29 Oct, 2022 New FCA proposals aim to reduce greenwashing and increase transparency on sustainability By Elisabeth Overland Mark Kalderon Simon Orton Maisie Stewart +1 more... Show less The FCA has published a consultation paper (CP 22/20) (the CP) setting out its proposals for new rules aimed at reducing greenwashing,...
27 Oct, 2022 Road to COP27 – how is tax being used to tackle climate change? By Brin Rajathurai Katharina Kubik Mykhailo Razuvaiev Although tax is not a headline item on the agenda at COP27, it is recognised by governments across the world as an important part of the...
19 Oct, 2022 Road to COP27 - what does the future look like for sustainable finance? By Reena Parmar Peter Allen Duncan Kellaway The 2021 UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) was deemed by many to be a modest success, with some tangible positive progress achieved....
13 Oct, 2022 EU moves quickly to adopt law banning products contributing to deforestation ahead of UN Biodiversity Conference By Kieran Watkins The long-awaited second part of COP-15 this December, which is the continuation of the UN Biodiversity Conference from October 2021, has...
12 Oct, 2022 What does COP27 mean for business? By Timothy Wilkins Joe Amann There were a number of initiatives that came out of COP26 that had a direct impact on business. COP27 is expected to build on these...
11 Oct, 2022 ESG & supply chains: a practical outlook on opportunities and challenges under antitrust law By Maria Dreher-Lorje The call for more environmental, social and governance (ESG) awareness by business, and specifically in relation to improvement of global...
06 Oct, 2022 COP27 - Turning Pledges Into Action By Timothy Wilkins Joe Amann For two weeks in November, world leaders will gather in the Egyptian town of Sharm El-Sheikh for the 2022 UN Climate Change Conference,...
04 Oct, 2022 Part 3: Sustainability-linked Derivatives – regulation By Jia Wu Edmund Barber Richard Hart In the final entry in our series of blogs on Sustainability-Linked Derivatives (SLDs) (Part 1 here and Part 2 here), we consider issues...
03 Oct, 2022 ESG in EU prudential regulation: is the framework ready for environmental risks? By Eva Schneider Markus Benzing Alexander Glos Falko Glasow Holger Hartenfels Carolin Kuehne +3 more... Show less The European Banking Authority (EBA) published an insightful discussion paper in May 2022 on the role of environmental risks in the EU...