Policy

New and updated clauses designed to help lawyers provide clients with better advice on how to respond to climate risks

The sixth, and potentially final, round of talks to deliver an international accord to tackle plastic pollution is getting underway in Geneva - but big divisions on how to secure a deal remain

The metals supply chain is on the front line of CBAM-related disruption, with iron and steel importers expected to account for around 75 per cent of costs, warns Fastmarkets’ Stuart Evans

New standard developed by EFRAG to guide larger companies and financial institutions on sustainability data requests to SMEs

Brompton's managing director Julian Scriven discusses the folding bicycle manufacturer's use of recycled materials and its move into the booming e-bike market

Plus New Zealand ends ban on offshore oil and gas exploration, Iberdrola agrees to sell business in Mexico, and Whole Foods Market maps 1,000 acre ‘biodiversity highway’

Moves towards linking the UK and EU's carbon markets and establishing carbon border levies are steps in the right direction, but far more policy certainty and support is still needed to help heavy industry decarbonise, writes Diana Casey from the Mineral...

Across Europe, governments are signalling that carbon markets can serve as a legitimate tool to support delivery of climate targets, writes Giulia Carbone of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)

Over 40 per cent of UK adults say that current net zero plans don’t consider their needs - we can change that by putting people and their communities first, writes British Academy fellow professor Sarah Birch

Environment Agency calls for permitting and planning tweaks to help government, developers and councils better prepare for new low carbon heavy industry for climate shocks