14 Apr, 2024 The Enchanted Path: Materialising a Provisional Carbon Removal Certification Framework By Aaron Wu George Murray Sofía Hurtado Knaster Simi Fajemisin +1 more... Show less On 20 February 2024, the European Council and Parliament negotiators reached a provisional political agreement on a regulation that will...
18 Mar, 2024 Unravelling the UK’s Energy Charter Treaty Withdrawal By Samay Shah Aaron Wu Demosthenes Caldis A formerly-stalwart champion of the Energy Charter Treaty (‘ECT’), the UK confirmed its intention on 22 February 2024 to withdraw from...
18 Dec, 2023 COP28: Central Themes and Impacts for Businesses By George Murray The 28th Conference of the Parties to the UN's Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) drew to a late close in December after two...
14 Dec, 2023 ESG reporting consultations to watch in the UK By Remi Pfister George Murray Sustainability reporting and disclosure frameworks have continued to evolve in 2023 and will develop further in 2024. In June, the...
14 Nov, 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...
04 Jul, 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...
30 May, 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 /...
16 Mar, 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...
02 Feb, 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...
30 Jan, 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...
20 Jan, 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...
03 Jan, 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...
03 Jan, 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...
16 Dec, 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...
21 Nov, 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...
14 Nov, 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...