environmental principles

'A game changer': Environmental principles come into force for UK policymakers

Policy

'A game changer': Environmental principles come into force for UK policymakers

Ministers and government officials now have legal duty to adhere to overarching environmental principles when creating policy

clock 02 November 2023 • 5 min read
'Absolutely no reason for delay': Where are the UK's promised post-Brexit environmental principles?

Policy

'Absolutely no reason for delay': Where are the UK's promised post-Brexit environmental principles?

Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) urges next Prime Minister to rapidly roll out environmental legal principles right across Whitehall in order to support robust policymaking

clock 27 July 2022 • 7 min read
'Missed opportunity': Ministers shelve sustainability disclosure rules, commit to binding environmental policy principles

Legislation

'Missed opportunity': Ministers shelve sustainability disclosure rules, commit to binding environmental policy principles

Draft Defra policy statement promises to embed the environment 'at the heart' of all policymaking on the same day as reports reveal key corporate sustainability rules have been delayed

clock 12 May 2022 • 6 min read
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