Mary Creagh

Risk

Energy and Carbon Reporting must not become a casualty of the coronavirus crisis

Mary Creagh argues the government is right to give firms more time to file financial reports, but Ministers should resist the temptation to allow lengthy delays

clock 06 April 2020 • 3 min read

Politics

Pressure on the government to grasp the net zero opportunity cannot be relaxed

From net zero to post-Brexit green protections, newly-elected chair of the Environmental Audit Committee Philip Dunne MP sets outs his ambitions for the coming Parliament

clock 13 February 2020 • 5 min read

Politics

Philip Dunne elected chair of the Environmental Audit Committee

Conservative MP for Ludlow says he looks forward to “building on the success” of the influential committee

clock 31 January 2020 • 1 min read

Politics

The green winners and losers of the 2019 General Election

Who's in and who's out following the historic Conservative victory

clock 13 December 2019 • 4 min read

Policy

Government under fire over response to 'out of date' toxic furniture standards

MPs slam 'inaction' from BEIS after it publishes proposed response to consultation it held nearly three years ago

clock 19 July 2019 • 2 min read

Policy

MPs urge UK to stop financing fossil fuel projects in developing countries by 2021

UK spent £2.4bn on fossil fuel projects in low and middle income countries over past five years, says Environmental Audit Committee

clock 09 June 2019 • 3 min read

Policy

UK government under fire for 'tacit acceptance' of Arctic oil and gas activity

But Foreign Office hits back at 'baseless' claims from Environmental Audit Committee that UK encourages oil and gas exploration in the Arctic

clock 16 March 2019 • 3 min read

Legislation

Draft UK law seeks to create Committee on Plastic Pollution

First reading of bill backed by cross-party group of MPs aims to 'significantly cut plastic waste and pollution' by 2042

clock 25 February 2019 • 5 min read

Investment

Are businesses matching green efforts with climate-safe staff pensions?

Only a small number of FTSE 100 firms' pension schemes have shifted their investment approach to take account of climate-related risks, ShareAction research finds

clock 12 February 2019 • 6 min read

Investment

MPs urge government to require financial regulators to engage with climate risks

Environmental Audit Committee calls on Michael Gove to use powers under Climate change Act to require regular climate risk reports form pensions and financial regulators

clock 27 March 2018 • 3 min read