Response to consultation on plan to ban wet wipes containing plastic confirms new legislation is on the way

BusinessGreen rounds up the most widely read stories on the site this week

Company's founder and CEO Hermione Taylor confirms plans to close down in the face of challenging economic conditions and increased market competition

We must approach the challenge presented by local opposition to solar developments with empathy not antipathy, writes Mark Owen Lloyd, director of Botley West Solar Farm in Oxfordshire

Just a few days left to get nominations in for the inaugural UK Women in Green Business Awards

Retail giant lifts lid on AI tech that can automatically choose most appropriate and efficient packaging for deliveries

High street coffee chain becomes latest to sign up to Octoplus, which rewards Octopus Energy customers for using less energy at home

Grid updades, long duation energy storage and electricity market reform should be pillars of any green growth plan, writes Conservative MP Mark Garnier

Delegates can now register to attend this year's Net Zero Festival, which will take place in London on October 22-23

More than four million hours of raw sewage thought to have been discharged into rivers and seas last year