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SUSTAINABLE MATTERS
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Net-Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA) launches Target- Setting Protocol
By Alissa Veiga-Pestana
The Net-Zero Insurance Alliance (“NZIA”), convened by the United Nations Environment Programme’s Principles for Sustainable Insurance...
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Feet to the fire: Is an action in the UK courts an effective way to enforce compliance with the Paris Agreement?
By Julius Handler Sam Edwards
Case Analysis: R (Friends of the Earth) v UKEF [2022] EWHC 568 (Admin) The Paris Agreement and its legacy (so far) The long-term goal of...
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“Exploring the possible” – UK competition regulator confirms new guidance will relax antitrust rules for climate change agreements
By Niamh Kelly
It has been clear for some time that fears of accusations of collusion can prevent businesses from collaborating on initiatives to tackle...
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ASA’s ban on HSBC’s ‘greenwashing’ adverts indicative of increasing regulatory scrutiny
By Alissa Veiga-Pestana
Last year the UK’s advertising watchdog, the Advertising Standards Authority (the “ASA”), for the first time banned two sustainability...
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The UK Climate Change Committee’s Take on High-Integrity Carbon Crediting
By Henry Turrell
In the lead-up to the first UNFCCC Global Stocktake later this year, countries’ and corporations’ net-zero pledges will be put under the...
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UK Green Taxonomy: Government opt for ‘quality’ over ‘speed’
By Dean Hickey
The announcement in December last year that HM Treasury (“HMT”) will, acting on advice,[1] delay the launch...
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TCFD Reporting Updates: FCA Primary Market Bulletin 42
By Helena Cameron
The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) recently published their latest primary market bulletin (the “Bulletin”), which provides an...
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The European Parliament and Council announce progress made on proposed deforestation regulation
By Helena Cameron Dean Hickey Rachael Seymour
On 6 December 2022 the European Parliament and Council announced that they had reached political agreement
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Provisional agreement reached on the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
By Helena Cameron Aaron Wu
The Council of the European Union issued a press release on Tuesday, stating that negotiators representing the European Parliament and...
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The EU has adopted the CSRD. What's next?
By Lucy Scaramuzza Dean Hickey Ella Fennelly
On 28 November 2022, the Council of the European Union (“the Council”) adopted the proposed Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive...
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COP15: Half-time Review – More Heat than Light?
By Dean Hickey
The expectations around the fifteenth and latest “Conference of the Parties” (“COP”) to the Convention of Biological Diversity (“CBD”),...
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Workforce disclosures: US leading the (regulatory) way as EU and UK trail on “human capital”
By Katie Kershaw Philippa O'Malley
In the post-pandemic era, companies are increasingly aware of the value, as well as the cost, of their employees. This is starting to be...
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The PRA’s climate-related risk management expectations – how well have banks achieved implementation?
By Sarah Redlich Selmin Hakki
The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) expected banks and insurers, by end 2021, to embed as far as possible their climate-related...
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The UK's Autumn Statement 2022: a power perspective
By Lisa Sabbage Oliver Moir Kathryn Emmett
On 17 November, two months after his predecessor’s ill-fated Growth Plan of unfunded tax cuts, chancellor Jeremy Hunt issued his Autumn...
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Results of ISS’ recently published annual benchmark policy survey focused on climate change risk management and disclosures
By Alissa Veiga-Pestana
The influential proxy advisory firm, Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”), has released the results of it’s the annual Global...
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COP27 round up – a good compromise leaves everyone unhappy?
By Helena Cameron Will Wilson Jeff Twentyman +1 more...
The Sharm el-Sheikh Climate Change Conference (“COP27”) officially came to a close on Friday 18 November. The last two weeks have been...
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