Explainers
UK climate policy deep dive: Industrial strategy
On 25 June 2025, the UK’s climate advisory group, the Climate Change Committee (CCC) published its annual report to Parliament, Progress in reducing emissions, in accordance with its mandate under the Climate Change Act 2008.
The UK's NDC and the Seventh Carbon Budget
This deep dive explores the key elements of the UK's NDC and the Seventh Carbon Budget to enable non-executive directors to assess their impacts on ongoing business planning and strategy.
UK ‘Green Day’ policy announcements – implications for non-executive directors
In March 2023, the UK Government published a suite of documents outlining its latest climate and energy policy. ‘Powering Up Britain’, the flagship report, highlights key points from the Government’s updated Energy Security and Net Zero plan. This summary outlines the key messages and implications for non-executive directors.
The UK Net Zero Review
The Government’s Net Zero Review published on 13 January 2023 explains the economic benefits of reaching net zero and recommends key policies that would help the UK meet this goal. This summary outlines these opportunities and recommendations, and how they are relevant to non-executive directors.
