Sustainability

1/29/2025 2:15:00 PM

UK Water sector: A deluge of developments

By Isabel Taylor Kathryn Emmett Lisa Sabbage

The blog below is an extract from Slaughter and May’s UK Energy and Infrastructure: What’s to come in 2025 publication. For information...

1/27/2025 3:49:18 PM

Renewables: Doubling down on development

By Azadeh Nassiri Kathryn Emmett

The blog below is an extract from Slaughter and May’s UK Energy and Infrastructure: What’s to come in 2025 publication. For information...

1/21/2025 4:33:40 PM

FRC publishes a thematic review of mandatory climate-related financial disclosures by AIM-listed and large private companies

By Samantha Brady Helena Campbell

Today, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) (the independent regulator for auditors, accountants and actuaries in the UK) published a...

1/13/2025 3:46:17 PM

Climate change reaches world's highest court

By Samantha Holland

In recent years, national courts have played an increasing role in the determination of climate change issues. At the same time,...

12/23/2024 2:37:33 PM

UK Sustainability Reporting Likely to Align Materiality 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...

12/20/2024 11:52:43 AM

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...

10/31/2024 11:09:49 AM

The Autumn Budget 2024: Will the Budget deliver growth in UK energy and infrastructure?

By Michael Corbett Hywel Davies Oliver Moir +4 more...

On 30 October 2024, the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, delivered the first Budget under a Labour government since 2010, emphasising in her...

10/29/2024 3:56:48 PM

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...

10/23/2024 9:13:06 AM

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 +1 more...

A House of Lords Select Committee, tasked with considering the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (MSA), recently published a report setting out...

10/21/2024 3:40:42 PM

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...

10/16/2024 9:06:55 AM

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...

10/14/2024 9:04:43 AM

Sustainability reporting features prominently in the FRC’s Annual Review of Corporate Reporting

By David Watkins Samantha Brady Helena Campbell +1 more...

In September, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) (the independent regulator for auditors, accountants and actuaries in the UK,...

9/30/2024 8:50:29 AM

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...

7/22/2024 10:23:49 AM

Labour's legislative programme: energy and infrastructure to drive growth

By Hywel Davies Michael Corbett Isabel Taylor +3 more...

For industry, investors and the public alike, the King’s Speech delivered at the State Opening of Parliament serves as a useful barometer...

6/11/2024 4:12:06 PM

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...

4/29/2024 6:42:21 PM

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...