Agencies to promote 'sustainable' development
The Environment Agency (EA) and Natural England will have to promote the government's view of sustainable development under plans to implement the Penfold Review.
The review was set up to determine whether non-planning consents postpone or discourage investment and found that these consents could create delay, uncertainty and costs to business. The business depContinue reading this with an IEMA membership
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IEMA reacts to UK government's spring statement
IEMA has called on the UK government to invest more in low-carbon transport following its cut to fuel duty in today's spring statement.
Nearly 10,400 companies worldwide – worth $105trn (£80.4trn) in market capitalisation – will be asked to disclose environmental data by more than 680 financial institutions this year through CDP.
Two-thirds of small business owners in the UK are worried that they don’t have the right skills and knowledge to tackle the climate crisis, a recent survey has found.
Companies across the UK, US and EU are being deterred from investing in environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives due to a lack of regulatory guidance, a new survey has found.
A new framework has been launched by the Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) to help investors assess corporate climate targets in 10 key high-emitting sectors across energy, transport and industrials.
Climate pledges from 25 of the world’s largest companies will deliver less than half of the emissions reductions needed to achieve their net-zero goals, new analysis suggests.
Lidl and Waitrose are the most sustainable supermarkets in the UK, according to a ranking by Which?, with Iceland bottom of the pile.
One in five UK retailers cancelled contracts last year with suppliers who fell foul of ethical and sustainable standards, research by Barclays has found.
Delivering net-zero emissions across the global economy by 2050 will require approximately $9trn (£5.7trn) of capital spending on physical assets for energy and land-use systems every year, which is around 60% more than is being spent today.
