16 Oct, 2024 Biodiversity COP begins next week: Implementation is the order of the day By Richard Hilton Helena Campbell The COP16 Biodiversity Summit begins on Monday 21 October, and will run until 1 November. Unlike climate change conferences, which take...
14 Oct, 2024 Sustainability reporting features prominently in the FRC’s Annual Review of Corporate Reporting By David Watkins Samantha Brady Helena Campbell Maxwell Curtis +1 more... Show less In September, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) (the independent regulator for auditors, accountants and actuaries in the UK,...
10 Oct, 2024 EU Commission proposes to delay the implementation of the EUDR by a year, and publishes new guidance By Harry Hecht Remi Pfister Daniel Whitham The European Commission has announced plans to delay the implementation of its Deforestation-free Products Regulation[1] (EUDR) by 12...
07 Oct, 2024 Sustainable Finance Re-examined By Kathrine Meloni During the course of 2023, scepticism within treasury teams about the benefits of ESG-labelled debt (otherwise known as “ESG fatigue”)...
30 Sep, 2024 New guidance published on the development of the UK SRS: Confirmation that, so far, the UK is staying the course with ISSB implementation By Samantha Brady Moira Thompson Oliver Helena Campbell The Department for Business and Trade has published new guidance on the Government’s framework to create UK Sustainability Reporting...
30 Sep, 2024 Developments in the ‘S’ Reporting and Disclosure Landscape: The Taskforce on Inequality and Social-related Financial Disclosures (TISFD) By Moira Thompson Oliver Katie Kershaw Helena Campbell Mizan Rahman +1 more... Show less Launched on 23 September, the Taskforce on Inequality and Social-related Financial Disclosures (TISFD) is an initiative that will develop...
24 Sep, 2024 CMA issues tailored green claims guidance for fashion sector By Tim Blanchard Amelia Wrigley Rosie Duthie Mathilde Jaubert +1 more... Show less The Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA") has issued a practical guide for fashion retail businesses (the “Guide”), with the stated...
16 Sep, 2024 Naming of funds under SDR continues to pose challenges - FCA gives asset managers limited breathing room By Nick Bonsall Samantha Brady David Shone Selmin Hakki +1 more... Show less The FCA has confirmed that it will allow asset managers more time to get ready for the “naming and marketing” rules under the...
13 Sep, 2024 UN Report explores link between climate change and human rights, and the role of companies By Mizan Rahman Moira Thompson Oliver George Murray On 28 August 2024, the UN Secretary-General published a report exploring the links between the loss and damage [1] caused by climate...
04 Sep, 2024 Navigating ESG compliance in smaller Latin American economies By Jimena Aguilar Lizano Companies operating in smaller Latin American economies not only have to face the impact of the growing body of national ESG-related...
29 Aug, 2024 Getting to grips with the CS3D: Overview and insights from the European Commission’s recent FAQs By Moira Thompson Oliver Helena Campbell Guillermo Cavero Lapuerta The European Commission has published a set of FAQs on the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D). The document is...
23 Aug, 2024 European sustainability reporting under the CSRD – three new tools to help companies with implementation By Samantha Brady Guillermo Cavero Lapuerta The European Commission has published a draft notice setting out 90 FAQs relating to sustainability reporting, which offers helpful...
14 Aug, 2024 EU Methane Regulation: Evaporation of the 2020 Methane Strategy? By Sofía Hurtado Knaster Samay Shah Aaron Wu Methane (CH4): a formidable greenhouse gas, air pollutant, major component of natural gas and second-largest contributor to climate...
12 Aug, 2024 Establishing and Running an Effective Sustainability Committee: Insights from the CGI By George Murray Helena Campbell Leyla Manthorpe Rizatepe The rise of sustainability as an important business driver has prompted many organisations to re-evaluate their governance structures,...
06 Aug, 2024 SBTi publishes new documents relating to companies’ use of carbon credits in Scope 3 target setting, but overall direction of travel remains unclear By Samantha Brady Helena Campbell The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has published an update relating to Scope 3 (i.e., indirect emissions) target setting and the...
01 Aug, 2024 The EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive is now in force By George Murray After a long and eventful legislative journey, the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D) came into force on 25 July...