Environment Act

Environmental Audit Committee welcomes government's plans to boost research, enforcement, and investment to help tackle water pollution

Draft Defra policy statement promises to embed the environment 'at the heart' of all policymaking on the same day as reports reveal key corporate sustainability rules have been delayed

The government has proposed 13 legally-binding targets for England covering water quality, air pollution, biodiversity, and waste - here they are in full

But long-term targets on water quality, air pollution, biodiversity, and waste prompt calls for greater ambition from environmental and business groups

Environmental Audit Committee calls on government to lead crack down on water pollution

Developers would need to ensure new buildings improve local biodiversity, or invest in nature-projects to offset impacts elsewhere

UK firms face due diligence requirements to ensure their products are not linked to illegal deforestation abroad

The biodiversity net-gain requirement is among the most important conservation policy initiatives of the last two decades, argues Environment Bank chairman and founder Professor David Hill CBE

The Environment Act 2021 provides for the establishment of an independent public body to oversee the government’s environmental actions

There are a number of areas of the government's flagship post-Brexit environmental legislation passed this week which remain unclear, explains Ramboll's Martin Broderick