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...
02 Apr, 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 -...
06 Mar, 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...
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 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...
21 Jul, 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...
15 Jun, 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...
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 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...
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...
07 Nov, 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...
31 Aug, 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 -...
17 Aug, 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...
01 Aug, 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...
19 Jul, 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...
13 Jul, 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...