Environmental Improvement Plan

Office for Environmental Protection warns government is 'largely off track' to meeting majority of legally binding nature targets, and time is rapidly running out to deliver on 2030 goals

Blanket ban to be imposed on three specific neonicotinoids in the UK to help protect pollinators estimated to support £500m in annual economic benefits

Wildlife and Countryside Link publishes damning appraisal of England's progress towards international biodiversity targets ahead of start of crucial UN talks

Mary Creagh says government has begun appointing industry, academic, and civil society groups to new Circular Economy Taskforce to help design fresh policy regime for waste, recycling, and reuse in the UK

Defra announces review of Environment Act targets in areas such as air quality, water pollution, biodiversity and tree planting

Leading UK firms have signed up to a new Nature Positive Business Pledge, but reversing nature loss remains a daunting challenge

The Aldersgate Group's Signe Norberg reflects on how business and government can make the most of the Environmental Improvement Plan

Reheating the same old promises and expecting different results is the 'very definition of insanity', warns the Wildlife Trusts' Craig Bennett

From farming subsidy reform to the role of private investors, the government's new Environment Improvement Plan has significant implications for the green economy

BusinessGreen rounds up the reaction from politicians, campaigners, and green business leaders to the UK's new five-year environmental policy plan