Sustainability

12/16/2022 12:47:55 PM

Provisional agreement reached on the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism

By Helena Campbell Aaron Wu

The Council of the European Union issued a press release on Tuesday, stating that negotiators representing the European Parliament and...

12/14/2022 3:48:47 PM

The EU has adopted the CSRD. What's next?

By Dean Hickey Ella Fennelly

On 28 November 2022, the Council of the European Union (“the Council”) adopted the proposed Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive...

12/13/2022 6:49:36 PM

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”),...

12/5/2022 11:41:52 AM

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...

12/1/2022 2:52:39 PM

The PRA’s climate-related risk management expectations – how well have banks achieved implementation?

By Selmin Hakki

The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) expected banks and insurers, by end 2021, to embed as far as possible their climate-related...

11/25/2022 2:07:03 PM

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...

11/25/2022 12:03:33 PM

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...

11/21/2022 7:23:52 PM

COP27 round up – a good compromise leaves everyone unhappy?

By Helena Campbell 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...

11/17/2022 3:24:05 PM

The FRC Lab sets out investor views on effectively communicating net zero commitments

By Elizabeth Oladunni

As a growing number of UK companies commit to net zero targets, the UK Financial Reporting Council Lab (the Lab) has published a report...

11/14/2022 2:52:02 PM

Businesses' role in building peace in conflict zones

By Éanna Malone

The role of business in conflict-affected zones remains a relatively unexplored topic because business is sometimes presented as a...

11/11/2022 11:08:52 AM

Progress on net zero transition plans likely to raise standard expected

By George Murray

COP26 last year saw a real push towards putting in place net zero targets for corporates and financial institutions. Now the focus is...

11/7/2022 5:27:24 PM

COP27 – looking back, going forward

By George Murray

Last year, we presented our top takeaways for GCs and in-house legal teams from the UN’s COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow. A...

11/7/2022 2:39:46 PM

Climate Change “Loss and Damage”: what is it and will meaningful progress be made at COP27?

By Helena Campbell Kathryn Emmett

The COP27 summit in Egypt has invigorated debate over “loss and damage”, with several developing nations renewing calls for financial...

11/1/2022 1:47:24 PM

FCA consults on sustainability disclosures and investment labels: seeks to tackle greenwashing and build consumer trust in green products

By Nick Pacheco Alfred King

The publication of the FCA’s long-awaited consultation paper on Sustainability Disclosure Requirements and investment labels (CP22/20)...

10/28/2022 4:03:30 PM

60 Years On: The Echoes of “Silent Spring”

By Dean Hickey

Last month saw the 60th anniversary of the publication of Rachel Carson’s seminal work “Silent Spring”. In the age of hyperbole,...

10/28/2022 2:15:59 PM

The right to a healthy environment: Resolution 76/300's potential impact on businesses

By Jeff Twentyman Lydia Kim

In July, the UN General Assembly passed a resolution recognising the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment as a human...