Mary Creagh

Corporate Leaders Group UK and Aldersgate Group back statement urging leaders from across the political spectrum to accelerate investment in a 'resilient, low carbon, nature-positive economic future'

Region's biggest ever fundraising drive launched to attract millions of pounds into nature recovery projects

Defra Minister and former chair of Parliament's Environmental Audit Committee talks to BusinessGreen about nature policy and the potential impact of a new Prime Minister in Downing Street

Our gallery capturing many of the the finalists, winners, and speeches at the UK's most prestigious green business awards during a sweltering London Climate Action Week

Seventh Carbon Budget secures comfortable majority in House of Commons, as Labour, Lib Dems and Greens back new emissions target

Plans for long-awaited ban on the sale of products linked to illegal overseas deforestation have been confirmed by the government

Defra promises tougher sentencing for 'waste cowboys' and more sophisticated identity, criminal record, and technical checks for waste handlers

Long-awaited rules to standardise waste collections to cover food and garden waste, paper and card, dry recyclable materials, and residual waste

Government confirms industry-backed group is to manage Packaging Extended Producer Responsibility scheme, as part of efforts to better incentivise firms to switch to sustainable materials

At least eight projects backed by OCEAN Grants Programme to protect marine habitats, improve food security, and support thousands of jobs