Policy

As government races to keep blast furnaces operating, calls grow for Ministers to deliver promised strategy for modernising and decarbonising the UK steel industry

Plus EU Parliament and Council agree rules tackling microplastic pollution, Germany's likely coalition government agrees on climate platform, and Benin partners with VCMI to harness carbon credit revenues

BusinessGreen Editor’s Briefing: April 2025

BloombergNEF analysis estimates US battery storage costs could jump 58 per cent under new tariffs, causing delays to much-needed new projects

The Chancellor would do well to consider clean energy as a critical element of defence and make it a priority for public spending, write Public First's Daisy Powell-Chandler and Stonehaven’s Adam Bell

Heads of 32 UK conservation groups write to government calling for major changes to flagship Planning and Infrastructure Bill in order to avoid weakening nature protections

Dietary, travel and energy choices are only achieving 10 per cent of their potential impact – but a new study claims policy support can offer a much-needed boost

Government launches consultation over proposals to streamline permitting requirements for activities related to waste, water and flood risk

Hundreds of thousands of UK jobs in factories, breweries and manufacturing sites could be 'on the line' thanks to dearth of net zero policy from the government, warns Association for Decentralised Energy

Consumer good giant urges industry bodies to use their influence to encourage government action on climate policy, slashing emissions, and phasing out fossil fuels