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...
05 Mar, 2024 EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive – derailed or just delayed? By Sabine Dittrich Moira Thompson Oliver George Murray Despite the political agreement reached in December under the outgoing Spanish Council Presidency, the progress of the EU’s Corporate...
26 Feb, 2024 EU Forced Labour Regulation: a step closer to entry into force By Moira Thompson Oliver Sabrina Lethenyey George Murray On 26 January 2024, the Council of the EU adopted its negotiating mandate on the proposed regulation prohibiting products made with...
21 Dec, 2023 Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive: Political agreement reached By Moira Thompson Oliver Sabine Dittrich Rosie Duthie Zaid Wadii Batti +1 more... Show less Nearly two years after the European Commission (“Commission”) first published its legislative proposal for an EU framework on human...
11 Dec, 2023 Human rights and the world of sport: reflections on the Sporting Chance Forum By Moira Thompson Oliver Last week Rosie Duthie and I reported our reflections from the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights, where a key theme was stakeholder...
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...
24 Oct, 2023 Influential OECD Principles of Corporate Governance updated, endorsed by G20 By Moira Thompson Oliver Rosie Duthie Beatrice Kang At the September G20 Leaders’ Summit in India, the G20 endorsed the revised G20/OECD Principles of Corporate Governance (the...
31 Aug, 2023 It's not easy being green: AI's 'hidden' carbon footprint By Moira Thompson Oliver Lucy Scaramuzza Elizabeth Huang Recent media coverageblog discussing ways in which AI can help tackle climate change). However, businesses should be alert to the hidden...