16 Apr, 2024 European Court of Human Rights confirms right to effective protection from serious adverse effects of climate change By Samantha Holland Smriti Sriram Moira Thompson Oliver Sabine Dittrich +1 more... Show less The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights has held in a landmark decision that a Contracting State has breached its duties...
14 Apr, 2024 The Enchanted Path: Materialising a Provisional Carbon Removal Certification Framework By Aaron Wu George Murray Sofía Hurtado Knaster Simi Fajemisin +1 more... Show less On 20 February 2024, the European Council and Parliament negotiators reached a provisional political agreement on a regulation that will...
09 Apr, 2024 Inclusion at Work Panel publishes recommendations for improving diversity and inclusion (D&I) practice in the workplace By Philippa O'Malley Adrien Mallevays Ishani Sathi On 20 March 2024, the independent Inclusion at Work Panel published its report, aimed at enhancing diversity and inclusion (D&I)...
04 Apr, 2024 Nature and Biodiversity Round-up: Recent Developments in 2024 By Richard Hilton Helena Cameron George Murray Isabella Nieto +1 more... Show less Nature and biodiversity have at times appeared to be the ‘poor cousin’ of climate change, generally attracting less policy, media, and...
02 Apr, 2024 CMA urges fashion retail businesses to review green claims and practices By Dr Nele Dhondt The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has announced that it has accepted voluntary undertakings from three fashion retailers -...
26 Mar, 2024 The CMA issues informal guidance on WWF-UK’s proposal for grocery retailers By Bella Cameron The UK Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) has recently published new informal guidance under the CMA’s ‘open door’ policy for...
18 Mar, 2024 Unravelling the UK’s Energy Charter Treaty Withdrawal By Samay Shah Aaron Wu Demosthenes Caldis A formerly-stalwart champion of the Energy Charter Treaty (‘ECT’), the UK confirmed its intention on 22 February 2024 to withdraw from...
06 Mar, 2024 Squaring the circle of sustainable investing with pension trustee’s fiduciary duties By Catrin Young On 6 February 2024 the Financial Markets Law Committee published its paper, Pension Fund Trustees and Fiduciary Duties: Decision making...
05 Mar, 2024 EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive – derailed or just delayed? By Sabine Dittrich Moira Thompson Oliver George Murray Despite the political agreement reached in December under the outgoing Spanish Council Presidency, the progress of the EU’s Corporate...
26 Feb, 2024 EU Forced Labour Regulation: a step closer to entry into force By Moira Thompson Oliver Sabrina Lethenyey George Murray On 26 January 2024, the Council of the EU adopted its negotiating mandate on the proposed regulation prohibiting products made with...
14 Feb, 2024 Lessons from New Zealand - landmark judgment opens door for climate change litigation By Samantha Brady Georgina Terry Blair Keown On 7 February 2024, the Supreme Court of New Zealand released its much-anticipated judgment on Smith v Fonterra & Ors. The judgment,...
01 Feb, 2024 Overseas Supply Chain Risk – A Change of Approach from the English Courts? By Samantha Holland Smriti Sriram In a positive move for corporates, the High Court’s decision in Limbu v Dyson indicates the English courts are now willing (and able) to...
21 Dec, 2023 Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive: Political agreement reached By Moira Thompson Oliver Sabine Dittrich Rosie Duthie Zaid Wadii Batti +1 more... Show less Nearly two years after the European Commission (“Commission”) first published its legislative proposal for an EU framework on human...
19 Dec, 2023 UK competition authority issues first informal guidance on green collaboration under new ‘open door’ policy By Jennyfer Moreau The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has recently published its first ever response to a request for informal guidance under...
18 Dec, 2023 COP28: Central Themes and Impacts for Businesses By George Murray The 28th Conference of the Parties to the UN's Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) drew to a late close in December after two...
14 Dec, 2023 ESG reporting consultations to watch in the UK By Remi Pfister George Murray Sustainability reporting and disclosure frameworks have continued to evolve in 2023 and will develop further in 2024. In June, the...