31 Mar, 2021 Green pension investments in the UK: a turning tide? By Charles Magoffin Gareth Davies Rebecca Zech The entry into law of the Pension Schemes Act (PSA) 2021 last month triggered a flurry of activity across the pensions industry....
29 Mar, 2021 A further step towards mandatory TCFD-aligned climate-related financial disclosures in the UK By Vanessa Jakovich Simon Duncombe Rós Ní Dhubháin Cat Greenwood-Smith +1 more... Show less On 24 March 2021, the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) launched its consultation seeking views on its...
26 Mar, 2021 Legislation for mandatory supply and value chain due diligence gaining momentum in the EU By Christoph H. Seibt Marlen Vesper-Gräske Iris Hammerschmid Mina Aryobsei Marius Scherb +2 more... Show less The European Parliament recently adopted a resolution with recommendations to the European Commission for a directive on mandatory human...
18 Mar, 2021 Freshfields Sustainable Finance Series: Disclosure – How to and what’s next? By Mathias Lehner On 10 March 2021, our Vienna office hosted the second event of Freshfields Sustainable Finance Series which covered the highly topical...
18 Mar, 2021 UK consultation on binding environmental principles that will apply to all future policy By James Raeside Simon Duncombe The UK Government has made no secret of its belief that leaving the EU presents an opportunity for better regulation. Last week it pushed...
10 Mar, 2021 Companies with a special purpose: SPACs go low carbon By Michael Levitt Melissa Raciti-Knapp Much has been made of special-purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) looking to bring so-called “unicorns” – private companies valued at...
09 Mar, 2021 SEC’s New “Climate and ESG Task Force” Signals Enforcement Focus on Sustainability Issues By Kimberly Zelnick Altin Sila Hannah Khalifeh On March 4, 2021, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced the creation of a “Climate and ESG Task Force” within the...
08 Mar, 2021 The (unfinished) SFDR enters into effect – where do we stand now in terms of ESG disclosure? By Daniel Klingenbrunn Falko Glasow A first set of transparency requirements of the Sustainability Finance Disclosure Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 or 'SFDR') will...
04 Mar, 2021 Sustainability, governance and diversity: A view from the board By Timothy Wilkins Sebastian Fain As part of the celebration of Black History Month, Freshfields hosted four Black public company board members to engage in a discussion...
02 Mar, 2021 ABA urges Treaty for Animal Welfare: a step to prevent the next pandemic By Nigel Blackaby KC On February 22, the House of Delegates of the American Bar Association (ABA), the largest voluntary organization of lawyers and law...