Co-authored by Sam Hay, vacation scheme student Earlier this month, the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the City of London...
Freshfields Sustainability
On 24 March 2021, the German Federal Constitutional Court ruled that Germany's Federal Climate Protection Act is partially...
On 12 July 2021, the EU Commission published practical guidance for companies on human rights due diligence related to forced labour...
This post is the start of a crossover series looking at Environmental, Social and Governance issues (ESG) in the context of fintech....
Today the European Commission published its proposal to expand the EU emission trading system (EU ETS). The overall aim of this proposal...
Results-based financing (RBF) instruments are an innovative way to fund social programmes. These instruments have been successfully used,...
The FCA has published a consultation paper (CP 21/17) setting out its proposals to introduce new, climate-related financial disclosure...
The European Commission has published its long-awaited proposal for a regulation on European green bonds, the European Green Bond...
The city of Grande-Synthe, located on the northern coast of France, has been concerned for several years that sea level rise could...
On July 1, 2021, Freshfields received the 2021 Campaign for Greener Arbitration Award for Sustainable Behavior at the Global Arbitration...
With the final deliberations of the German Bundesrat on 25 June 2021, the German Supply Chain Duty of Care Act (the Act) has officially...