25 Jul, 2024 Court of Appeal rules on money laundering risks in supply chains By Jonny Cotton Ewan Brown Ella Williams Orla Fox +1 more... Show less The Court of Appeal in R (World Uyghur Congress) v NCA has found that the NCA’s decision not to open a money laundering investigation...
22 Jul, 2024 Labour's legislative programme: energy and infrastructure to drive growth By Hywel Davies Michael Corbett Isabel Taylor Alexander Dustan Kathryn Emmett Lisa Sabbage +3 more... Show less For industry, investors and the public alike, the King’s Speech delivered at the State Opening of Parliament serves as a useful barometer...
16 Jul, 2024 What's the right side of the line for green collaboration? Ask the antitrust agencies By Dr Nele Dhondt Alexander Chadd European antitrust agencies have recently given the green light to two sustainability-related collaborations amongst competitors. Coming...
15 Jul, 2024 Drawing the battle lines in European greenwashing regulation By George Murray Natasha Ewart Smith In response to the European Commission’s call for advice, the three European Supervisory Agencies (ESAs) - covering banking, securities,...
12 Jul, 2024 Climate change litigation trends: a key risk area for corporates and financial institutions By Samantha Holland In June, the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment published its 2024 annual snapshot report on global trends...
08 Jul, 2024 UK Supreme Court Delivers Landmark Decision on Downstream (Scope 3) Emissions – R(Finch) V Surrey County Council By Samantha Holland Samantha Brady Natasha Ewart Smith In a landmark climate decision, the UK Supreme Court (UKSC) has found that downstream greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (known as Scope 3...
05 Jul, 2024 EU Nature Restoration Regulation: Goals, Legal Implications and Political Challenges By George Murray Guillermo Cavero Lapuerta On 17 June 2024, the EU’s Environment Council approved the Nature Restoration Regulation (“NRR”). This regulation aims to set targets for...
23 Jun, 2024 UK’s Sustainability Reporting Standards: scope for divergence, timing and implementation process By George Murray In May, the Department for Business and Trade (“DBT”) published its Framework and Terms of Reference for the Development of UK...
20 Jun, 2024 The European Elections: What they mean for the next legislative agenda in general and sustainability in particular By Sabine Dittrich George Murray Elections for the European Parliament took place from 6 to 9 June. In this article we share some initial thoughts about the election...
11 Jun, 2024 The pre-election period: a sensitive time for the energy transition By Oliver Moir Kathryn Emmett Aaron Wu Shortly after Rishi Sunak’s surprise announcement that the General Election will be held on 4 July 2024, the Government and civil service...
09 Jun, 2024 ISSB update: growing adoption of disclosure standards, but divergence remains likely By George Murray More than 20 jurisdictions, representing nearly 55% of global GDP and more than half of global greenhouse gas emissions[1], have...
28 May, 2024 Launch of new Appeals and Grievance Procedure under Article 6.4 of the Paris Agreement By Philippa Harris Aaron Wu Martha Savage The UN Supervisory Body (“SB”) established under Article 6.4 of the Paris Agreement to create a new international carbon crediting...
22 May, 2024 Support for sustainability-related requisitioned resolutions may be dropping, but ESG-related activism is unlikely to go away By George Murray According to a recent report by ShareAction, the voting success of shareholder resolutions driven by ESG concerns dropped significantly...
13 May, 2024 Assessing the Materiality of Nature-Related Financial Risks for the UK By Samantha Brady James Shaw First-of-its-kind analysis, led by the Green Finance Institute (GFI), has quantified the impact that nature degradation, both...
08 May, 2024 The UK Corporate Governance Code 2024: changes from a sustainability and D&I perspective By Richard Hilton George Murray Holly Sleep The Financial Reporting Council’s (FRC) revisions to the Corporate Governance Code (the Code), which updates the 2018 Code, will take...
03 May, 2024 The road to interoperability: Latest guidance on ISSB and ESRS alignment By Samantha Brady Guillermo Cavero Lapuerta The IFRS Foundation and the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) have released interoperability guidance to demonstrate...