Sustainability

4/23/2025 12:48:15 PM

European Commission Publishes Updated EUDR Guidance, FAQs, and a Draft Delegated Act, in a Bid to Provide Further Simplifications

By Moira Thompson Oliver Gabriel Forrest-Lim Helena Campbell

This month, the European Commission published updated guidance, FAQs, and a draft Delegated Act for consultation, in order to “[provide]...

4/16/2025 5:14:20 PM

A New Age Dawns for Consumer Protection in the UK

By Tim Blanchard Josephine Rabinowitz

The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (DMCC Act) came into force on 6 April 2025, overhauling the UK’s consumer...

4/14/2025 9:29:20 AM

EU Agrees Sustainability Omnibus ‘Stop-the-Clock’ Directive and Consultation Launched on the European Sustainability Reporting Standards

By Sabine Dittrich Helena Campbell

On 14 April 2025, the European Council formally adopted the “stop-the-clock” Directive.[1] This follows on from the European Parliament...

4/8/2025 10:14:48 AM

Timeline of ESG Developments in 2025 - Q2 Update

By Harry Hecht Samantha Brady Moira Thompson Oliver +2 more...

The first quarter of 2025 has seen a flurry of developments in the world of ESG, from the UK government’s recent updated guidance for...

4/8/2025 9:56:01 AM

The CMA issues informal guidance on environmental cooperation in the UK construction industry under ‘open door’ policy

By Alexander Chadd Elizabeth Huang Dr Nele Dhondt

On 28 March 2025, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published its latest piece of informal guidance under its ‘open door’...

4/2/2025 8:06:54 AM

The Parker Review 10 Years On: Improving Ethnic Representation of UK Business

By Julie Stanbrook Laura Hung

In March 2025, the Parker Review Committee (“Committee”) published its annual update report on ‘Improving the Ethnic Diversity of UK...

3/30/2025 8:03:22 PM

Modern Slavery Act 2015: Home Office Updates Statutory Guidance

By Moira Thompson Oliver George Murray Natalie Goodman

On 24 March, the Home Office published updated guidance (the Guidance) for companies producing modern slavery statements as required by...

3/28/2025 4:51:45 PM

Sustainable Loan Principles Updated

By Kathrine Meloni Latifah Mohamed Julia Shearer-Rivera

On 26 March 2025, the loan trade associations published updated versions of the Green, Social and Sustainability-Linked Loan Principles...

3/27/2025 10:25:38 AM

The ESG and DEI Discussion - from Brussels to Washington

By George Murray

In this podcast, Harry Hecht, Philippa O’Malley and Moira Thompson Oliver sit down with Michael Arnold, Partner at Cravath, Swaine &...

3/25/2025 10:37:58 AM

SBTi Consults on Revised Corporate Net-Zero Standard: Greater Flexibility for Scope 3 Targets but Tight Control of Carbon Credits

By Samantha Brady Helena Campbell

The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), a corporate climate action organisation that develops standards, tools and guidance which...

3/18/2025 3:30:16 PM

The Employment Rights Bill: Seven Questions for Employers

By Phil Linnard Philippa O'Malley David Rintoul +2 more...

The Employment Rights Bill (ERB) has been hailed by the Prime Minister as “introducing the biggest upgrade to workers’ rights in a...

3/14/2025 4:59:48 PM

EU Clean Industrial Deal: Energy policy plays a leading role

By Oliver Moir Kathryn Emmett

Reducing the cost of energy is a key area of focus to improve competitiveness of EU industry under the European Commission (EC) Clean...

3/14/2025 4:37:18 PM

EU Clean Industrial Deal: Commitments to competitiveness and decarbonisation

By David Hay Kathryn Emmett

The European Commission (EC) Clean Industrial Deal (CID), published on 26 February 2025, outlines the European Union’s plan to accelerate...

3/6/2025 5:33:06 PM

The Sustainability Omnibus - Streamlining Sustainability Regulation

By Moira Thompson Oliver Samantha Brady Sabine Dittrich +3 more...

On 26 February 2025, the European Commission published its proposals for the first in a series of ‘omnibus’ packages, aimed at...

2/28/2025 5:38:16 PM

Clean Industrial Deal: the European Commission sets out new plans to reform competition policy

By Alexander Chadd Elizabeth Huang Dr Nele Dhondt

Earlier this week, the European Commission (EC) published the Clean Industrial Deal (CID), which sets out a suite of measures designed to...

2/26/2025 2:14:28 PM

Atomic Modernisation of the Energy Charter Treaty: Incremental Change or Fundamental Reform? - Part II

By Samay Shah Aaron Wu Sofía Hurtado Knaster

This blog is the second instalment of a two-part series examining the recent amendments to the Energy Charter Treaty. Dispute...