The UK government has formally committed to investment in green business and to setting binding environmental targets.

UK pensions will soon be made to disclose information about how their investments align with climate targets, following new regulations from the UK’s Department for Work and Pensions.

Guy Opperman, the longest-serving minister for pensions resigned yesterday shortly before Boris Johnson announced his own resignation. Opperman made his motive clear on Twitter, stating it "has been an honour, and a great responsibility to serve as a minister but we need leadership change, and I have resigned."

The Good Law Project (GLP) has threatened to legally challenge the UK government over backsliding on net zero policies.

A coalition of UK businesses is calling on the UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to outline the government’s long-term net zero plan in his upcoming Autumn Statement.

The UK House of Lords has passed a bill to prohibit public authorities participating in boycott, divestment and sanctions campaigns.

The UK government has published the results of its consultation on the creation of an oversight regime for assurance of sustainability-related financial disclosures which showed strong support for such a programme.