Sustainability Disclosure Requirements: Treasury sets out new environmental reporting rules for businesses

Cecilia Keating
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Chancellor Rishi Sunak chairs a virtual G7 finance ministers meeting from his offices in Downing Street | Credit: Treasury
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Chancellor Rishi Sunak chairs a virtual G7 finance ministers meeting from his offices in Downing Street | Credit: Treasury

Government confirms plan to require certain companies to produce net zero transition plans, as part of raft of new rules designed to crack down on 'greenwash' and make it easier for consumers and investors to support the green industrial revolution

Large businesses and investors in the UK will have to meet more stringent environmental reporting standards under new rules set out by the Chancellor in a report this afternoon. The new Sustainability...

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