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Business and Investment: Carbon Emissions and Sustainable Development

Commons · Question 40295 · Tabled 21 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 31 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Simon Opher

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help encourage (a) large companies and (b) investment funds to adopt sustainable net zero practices.

Answer

Answered by Sarah Jones, 31 Mar 2025

Under current rules, certain large companies and investment funds are required to disclose information about the ways they are responding to the risks posed by climate change and seizing the economic opportunities that it presents. Going forward, the Gove...