Dec 23, 2024 UK Sustainability Reporting Likely to Align Materiality with International Standards Developed by the ISSB By Harry Hecht Samantha Brady George Murray Sustainability reporting in the UK, in the form of the UK Sustainability Reporting Standards (UK SRS), is still on track to align with...
Dec 20, 2024 The Government’s Response to the House of Lords Modern Slavery Committee Report By Moira Thompson Oliver Helena Campbell Connie Day This week, the Government published its response to the House of Lords Select Committee’s (the Committee) report on the impact and...
Dec 18, 2024 Looking ahead to the UK Corporate Governance Code 2024: the FRC publishes its annual Review of Corporate Governance Reporting By Katie Kershaw Daniel Whitham In November, the Financial Reporting Council (the “FRC”) (the independent regulator for auditors, accountants and actuaries in the UK,...
Dec 17, 2024 EUDR Delay Formally Agreed by the European Parliament and Council By Harry Hecht Samantha Brady Remi Pfister Helena Campbell +1 more... Show less The European Parliament and Council have formally confirmed their agreement to the Commission’s proposal to delay the implementation of...
Dec 13, 2024 COP29: Did The ‘Finance Cop’ Find Its Feet, And What Progress Was Made On Carbon Markets? By Samay Shah Charlotte Burgess George Murray Aaron Wu +1 more... Show less The annual leading international climate change conference, COP29, concluded in the early hours of 24 November. For companies and...
Dec 12, 2024 The Forced Labour Regulation is now finalised – how can companies start to prepare? By Moira Thompson Oliver George Murray Sabrina Lethenyey The Forced Labour Regulation (the “Regulation”)[1] has been published in the EU's Official Journal and will start to apply three years...
Dec 06, 2024 Our reflections from the 13th UN Forum on Business and Human Rights By Moira Thompson Oliver Rosie Duthie Last week, Moira Thompson Oliver and Rosie Duthie attended the 13th UN Forum on Business and Human Rights (the “Forum”). The Forum...
Dec 05, 2024 The Sustainability ‘Omnibus’ - what is it, and what does it mean for companies? By George Murray Sabine Dittrich Moira Thompson Oliver The President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen created a bit of a stir recently at an informal meeting of heads of state...
Nov 28, 2024 SFDR: Third Supervisory Report Published on Financial Institutions’ Adverse Impact Disclosures By George Murray Daniel Whitham In late October, the European Supervisory Authorities (the ESAs) announced the publication of their third joint annual report on both...
Nov 22, 2024 EFRAG publishes draft transition plan guidance to support with reporting under the CSRD By David Hay Samantha Brady Sabine Dittrich Helena Campbell +1 more... Show less Earlier this month, the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) – the body responsible for developing European Sustainability...
Nov 21, 2024 Spanner in the works? European Parliament agrees to EU Deforestation Regulation delay but proposes amendments By Moira Thompson Oliver Remi Pfister Helena Campbell Last week, the European Parliament agreed to the European Commission’s suggested postponement of the application of the European...
Nov 21, 2024 Sustainability reporting in ESMA’s enforcement priorities for 2025 By David Hay Gabriel Forrest-Lim At the end of October, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) – the independent European Supervisory Authority responsible...
Nov 12, 2024 Borders of Smoke and Steel: The UK CBAM Consultation Response By Samay Shah Oliver Moir Aaron Wu Philippa Howell +1 more... Show less In a world where borders are often seen as barriers, greenhouse gases remain unconfined, drifting across seas and skies, untethered to...
Nov 11, 2024 COP29 likely to focus on a new, more ambitious climate finance goal By George Murray The 29th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change – COP29 – runs from 11 – 22 November in Baku[1]. It...
Nov 07, 2024 COP16 Biodiversity Summit: What progress was made? By Richard Hilton Samantha Brady Helena Campbell Daniel Whitham +1 more... Show less The COP16 Biodiversity Summit came to a dramatic conclusion in the early hours of Saturday 2 November, following two intense weeks of...
Nov 07, 2024 Sustainability reporting - CEAOB publishes guidelines on limited assurance By George Murray From January next year, companies within scope will have to publish sustainability statements as required under the EU’s Corporate...