2/21/2025 9:30:09 PM CLIMATE LITIGATION: SCOTTISH COURT QUASHES CONSENTS FOR NORTH SEA OIL AND GAS FIELDS By Peter Wickham Oliver Moir Hywel Davies Samantha Holland +1 more... Show less The Court of Session in Scotland (Scotland’s supreme civil court) has quashed decisions by the previous UK Government to grant consent...
2/20/2025 4:02:11 PM Atomic Modernisation of the Energy Charter Treaty: Incremental Change or Fundamental Reform? - Part I By Samay Shah Aaron Wu Sofía Hurtado Knaster This blog is the first instalment of a two-part series examining the recent amendments to the Energy Charter Treaty. Introduction The...
2/19/2025 11:40:51 AM Time to rethink the UK’s approach to modern slavery? Parliamentary inquiry into forced labour in international supply chains By Moira Thompson Oliver Daniel Whitham George Murray Mizan Rahman +1 more... Show less On 21 January, the UK Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights (“the Joint Committee”) launched an inquiry into the UK’s legal and...
2/17/2025 5:34:17 PM In House Perspectives on Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence and Reporting By Moira Thompson Oliver George Murray In early February, the Business and Human Rights Lawyers Association brought together lawyers and practitioners from all over the world...
2/4/2025 5:59:05 PM The Omnibus and the Compass: more details emerge of EU plans to simplify sustainability legislation By Harry Hecht Sabine Dittrich Moira Thompson Oliver George Murray +1 more... Show less On 29 January, the European Commission published an official communication on ‘A Competitiveness Compass for the EU’ (‘the Compass’)....
2/4/2025 9:00:57 AM Does antitrust law stand in the way of Net Zero Alliances? By Dr Nele Dhondt Alexander Chadd Caio Rocha At the start of 2025, JP Morgan announced that it was exiting the Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA), a UN- convened group of leading...
2/3/2025 11:52:39 AM The EU’s Gender Balance Directive: Balance in the Boardroom By Moira Thompson Oliver George Murray Viren Shetty The recently transposed EU Gender Balance on Corporate Boards Directive (the Directive) will require large EU-listed companies to ensure...
1/30/2025 6:15:30 PM Timeline of ESG Developments in 2025 By Harry Hecht Samantha Brady Moira Thompson Oliver Helena Campbell +1 more... Show less Sustainability practitioners will be well aware that ESG is a fast-moving, and ever changing area, making keeping on top of developments...
1/30/2025 11:05:37 AM Fuelling the energy transition: North Sea Oil & Gas, and Alternative Fuels By Hywel Davies Oliver Moir Alexander Dustan Aaron Wu +1 more... Show less The blog below is an extract from Slaughter and May’s UK Energy and Infrastructure: What’s to come in 2025 publication. For information...
1/29/2025 2:15:00 PM UK Water sector: A deluge of developments By Isabel Taylor Kathryn Emmett Lisa Sabbage The blog below is an extract from Slaughter and May’s UK Energy and Infrastructure: What’s to come in 2025 publication. For information...
1/28/2025 4:09:12 PM Carbon Markets: Momentum builds towards integrity and expansion By Susan Hughes Samay Shah Aaron Wu Zhen Lim +1 more... Show less The blog below is an extract from Slaughter and May’s UK Energy and Infrastructure: What’s to come in 2025 publication. For information...
1/27/2025 3:49:18 PM Renewables: Doubling down on development By Azadeh Nassiri Kathryn Emmett The blog below is an extract from Slaughter and May’s UK Energy and Infrastructure: What’s to come in 2025 publication. For information...
1/21/2025 4:33:40 PM FRC publishes a thematic review of mandatory climate-related financial disclosures by AIM-listed and large private companies By Samantha Brady Helena Campbell Today, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) (the independent regulator for auditors, accountants and actuaries in the UK) published a...
1/13/2025 3:46:17 PM Climate change reaches world's highest court By Samantha Holland In recent years, national courts have played an increasing role in the determination of climate change issues. At the same time,...
1/10/2025 3:11:48 PM The Great Plastic Reckoning: Plastics, Power, and the Path Ahead By Hywel Davies Richard Todd Moira Thompson Oliver Aaron Wu +1 more... Show less Microplastics infiltrating food chains, the proliferation of plastic bags, and the Great Pacific Garbage Patch's expanding scope all...