ESG will continue to be a priority for UK financial services firms this year, with some challenges from 2024 continuing and other new...
Freshfields Sustainability
Each new year brings with it the potential for change. 2025 is no different in this regard, with the potential for change being even...
One of my last speeches as Co-Vice Chair of the Trustees of the IFRS Foundation was on GHG emissions, which arguably is the hardest bit...
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Internal investigations serve as a fundamental tool for companies to detect, stop and remediate non-compliance incidents within their...
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has exercised enforcement discretion to allow companies reporting under the Climate Corporate...
On December 11, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (“Fifth Circuit”), in an en banc rehearing of Alliance for...
The Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) has long been the cornerstone of investment protection in the energy sector, offering enhanced legal...
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On 12 November 2024, the Court of Appeal of the Hague (the Court) overturned the landmark 2021 decision of Milieudefensie et al...
The von der Leyen II Commission—navigating a fragmented EU Following intense negotiations and political manoeuvring, Ursula von der...
The spectacle of COP is over again. A New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) on climate finance was agreed (albeit at a level decried by...
On 26 November, the FRC published its 2024 Review of Corporate Governance Reporting (the Review). The below summarises some of the...
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This month the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, confirmed as part of her first Mansion House speech the UK Government’s...