Dec 02, 2024 COP29: forward or back? By Jake Reynolds The spectacle of COP is over again. A New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) on climate finance was agreed (albeit at a level decried by...
Nov 29, 2024 Planning ahead for reporting changes under the 2024 Governance Code: FRC Review of Corporate Governance Reporting By Makayla Knott Rós Ní Dhubháin On 26 November, the FRC published its 2024 Review of Corporate Governance Reporting (the Review). The below summarises some of the...
Nov 26, 2024 ESG ratings providers to be regulated in the UK By Anthea Bowater Elisabeth Overland Hannah Bergin This month the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, confirmed as part of her first Mansion House speech the UK Government’s...
Nov 14, 2024 Federal court denies early challenge to CA climate disclosure laws By Pamela Marcogliese Sam Houshower Ginger Hervey Jennifer King +1 more... Show less The Federal District Court for the Central District of California on November 5 declined to grant summary judgment to the U.S. Chamber of...
Nov 14, 2024 How to meet the UK sustainable investment labelling disclosure requirements: The FCA provides much needed guidance to applicants By Elisabeth Overland Douglas Bryden Anthea Bowater Emma Rachmaninov Emily Strand +2 more... Show less In a move likely to be welcomed by the market, the FCA has updated its webpage on the Sustainability Disclosure and Labelling Regime to...
Nov 11, 2024 Take Two: What could a second Trump Administration mean for bank regulation in the U.S.? By David Sewell Alison Hashmall Nariné Atamian Bank stocks surged the day after Donald J. Trump won election to a second presidential term, recording double-digit gains on a widespread...
Nov 06, 2024 Milieudefensie v. Shell: Key takeaways on the landmark climate case ahead of the Appeal Verdict By Mijke Sinninghe Damsté Moritz Becker Simon Duncombe Cat Greenwood-Smith Juliane Hilf Stefanie Spancken-Monz +3 more... Show less On November 12th 2024, the Court of Appeal of The Hague will hand down its judgment on the appeal of the decision of the District Court...
Nov 05, 2024 PFAS ban – will the universal restriction see the light of day? By Michael Ramb Sascha Arnold Moritz Becker Nathalie Colin Mijke Sinninghe Damsté Simon Duncombe Katharina Shingler +4 more... Show less The EU’s proposed PFAS ban Since five EU Member States submitted a proposal to restrict the use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances...
Oct 31, 2024 Five considerations when managing global climate reporting frameworks By Timothy Wilkins Charlotte Aspin Ginger Hervey As mandatory climate reporting progresses rapidly across multiple jurisdictions, businesses have expressed frustration on how to cut...
Oct 17, 2024 Opening of Northern Lights project: key takeaways for CCUS development By James Chapman Lucinda Huntsman Celia Keay On 26 September 2024, the world’s first commercial cross-border, open access CO2 transport and storage infrastructure network, Northern...
Oct 14, 2024 What are the obligations under the LGBTI legislation for corporations in Spain? By Raquel Flórez Oscar Bellsolell Better late than never! With some delays over the terms set out in the LGBTI Equality Act [see our blog post covering the Act in more...
Oct 11, 2024 Employment Rights Bill explained By Holly Insley David Mendel Anika Prasad In the nick of time before the expiry of its first 100 days, the government yesterday unveiled its long-awaited Employment Rights Bill....