Sep 05, 2023 Are corporates facing greater accountability for international crimes? By Lydia Kim Jeff Twentyman Lucy Scaramuzza Jonny Cotton Rosie Duthie +2 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 Cameron 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 Cameron 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 Lucy Scaramuzza 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...
Jul 19, 2022 Reforms to the Energy Charter Treaty : what you need to know By Maria Shepard Peter Wickham Samantha Holland On 24 June 2022, the 53 signatory states to the Energy Charter Treaty reached an “agreement in principle” to the Treaty’s amendment and...
Jul 13, 2022 When employees speak out on climate change By Clare Fletcher The recent decision by HSBC to suspend one of its senior executives has called into question how far employers can regulate the...
Jul 04, 2022 Disaggregating “ESG”: a tale of two concepts By Elizabeth Huang Reading headlines recently, you’d be forgiven for thinking that the concept of ESG investing was on its way out, following successive...
May 09, 2022 Set adrift or in full sail? Corporate purpose and “ESG risks” By Dean Hickey According to a new briefing from the Financial Reporting Council (“FRC”), corporate purpose can serve as a company's “moral anchor”. This...
Apr 28, 2022 Corporations and the IPCC (Part 2): Making the Future Possible By Aaron Wu Will Wilson “Pour ce qui est de l’avenir, il ne s’agit pas de le prevoir, mais de le render possible” — Citadelle (1948) Antoine de Saint Exupéry, ...
Apr 27, 2022 Corporations and the IPCC (Part 1): “Now or Never” By Aaron Wu Will Wilson In 2018, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (“IPCC”) published a Special Report on the urgency and scale of policy changes...