Sep 05, 2023 Are corporates facing greater accountability for international crimes? By Lydia Kim Jeff Twentyman Lucy Scaramuzza Jonny Cotton +1 more... Show less On 5 September 2023, a case against two former corporate executives of oil and gas company, Lundin Energy (now Orrön Energy) over alleged...
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 /...
Apr 04, 2023 Beyond “one and done”: new ethnic diversity targets from the Parker Review By Philippa O'Malley Clare Fletcher On 14 March 2023 the Parker Review Committee published an update report, Improving the Ethnic Diversity of UK business. The report notes...
Mar 31, 2023 UK competition authority publishes guidance on collaborating on sustainability By Alexander Chadd In February, the Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) published its long-awaited draft guidance on the application of UK antitrust...
Mar 03, 2023 FCA set outs its Supervision Strategy for Asset Managers By Charlotte Strivens In February, the FCA published its latest 'Dear CEO' Letter to UK asset managers, setting out its supervisory strategy for 2023. The...
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...
Dec 05, 2022 Workforce disclosures: US leading the (regulatory) way as EU and UK trail on “human capital” By Katie Kershaw Philippa O'Malley In the post-pandemic era, companies are increasingly aware of the value, as well as the cost, of their employees. This is starting to be...
Nov 17, 2022 The FRC Lab sets out investor views on effectively communicating net zero commitments By Elizabeth Oladunni As a growing number of UK companies commit to net zero targets, the UK Financial Reporting Council Lab (the Lab) has published a report...
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 11, 2022 Progress on net zero transition plans likely to raise standard expected By George Murray COP26 last year saw a real push towards putting in place net zero targets for corporates and financial institutions. Now the focus is...
Oct 28, 2022 The right to a healthy environment: Resolution 76/300's potential impact on businesses By Jeff Twentyman Lydia Kim Lucy Scaramuzza In July, the UN General Assembly passed a resolution recognising the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment as a human...
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...
Sep 15, 2022 ESG data production—the FRC’s report on how to improve it By Lucy Scaramuzza Improving ESG data production The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has published a report on environmental, social and governance (ESG)...
Sep 05, 2022 A Bridge to Better Business: the Positive Case for Updating Directors’ Duties By Jeff Twentyman George Murray The rising cost of living along with the energy, climate change, water, pollution and other crises are all bearing down on people and the...
Aug 09, 2022 Environment Agency warns of tougher action against directors: is this a tipping point for environmentally sensitive industry sectors? By Samantha Brady Katie Kershaw In its latest annual report on the environmental performance of England’s water and sewerage companies, the Environment Agency (EA) has...