INSTA presents a paper at the First Catalan Congress of Environmental Law
The communication revolved around socio-environmental conflicts and climate justice in Catalonia
Eco-neighborhoods in France: from proposal to certification
An Ecobarri or “EcoQuartier” is an urban development project that respects the principles of sustainable development while adapting to the characteristics of its territory.
Is the new culture of the territory new?
Reflections by Joan Pons, member of INSTA, on the concept of the new culture of the territory and its validity today. The new culture of the territory is not as new as we think, but what traditional ecology and territorial scientific knowledge has worked for so many years, now has its translation in the form of culture.
25,000 European citizens have already signed the PEOPLE4SOIL petition to protect our food, health and nature
On World Soil Day 430 organizations call on Europe to give a right to land and save land. INSTA is part of the network of entities that support it.
The Conservació.Cat group of conservation professionals is presented
Joan Pons, member of INSTA, is part of it by providing expertise in regulatory regulation of the conservation of natural heritage in Catalonia.
INSTA is a social and solidarity company
We are already present on the “Pam a pam” map. An initiative that promotes the social and solidarity economy (ESS) and that selects companies with these values based on an exhaustive analysis.
INSTA joins the People4Soil initiative for soil conservation
The initiative aims to put pressure on the European institutions to adopt specific soil protection legislation, which sets out the principles and rules that Member States must respect.
Municipal ordinances to reduce food waste?
Legal regulation of food waste can help implement more realistic and effective measures. Recently, France has regulated this issue. Other countries such as Belgium already have more regulatory experience, and have opted for action at the municipal level.
We look out to sea
The Generalitat has begun the process of drafting the new Law for the Planning of the Coast of Catalonia, which aims to be based on an integrated management of the Catalan coastal area with the Generalitat as the reference administration and a greater role for coastal councils.
New ISO 14001, marks a trend towards the unification of ISO standards.
With the new ISO 14.001 the environmental management system opens up to the drift of the unification of ISO standards for greater ease, in practice, for the implementation, review and maintenance of ISO standards in organizations that they make the great effort to implement a system of quality and above all, of environmental management. The following are the main changes between the two regulations that are the subject of study in this article, and where it is tried to shed some light on the substantive question: The new ISO 14001 marks a trend towards the unification of the ISO standards?
