31 Oct, 2024 The Autumn Budget 2024: Will the Budget deliver growth in UK energy and infrastructure? By Michael Corbett Hywel Davies Oliver Moir Alexander Dustan Gareth Miles Kathryn Emmett Adam Merlander +4 more... Show less On 30 October 2024, the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, delivered the first Budget under a Labour government since 2010, emphasising in her...
29 Oct, 2024 Twin peaks: Transition finance and the agenda for growth By Susan Hughes Kathrine Meloni “Transition finance” has been in successive UK Government’s sights as an opportunity for the UK. An ambition to make the UK a global...
23 Oct, 2024 Report on the Modern Slavery Act 2015: Calls to make the UK, once again, a world leader in the fight against modern slavery By Moira Thompson Oliver Remi Pfister Helena Campbell Mizan Rahman +1 more... Show less A House of Lords Select Committee, tasked with considering the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (MSA), recently published a report setting out...
21 Oct, 2024 New incentive scheme for Long Duration Electricity Storage in Great Britain By Michael Corbett Oliver Moir Kathryn Emmett On 10 October 2024, the UK’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) confirmed plans to create a new revenue support...
16 Oct, 2024 Biodiversity COP begins next week: Implementation is the order of the day By Richard Hilton Helena Campbell The COP16 Biodiversity Summit begins on Monday 21 October, and will run until 1 November. Unlike climate change conferences, which take...
14 Oct, 2024 Sustainability reporting features prominently in the FRC’s Annual Review of Corporate Reporting By David Watkins Samantha Brady Helena Campbell Maxwell Curtis +1 more... Show less In September, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) (the independent regulator for auditors, accountants and actuaries in the UK,...
10 Oct, 2024 EU Commission proposes to delay the implementation of the EUDR by a year, and publishes new guidance By Harry Hecht Remi Pfister Daniel Whitham The European Commission has announced plans to delay the implementation of its Deforestation-free Products Regulation[1] (EUDR) by 12...
07 Oct, 2024 Sustainable Finance Re-examined By Kathrine Meloni During the course of 2023, scepticism within treasury teams about the benefits of ESG-labelled debt (otherwise known as “ESG fatigue”)...