May 13, 2024 Assessing the Materiality of Nature-Related Financial Risks for the UK By Samantha Brady James Shaw First-of-its-kind analysis, led by the Green Finance Institute (GFI), has quantified the impact that nature degradation, both...
Apr 29, 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...
Apr 16, 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...
Apr 02, 2024 CMA urges fashion retail businesses to review green claims and practices By Dr Nele Dhondt The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has announced that it has accepted voluntary undertakings from three fashion retailers -...
Mar 06, 2024 Squaring the circle of sustainable investing with pension trustee’s fiduciary duties By Catrin Young On 6 February 2024 the Financial Markets Law Committee published its paper, Pension Fund Trustees and Fiduciary Duties: Decision making...
Dec 03, 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...
Sep 05, 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...
Jul 21, 2023 Global trends in climate litigation: risks for corporates and financial institutions By Max Cheung On 29 June, the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment launched its annual report on global trends in climate...
Jun 15, 2023 Climate litigation risk informing investor decisions By Samantha Holland Individuals, civil society and other stakeholders are increasingly using the courts to challenge governments and high emitting corporates...
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 03, 2023 TCFD Reporting Updates: FCA Primary Market Bulletin 42 By Helena Campbell The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) recently published their latest primary market bulletin (the “Bulletin”), which provides an...
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 07, 2022 Climate Change “Loss and Damage”: what is it and will meaningful progress be made at COP27? By Helena Campbell Kathryn Emmett The COP27 summit in Egypt has invigorated debate over “loss and damage”, with several developing nations renewing calls for financial...
Aug 31, 2022 “Safe Sustainability”: Learning From Aviation By Dean Hickey The commercial aviation industry has long since drawn the envy and admiration of others for its approach in dealing with safety risks -...
Aug 17, 2022 TCFD Reporting: How are premium listed companies doing? By Slaughter and May The FRC and FCA recently published two reports assessing whether premium-listed companies’ climate-related reporting had materially...
Aug 01, 2022 Toward a Culture of Formalism? Virtues of the ICVCM’s Core Carbon Market Principles By Aaron Wu Of the 1.5 billion carbon credits now issued from more than 5,000 projects, critics claim many do not deliver the promised climate...