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Plus: Ørsted to slash 2,000 jobs, Mars invests in 100 Polish solar projects, and Octopus Energy joins €200bn European industry decarbonisation drive

Lawmakers agree deal to simplify CSRD and CSDDD in a bid to boost EU competitiveness and cut red tape, but reforms would still require large corporates to strengthen reporting and due diligence efforts

Prince of Wales confirms attendance at Belém Climate Summit in move that aims to help galvanise talks

BusinessGreen Editor’s Briefing: October 2025 part one

New agreement allows 21,000 homes to be built following concerns over water taken from rivers and wetlands, and risks to protected wildlife - but green groups remain concerned over impact of government planning reforms

YouGov poll finds more than half of Reform voters and over 70 per cent of Tory voters support their pensions being invested in renewables

Almost 4,000 people join legal claim against Welsh Water and poultry firms Avara Foods and Freemans of Newent over river pollution in the Wye catchment

But conference speech provides no indication as to what promised strategy would entail, beyond support for new nuclear projects and reforms to curb electricity bills

Sam Fankhauser from the University of Oxford warns the Conservative's plans to ditch the Climate Change Act could prove a political, environmental, and economic own goal