30 Jun, 2020 ECB consults on banks’ management of climate-related risks By Tom Rhodes Alisha Wright The European Central Bank (ECB) is consulting on a proposed supervisory guide on managing and disclosing climate-related and...
25 Jun, 2020 Build Back Better - Do business leaders think a sustainable recovery is the way forward? By Oliver Dudok van Heel Build Back Better - Business leaders joining calls for a sustainable COVID recovery. “It is clear that many aspects of our lives will...
24 Jun, 2020 A new tool in the sustainable finance toolkit – the Sustainability-Linked Bond Principles By Reena Parmar Daniella Jammes The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) has recently published the Sustainability-Linked Bond Principles (SLBPs). The SLBPs...
18 Jun, 2020 Business as unusual: What role should business play in the battle for racial justice and equality? By Timothy Wilkins “My advice to [CEOs] is to throw out the old playbook…More is going to be demanded of corporations, and more should be demanded, because...
16 Jun, 2020 Taking the long-term view: ”Phoenix rising? COVID-19’s impact on the sustainability agenda” By Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer COVID-19’s societal, environmental and economic fallout is forcing us all to reconsider the relationship between policy, business and...
11 Jun, 2020 The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on phasing out single-use plastics By Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Millions working from home, pedestrianised roads, increased popularity of cycling, stalled industrial activity and grounded planes have...
08 Jun, 2020 WorkLife 2.0: impact of the pandemic and EU law developments on gig workers By Laura Llangozi Jean-Francois Gerard The gig economy was in the spotlight before the pandemic and it continues to be, with gig workers in many businesses having been kept...
04 Jun, 2020 Can the circular economy support the COVID-19 recovery? By Oliver Dudok van Heel A more circular economy also has the potential to bring production home, eliminate foreign dependencies and create hundreds of thousands...
03 Jun, 2020 WorkLife 2.0: Diversity challenges in the ‘new normal’ By Caroline Stroud Chantelle Nicholas Holly Insley Oliver Dudok van Heel Rose Pollard +2 more... Show less The COVID-19 pandemic has led to employees across the world working from home at an unprecedented level. Employers have had to quickly...
01 Jun, 2020 WorkLife 2.0: what is a UK employer’s duty of care during this pandemic? By Caroline Stroud Charles Smye Since their publication on 11 May 2020, much of the focus has, quite rightly, been on the UK government’s guidelines on working safely...
01 Jun, 2020 Corporate reporting on ESG: the European Commission’s consultation on the EU's Non-Financial Reporting Directive By Marlen Vesper-Gräske Katie Schwarzmann The European Commission (the Commission) has started a public consultation to collect the views of various stakeholders regarding...