Legislation

Policy decisions surrounding new coal mines, air passenger duty, and North Sea oil and gas are undermining the government's net zero agenda, think tank warns

The Chancery Lane Project publishes new draft clauses that can be applied to support businesses’ decarbonisation plans

Assessing emissions and climate risk, then setting targets and reporting on progress, is a complex yet urgent undertaking – BusinessGreen's latest webinar with Planetly's Micha Schildmann offered a blueprint for effective corporate climate governance...

Long-awaited publication of government's environmental principles for policymaking triggers warnings from NGOs that green protections could now be watered down

Ministers must press ahead with bold biodiversity targets that can unlock much-needed investment for efforts to enhance nature, argues The Wildlife Trusts' Elliot Chapman-Jones

Draft Defra policy statement promises to embed the environment 'at the heart' of all policymaking on the same day as reports reveal key corporate sustainability rules have been delayed

Environmental laws and government strategy and policy have 'not yet proved successful' in slowing down, halting or reversing biodiversity decline, new regulatory body warns

Planned legislation covering energy, transport, and a clamp down on environmental protests was unveiled in today's Queen Speech

But Greenpeace accuses the Prime Minister of "throwing in the towel on some of the biggest challenges our country faces"

Green business figures, politicians, academics and campaign groups deliver give their verdict on the government's legislative agenda for the coming year