23 Dec, 2024 UK Sustainability Reporting Likely to Align Materially with International Standards Developed by the ISSB By Harry Hecht Samantha Brady George Murray Sustainability reporting in the UK, in the form of the UK Sustainability Reporting Standards (UK SRS), is still on track to align with...
20 Dec, 2024 The Government’s Response to the House of Lords Modern Slavery Committee Report By Moira Thompson Oliver Helena Campbell Connie Day This week, the Government published its response to the House of Lords Select Committee’s (the Committee) report on the impact and...
31 Oct, 2024 The Autumn Budget 2024: Will the Budget deliver growth in UK energy and infrastructure? By Michael Corbett Hywel Davies Oliver Moir Alexander Dustan Gareth Miles Kathryn Emmett Adam Merlander +4 more... Show less On 30 October 2024, the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, delivered the first Budget under a Labour government since 2010, emphasising in her...
29 Oct, 2024 Twin peaks: Transition finance and the agenda for growth By Susan Hughes Kathrine Meloni “Transition finance” has been in successive UK Government’s sights as an opportunity for the UK. An ambition to make the UK a global...
23 Oct, 2024 Report on the Modern Slavery Act 2015: Calls to make the UK, once again, a world leader in the fight against modern slavery By Moira Thompson Oliver Remi Pfister Helena Campbell Mizan Rahman +1 more... Show less A House of Lords Select Committee, tasked with considering the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (MSA), recently published a report setting out...
21 Oct, 2024 New incentive scheme for Long Duration Electricity Storage in Great Britain By Michael Corbett Oliver Moir Kathryn Emmett On 10 October 2024, the UK’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) confirmed plans to create a new revenue support...
16 Oct, 2024 Biodiversity COP begins next week: Implementation is the order of the day By Richard Hilton Helena Campbell The COP16 Biodiversity Summit begins on Monday 21 October, and will run until 1 November. Unlike climate change conferences, which take...
14 Oct, 2024 Sustainability reporting features prominently in the FRC’s Annual Review of Corporate Reporting By David Watkins Samantha Brady Helena Campbell Maxwell Curtis +1 more... Show less In September, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) (the independent regulator for auditors, accountants and actuaries in the UK,...
30 Sep, 2024 New guidance published on the development of the UK SRS: Confirmation that, so far, the UK is staying the course with ISSB implementation By Samantha Brady Moira Thompson Oliver Helena Campbell The Department for Business and Trade has published new guidance on the Government’s framework to create UK Sustainability Reporting...
22 Jul, 2024 Labour's legislative programme: energy and infrastructure to drive growth By Hywel Davies Michael Corbett Isabel Taylor Alexander Dustan Kathryn Emmett Lisa Sabbage +3 more... Show less For industry, investors and the public alike, the King’s Speech delivered at the State Opening of Parliament serves as a useful barometer...
11 Jun, 2024 The pre-election period: a sensitive time for the energy transition By Oliver Moir Kathryn Emmett Aaron Wu Shortly after Rishi Sunak’s surprise announcement that the General Election will be held on 4 July 2024, the Government and civil service...
29 Apr, 2024 The FCA’s Anti-Greenwashing Rule: New Guidance Released Ahead of Implementation in May By Sabine Dittrich Helena Campbell Andres Chau The FCA’s new anti-greenwashing rule forms part of a package of measures finalised in November 2023 through the FCA’s Policy Statement on...
16 Apr, 2024 European Court of Human Rights confirms right to effective protection from serious adverse effects of climate change By Samantha Holland Smriti Sriram Moira Thompson Oliver Sabine Dittrich +1 more... Show less The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights has held in a landmark decision that a Contracting State has breached its duties...
04 Apr, 2024 Nature and Biodiversity Round-up: Recent Developments in 2024 By Richard Hilton Helena Campbell George Murray Isabella Nieto +1 more... Show less Nature and biodiversity have at times appeared to be the ‘poor cousin’ of climate change, generally attracting less policy, media, and...
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...
03 Dec, 2023 Our reflections from the 12th UN Forum on Business and Human Rights By Moira Thompson Oliver Rosie Duthie This week, Moira Thompson Oliver (Senior Counsel) and Rosie Duthie (Associate) from our Sustainability team attended the 12th UN Forum on...