Dec 16, 2022 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...
Dec 14, 2022 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...
Dec 13, 2022 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”),...
Dec 05, 2022 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...
Dec 01, 2022 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...
Nov 25, 2022 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...
Nov 25, 2022 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...
Nov 21, 2022 COP27 round up – a good compromise leaves everyone unhappy? By Helena Campbell Will Wilson Jeff Twentyman George Murray +1 more... Show less The Sharm el-Sheikh Climate Change Conference (“COP27”) officially came to a close on Friday 18 November. The last two weeks have been...
Nov 17, 2022 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...
Nov 14, 2022 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...
Nov 11, 2022 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...
Nov 07, 2022 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...
Nov 07, 2022 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...
Nov 01, 2022 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)...
Oct 28, 2022 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,...
Oct 28, 2022 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...