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As green figures drank a toast to the UK's net zero target during this week's BusinessGreen Leaders' Awards, hopes are growing that a new era is underway

CISL's Dame Polly Courtice reveals how one of the world's leading hubs for green business thinking is preparing for the next phase of rapid corporate transformation

World-leading target to fully decarbonise the economy by 2050 is now on the UK statute book

MPs approve amendment to Climate Change Act with unanimous cheer of 'aye'

Company must pay back £123m to customers over 'shocking' failures at sewage treatment sites

As the UK waits to hear the outcome of its joint bid to host next years' COP26 climate summit, Centrica's head of environment James Rushen offers his view on the government's proposal to cut greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050

Current plans fall short of 2030 targets, official European Commission assessment warns

Latest Greener UK report welcomes support for net zero target, but warns all areas of the environment are at 'high risk' of seeing protections weakened post-Brexit

Varadkar reveals ideas to curb greenhouse gases and move towards net-zero carbon emissions by 2050

MPs accuse government of being 'out of step' with the public after Whitehall rejects pleas for fashion industry crackdown