Policy

POLICY BRIEFING: After MEPs rubber stamped a directive requiring firms operating in the EU to guard against environmental and human rights violations in supply chains, BusinessGreen Intelligence investigates what new corporate responsibility standards...

B Lab UK poll finds strong support for Better Business Act campaign to give firms legal responsibility for prioritising people and planet alongside profits

The government's latest attempt to restrict solar farm development will undermine energy security and do next to nothing to improve food security - it amounts to little more than blatant electioneering

Azerbaijan politician and former Formula 1 spokesperson pledges to focus on 'private sector and women' in her role as UNFCCC climate champion

Ministerial statement seeks to tighten restrictions on solar developments on farmland, sparking bemused and angry response from solar farm industry

Manufacturing has fallen sharply in the UK over the past three decades, but electric vehicles, heat pumps, and wind turbines could hold the key to turning things around, according to a major new report

RenewableUK calls for bolder pro-renewables policies at upcoming election, as MPs and Peers urge Prime Minister to end policy of 'maxing out' North Sea oil and gas development

Latest phase of Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme set to save taxpayers £650m a year, as schools, hospitals, and libraries celebrate funding awards

Climate Change Committee reiterates disappointment that Scotland's 2030 and 2040 climate goals have been ditched as it calls for rapid adoption of replacement framework

The first reporting period of the EU's carbon tariff scheme offers lessons for businesses looking for a head start on aligning with the future UK CBAM, writes EcoAct's Chimdi Obienu