Policy

A deposit return scheme may help boost recycling, but it also comes with major challenges for smaller businesses, warns James Calder of The Society of Independent Brewers

Without environmental standards enshrined within Withdrawal Agreement, green experts fear Boris Johnson's new Brexit deal leaves the door open for a deregulatory blitz

All the green business news from around the world this week

Amidst yesterday's latest round of Brexit chaos and division there was an unexpected but hugely important silver lining to be found

Advice for the sixth carbon budget - which will be the first to follow net zero pathway - scheduled for September 2020

Boris Johnson declares deal will allow UK to 'move on to other priorities like the cost of living, the NHS, violent crime and our environment', but questions remain over whether agreement can secure Parliamentary majority

Countryside campaigners urge the government to include drinks containers of all sizes and materials in its planned deposit return scheme

Prime Minister will lead new Cabinet-level body to oversee decarbonisation drive across Whitehall

Net zero goal makes case against Heathrow expansion far stronger, campaigners claim

Business Secretary Andrea Leadsom says her number one priority is building a pathway to net zero emissions - and has promised a raft of new policies in 2020 to help get there