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...
20 Nov, 2023 Brighter prospects for UK offshore wind By Azadeh Nassiri Kathryn Emmett Adam Morland Just two months ago the absence of any offshore wind projects in the UK government’s contracts for difference (CfD) allocation round 5...
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...
31 Mar, 2023 UK competition authority publishes guidance on collaborating on sustainability By Alexander Chadd In February, the Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) published its long-awaited draft guidance on the application of UK antitrust...
03 Jan, 2023 The European Parliament and Council announce progress made on proposed deforestation regulation By Helena Cameron 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...
24 Oct, 2022 The PRI’s position on the EU’s corporate sustainability due diligence proposals – a good start but more is required By Helena Cameron The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) has published a position paper on the European Commission’s proposal for a directive on...
20 Oct, 2022 Private companies are falling behind on net zero, to their peril By George Murray With COP27 starting next month, eyes are turning to both public and private businesses’ efforts to meet net zero by 2050 – and private...
10 Oct, 2022 Sustainability as a corporate driver: a case study – Philip Morris International By Gabriel Lim In July, we published a briefing on how sustainability considerations are increasingly driving corporate behaviour. In this post, we look...
05 Aug, 2022 “The Green, the Bad and the Ugly”: Effecting Change in Supply Chains and Countering the Risk of Greenwashing By Dean Hickey The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority’s (“CMA”) has recently announced that it has launched investigations into a number of fashion...
20 Jul, 2022 FRC sets out plans to help integrate sustainability into corporate governance, reporting and audit reforms By George Murray Whilst we wait for the Government to bring in legislation to strengthen the UK’s corporate governance, reporting and audit systems (see...
29 Jun, 2022 Key takeaways from the ClimateTech Summit (part of London Tech Week) By Simon Agar Harry Hecht During the hectic schedule of London Tech Week - the flagship annual tech event in the UK – we were lucky enough to attend the...
27 May, 2022 Proposed changes to the Modern Slavery Act 2015 - modern slavery reporting requirements to be given teeth? By Dean Hickey Andy Goodworth Modern slavery[1] is a significant and growing problem. The number of live modern slavery police investigations in the UK has increased...
28 Apr, 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” — Antoine de Saint Exupéry, Citadelle (1948) ...
27 Apr, 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...