Opinion

Tough new standards for businesses to meet net zero could see many needing to review their sustainability strategy, writes AECOM’s Robert Spencer

Climate success requires laws that ensure consistent reporting on emissions reductions, writes Jane Thostrup Jagd of the We Mean Business Coalition.

In its current form, the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill misses a major opportunity to align the national planning system with climate goals, writes the UK Green Building Council (UKGBC)’s Philip Box

Combining climate reporting and ESG reporting into the same workstreams can cause confusion and threaten progress where it is needed most, writes Manifest's Laura Zizzo

This year’s World Economic Forum is an opportunity for business leaders to collaborate on climate action and innovation, write S30 group co-chairs Steve Varley and Arlo Brady

Former UN climate chief Christiana Figueres describes Stuart Kirk's speech last week as 'one of the most irresponsible public statements we have heard in years'

A global treaty to tackle plastic pollution is welcome but risks driving policy towards recycling at the expense of more effective solutions, argues Xampla CEO Simon Hombersley

After decades of inaction, regulators, water companies and central government appear to have woken up to the pressing need to protect and restore England's rivers, writes Philip Dunne MP

G20 nations hold the key to capping temperature rise at safe levels - so it is critical they ramp up their climate ambition ahead of COP27, argues the ECIU's Gareth Redmond-King

Slashing methane emissions is the closest thing the world has to a silver bullet for rapid climate action, writes former Greenpeace CEO Paul Gilding