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...
30 Sep, 2024 Developments in the ‘S’ Reporting and Disclosure Landscape: The Taskforce on Inequality and Social-related Financial Disclosures (TISFD) By Moira Thompson Oliver Katie Kershaw Helena Campbell Mizan Rahman +1 more... Show less Launched on 23 September, the Taskforce on Inequality and Social-related Financial Disclosures (TISFD) is an initiative that will develop...
13 Sep, 2024 UN Report explores link between climate change and human rights, and the role of companies By Mizan Rahman Moira Thompson Oliver George Murray On 28 August 2024, the UN Secretary-General published a report exploring the links between the loss and damage [1] caused by climate...
29 Aug, 2024 Getting to grips with the CS3D: Overview and insights from the European Commission’s recent FAQs By Moira Thompson Oliver Helena Campbell Guillermo Cavero Lapuerta The European Commission has published a set of FAQs on the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D). The document is...
25 Jul, 2024 Court of Appeal rules on money laundering risks in supply chains By Jonny Cotton Ewan Brown Ella Williams Orla Fox +1 more... Show less The Court of Appeal in R (World Uyghur Congress) v NCA has found that the NCA’s decision not to open a money laundering investigation...
09 Jun, 2024 ISSB update: growing adoption of disclosure standards, but divergence remains likely By George Murray More than 20 jurisdictions, representing nearly 55% of global GDP and more than half of global greenhouse gas emissions[1], have...
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...
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...
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...
05 Sep, 2023 Are corporates facing greater accountability for international crimes? By Lydia Kim Jeff Twentyman Jonny Cotton Rosie Duthie +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...
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 /...
24 May, 2023 Handling soft law and uncertainty in ESG – steps you can take By Éanna Malone In the ESG space, best practice is often dictated by principles, frameworks and guidance – so-called ‘soft law’ – rather than black and...
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...
03 Jan, 2023 The European Parliament and Council announce progress made on proposed deforestation regulation By Helena Campbell 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...
05 Dec, 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...
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...