Our grateful thanks to Dame Polly Courtice, founder of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, and Peter Simpson, former Chief Executive of Anglian Water, for sharing a fascinating conversation on the development of politics, policy, economics and corporate attitudes to sustainability over the last thirty years. The conversation explored a…...
Providing water at the Treloar’s Gala Dinner
The Treloar’s 20th Anniversary Gala Dinner at the Guild Hall was a sell out. We had a wonderful night of celebration raising funds for this exceptional school. The school’s incredible work delivers specialist care and support for around 180 students from across the country. The Water Conservators are regular supporters…...
Putting the environment at the centre of thinking and planning
For too long businesses have treated the environmental impacts of what they do as a side effect. Instead they should be putting the environment at the centre of their thinking and planning, according to Dr Stephanie Wray of RSK Nature Repair, part of the RSK Group environmental consultancy. Businesses that…...
Master’s Weekend in Stratford-upon-Avon
You can take Stratford out of Shakespeare – as indeed Shakespeare spent much of his time in London – but you cannot take Shakespeare out of Stratford. Shakespeare tea rooms, the Shakespeare bookshop, Shakespeare distillery … For our Master’s weekend in Stratford-upon-Avon we enjoyed full immersion in all things Shakespeare.…...
Best in Class – Congratulations!
The Water Conservators’ cutter Water Forget-me-not won the mixed crew class in the Oxbridge Watermen’s Challenge from Putney Bridge to Chiswick Bridge on the river Thames. The race for traditional Thames Watermen’s Cutters or Gigs took place just before the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race. Teams came from City of…...
WATER IN THE UK – TOO MUCH DEMAND, TOO LITTLE SUPPLY
CITY WATER DEBATE 2026 Bakers’ Hall, London, Wednesday 18th March Hosted by the Worshipful Company of Water Conservators The UK is running out of water. Population and economic growth combined with climate change mean that consumption is increasingly outstripping supply. We are already abstracting more water from the environment than…...