The transformation of IKEA will bring a greater focus on affordability, convenience and being people and planet positive to create a new IKEA by 2021, says Peter Jelkeby, Country Retail Manager and Chief Sustainability Officer, IKEA UK and Ireland.

Nobody could miss the big, bright, orange bus with Jo Swinson’s face beaming down as it rocked up in rural Somerset. 

Fracking will be banned in the UK until there is "compelling" new evidence to quell safety fears over the process, the Government has said.

David Brown, Chief Executive of Go-Ahead wants to press on with helping the Government build a clean, green network for the 21st century and reposition the bus at the centre of efforts to connect more people, reduce greenhouse gases and drive growth across the country.

The UK Parliament made history legislating for ‘net zero emissions’ by 2050; but voters think politicians need to do even more to tackle climate change. Alistair Phillips-Davies, Chief Executive of SSE writes of his hopes that the political verdict on 12 December leads to a ‘green Christmas’.  

A recurring argument for radical climate action is that climate change will affect the world’s poorest regions the hardest. However, what is seldom considered is how efforts towards decarbonising the UK, could perpetuate energy injustices in these same economies, writes Dods Monitoring's, Alexandra Goodwin.

As we head into the next parliamentary session, business really needs to take responsibility for its own future: to clean up its act and tell a new story about the good it creates. Because for now, at least, the politicians are losing the will to fight for it, writes WPI's Sean Worth. 

The Go-Ahead Group has achieved year-on-year reductions in its carbon emissions as it works towards an ambitious goal of operating a zero-emissions bus fleet by 2035.

ESA respond to Baroness Neville-Rolfe. 

The Government have promised a series of reforms for the recycling of plastics, but the new system will not come into effect until 2023 - poor recycling rates must improve sooner, writes Baroness Neville-Rolfe. 

Documents shared by ministers this week indicate that the government is planning to deviate from some EU environmental regulations and workers’ right, despite its pledge of a “level playing field”.

DUP leader Arlene Foster is to repeat her party’s opposition to the Prime Minister’s Brexit deal at the DUP conference today but will not announce their stance on his election bid until Monday.

Not all plastics are created equal and it is important that we distinguish between high-value plastics, which can be easily and readily recycled through the mature infrastructure currently in place, and single-use or low grade plastics which all-too-often leak out of the recycling system to litter the natural environment, says Jacob Hayler,  Executive Director of the Environmental Services Association (ESA).

We must fight plastic pollution and take responsibility for the waste we produce, starting with a fundamental shift away from all single-use food and drink packaging, writes Neil Parish MP. 

British Safety Council welcomes King’s College London’s research demonstrating a direct link between air pollution and health emergencies. More work is now needed on the effects of exposure on outdoor workers. 

Responding to Darren Jones MP, ESA  welcomes robust enforcement by the Environment Agency because consistent, effective, regulatory action will help drive poor performance out of our sector.

Waste management companies slipping standards in the storing of waste are having horrendous consequences for local residents, writes Darren Jones MP.

The Parliamentary Pension Fund is investing millions in fossil fuel companies. In government, Labour will say “no more” to fossil fuel companies, says Rebecca Long-Bailey MP. 

“I can see that the current Government muddle is indicative of Johnson’s opportunistic tumbleweed style of governing”

Julian Smith has broken ranks with Boris Johnson by insisting that a no-deal Brexit would be “very, very bad” for Northern Ireland.

The Government has been criticised after a probe into its fracking policy found that despite costs racking up, ministers do not know how much shale gas can be extracted.

Having made a name for himself on the backbenches as a committed ecological campaigner, Zac Goldsmith now finds himself sitting around the Cabinet table. As Extinction Rebellion gathers around Westminster, does the minister for environment and international development have more in common with those on the streets than his government colleagues?  He talks to Anoosh Chakelian

Food retailers must find eco-friendly alternatives to plastic packaging if we’re to fight pollution and meet our environmental obligations, writes Anne Main MP

Labour has blasted police for imposing a ban on Extinction Rebellion protesters calling it a “grotesque overreaction and extremely worrying attack on basic civil liberties”.