Nov 14, 2023 The Energy Act 2023 enters into force: a milestone in the UK’s energy transition By Kathryn Emmett Charlotte Burgess Following its introduction in July 2022, the Energy Act 2023 (the “Act”) finally gained royal assent on 26 October 2023. Dubbed the “the...
Jul 04, 2023 What are the next steps for UK Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) from industry’s perspective? By Oliver Moir For the first time the Carbon Capture and Storage Association (CCSA) held a Member’s Discussion Forum to consider the next steps for UK...
May 30, 2023 ESG Shareholder Activism in the 2023 AGM season By Shanuk Mediwaka Srimukundan Rajaram Shareholder activism with environmental, social or governance (“ESG”) objectives has steadily increased in recent years — the 2023 AGM /...
Mar 16, 2023 Spring Budget 2023 and the UK's clean energy and infrastructure future By Hywel Davies Michael Corbett Azadeh Nassiri Richard Todd Samay Shah Oliver Moir Aaron Wu Kathryn Emmett +5 more... Show less On Wednesday 15 March, the Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, delivered his Spring Budget, positioning it as a “budget for growth” and an...
Feb 02, 2023 Feet to the fire: Is an action in the UK courts an effective way to enforce compliance with the Paris Agreement? By Julius Handler Sam Edwards Case Analysis: R (Friends of the Earth) v UKEF [2022] EWHC 568 (Admin) The Paris Agreement and its legacy (so far) The long-term goal of...
Jan 30, 2023 “Exploring the possible” – UK competition regulator confirms new guidance will relax antitrust rules for climate change agreements By Niamh Kelly It has been clear for some time that fears of accusations of collusion can prevent businesses from collaborating on initiatives to tackle...
Jan 20, 2023 The UK Climate Change Committee’s Take on High-Integrity Carbon Crediting By Henry Turrell In the lead-up to the first UNFCCC Global Stocktake later this year, countries’ and corporations’ net-zero pledges will be put under the...
Jan 03, 2023 TCFD Reporting Updates: FCA Primary Market Bulletin 42 By Helena Cameron The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) recently published their latest primary market bulletin (the “Bulletin”), which provides an...
Jan 03, 2023 The European Parliament and Council announce progress made on proposed deforestation regulation By Helena Cameron Dean Hickey Rachael Seymour On 6 December 2022 the European Parliament and Council announced that they had reached political agreement[1] on a new regulation, first...
Dec 16, 2022 Provisional agreement reached on the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism By Helena Cameron Aaron Wu The Council of the European Union issued a press release on Tuesday, stating that negotiators representing the European Parliament and...
Nov 21, 2022 COP27 round up – a good compromise leaves everyone unhappy? By Helena Cameron 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 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 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 Cameron Kathryn Emmett The COP27 summit in Egypt has invigorated debate over “loss and damage”, with several developing nations renewing calls for financial...
Oct 24, 2022 UN General Assembly high-level week: SDGs, climate change and human rights at the forefront of businesses’ sustainability considerations By Lydia Kim The General Debate of the UN General Assembly’s 77th session took place between 20 and 26 September this year with the theme “A watershed...
Oct 20, 2022 Private companies are falling behind on net zero, to their peril By George Murray With COP27 starting next month, eyes are turning to both public and private businesses’ efforts to meet net zero by 2050 – and private...