Budget 2017: Green announcements at a glance

Michael Holder
clock • 7 min read

BusinessGreen brings you the definitive green economy guide to the Autumn Budget

Following the Clean Growth Strategy launch in October and subsequent positive noises made by the UK government at the COP23 UN climate change summit over the past fortnight, anticipation among green businesses...

To continue reading this article...

Join BusinessGreen

In just a few clicks you can start your free BusinessGreen Lite membership for 12 months, providing you access to:

  • Three complimentary articles per month covering the latest real-time news, analysis, and opinion from Europe’s leading source of information on the Green economy and business
  • Receive important and breaking news stories via our daily news alert
  • Our weekly newsletter with the best of the week’s green business news and analysis

Join now

 

Already a BusinessGreen member?

Login

Michael Holder
Author spotlight

Michael Holder

Editor

View profile
More from Michael Holder

'This is transition politics at play': Is climate change shaping Trump's threats against Venezuela and Greenland?

Government presses water firms to produce mandatory pollution-cutting plans

More on Policy

Government warned it risks missing 'critical window' for meeting tree-planting goals
Policy

Government warned it risks missing 'critical window' for meeting tree-planting goals

New analysis warns tree-planting carried out over the next five years will play crucial role in meeting net zero by 2050 targets

James Murray
James Murray
clock 12 January 2026 • 5 min read
Global Briefing: Saudi Arabia unveils heavily caveated new climate goals
Policy

Global Briefing: Saudi Arabia unveils heavily caveated new climate goals

Riyadh releases new Nationally Determined Contribution, Meta inks new nuclear deals, and Germany sets new renewables records

James Murray
James Murray
clock 09 January 2026 • 7 min read
Protecting the environmental foundations of farming isn't separate from profitability - it's essential to it
Policy

Protecting the environmental foundations of farming isn't separate from profitability - it's essential to it

Environment Secretary Emma Reynolds speech to the 2026 Oxford Farming Conference

Emma Reynolds, MP
clock 08 January 2026 • 12 min read