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Find out about green taxes for businesses - tax relief for becoming more energy efficient and schemes for off-setting your environmental impact
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The CMA is investigating how products and services claiming to be 'eco-friendly' are being marketed, and whether consumers could be being misled.
Packaging regulations: environmental requirements, recycling
British exporters are to benefit from more flexible and competitive support from UK Export Finance (UKEF) under new international trade measures announced this week.
The CMA has opened an investigation into 3 fashion brands to scrutinise their ‘green’ claims.
Open-door policy enables green collaboration by Fairtrade Foundation under Green Agreements Guidance.
Open letter to the fashion retail sector about environmental claims.
Details of EA's energy use in all its buildings and its work to reduce carbon, water use, and waste.
The CMA will scrutinise ‘green’ claims made by Unilever about certain household essential items, such as a number of cleaning products and toiletries.
Market-aligned interventions for cleaner production in the textiles value chain in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Call for Concepts to identify interventions that contribute to reducing waste and manufacturing pollution in the textiles sector in sub-Saharan African and South Asia.
The CMA will investigate descriptions and labels used to promote products and services claiming to be ‘eco-friendly’, and whether they could mislead consumers.
Almost £5 billion of funding is available to help UK businesses become greener as part of the government’s commitment to reach net zero emissions by 2050.
Research to support Defra policy
The Green Technical Advisory Group will oversee the Government’s delivery of a Green Taxonomy – a framework setting the bar for investments that can be defined as environmentally sustainable.
Latest statistics tables on public attitudes towards climate change, produced by the Department for Transport.
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