Siôn Roberts will outline some of the challenges that coal legacy sites pose to the developer and geotechnical consultant

Follow the live stream from Glasgow as we welcome business leaders for a sustainability event promising NOT to be your typical ESG seminar.

Join us for a webinar with RSK ADAS’s food and agriculture industry experts as they discuss the challenges faced by the agricultural part of the food industry in targeting net zero.

This webinar by Senior Environmental Consultant Emma Hobbs will provide a brief overview of the risks of asbestos in soil and how these can impact every aspect of a site investigation.

This talk will summarise some of the recent scientific evidence about the most important drivers of biodiversity in gardens

Join the Nature Positive team live from COP26 in Glasgow as we explore what real sustainability looks like.

In this webinar Dr Shon Williams will present case studies of on-site geotechnical failures and will discuss the underlying causes behind them.

This webinar will provide an overview of when geophysical surveys should be best scheduled and key factors that clients should consider

This webinar will offer practical solutions, explaining what landlords, homeowners and the property sector at large need to know to implement the gas-free technologies that will keep Britain warm for decades to come.

In this webinar, hear from a panel of transport planners and renewable energy experts about the challenges and opportunities new transportation models can present for cities across the UK and Europe.

On 7 October, join us for a webinar with leaders in the rewilding movement as they discuss the challenges and benefits of rewilding high-density cities.

Matt Wainhouse, Principal Ecologist at RSK, will explain what BNG and NN are and why they are such important initiatives

On 30 June Binnies and Rezatec will host a webinar discussion on iDMS and how satellite technology can proactively manage reservoir safety.

RSK Principal Geoenvironmental Engineer Ben Winch speaks on the benefits of reusing material over off-site disposal to landfill.

On Thursday, 2 September 2021, RSK Biocensus Principal Arboricultural Consultants Rob Fear and James Butler will deliver a First Thursday Club webinar on arboriculture.

In this webinar, Jon Davies, Director at RSK Wilding, Nature Positive and RSK Biocensus, will attempt to dispel some of the myths and the fears around the role of expert witness.

We will demonstrate in this event, through a series of case studies, how appropriate risk assessment can be used to create more sustainable development and how the optimum remedial solution can be chosen

The competitive, cost-effective design of a ground investigation goes further than simply providing the lowest rates and completing the work as quickly as possible.

RSK SafeGround has been undertaking GPR service-clearance work to this specification since PAS128 first came out in 2014. This talk will demonstrate in detail what these procedures are, why we follow them and how this sets the RSK group apart from the competition.

Ferenc Kis, RSK’s European Business Development Director, will moderate a discussion for business leaders at the upcoming virtual V4 ESG Conference.

As the effects of one particular disease are currently dominating our lives, a webinar on wildlife diseases may sound like the last thing you want to tune in to! But do not be put off: this talk by RSK Biocensus Director and Exeter University professor Richard (Dez) Delahay will provide some fascinating insights into disease ecology; how human activities can influence disease emergence and spread; and how disease links to climate change and the biodiversity crisis.

On Thursday, 22 April 2021, RSK and law firm Mills & Reeve will host a webinar to discuss the issues relating to the future of fuel stations.