Mar 30, 2023 FCA delays final rules on sustainability disclosure requirements (SDR) and investment labels By Elisabeth Overland The FCA has announced that it is delaying the publication of its Policy Statement on SDR and investment labels until Q3 this year....
Mar 29, 2023 Banning PFAS chemicals in the EU – Consultation launched By Kieran Watkins Sascha Arnold The European Chemical Agency (ECHA) has launched a public consultation on a proposal to ban PFAS, marking the next step in what is...
Mar 24, 2023 LMA, LSTA and APLMA joint updates: a maturing sustainable loan market By Serena Chang Kacey Brown The green, social and sustainability-linked loans market continues to grow and with that growth there are continued signs of a maturing...
Mar 22, 2023 Part 2: Dangerous or Precious Cargo? – Key Considerations for Cross-Border CCUS Projects By Philip Morgan James Chapman Selina Pope Lucinda Huntsman +1 more... Show less In Part 1 of this three-part blog series (see part 1 here), we introduced the concept of a cross-border carbon capture, use and storage...
Mar 20, 2023 EU unveils Net Zero Industry Act to boost competitiveness in Europe By Kieran Watkins The European Commission has unveiled a new regulatory proposal which aims to boost Europe’s industrial policy amidst increasing global...
Mar 15, 2023 The New High Seas Treaty: Part 1 – What Does It Provide? By Will Thomas Lee Rovinescu Anika Havaldar Charlotte Verdon +1 more... Show less In the late hours of March 4, 2023, United Nations member States reached a historic deal on the text of a new UN treaty on the...
Mar 13, 2023 EU State aid for the green transition: the floodgates are open By Andreas von Bonin Merit Olthoff Florian Reiter-Werzin Jonas Levermann +1 more... Show less On 9 March, the European Commission (Commission) significantly amended its State aid framework to support the economy following Russia’s...
Mar 08, 2023 NGO brings climate-related judicial review against FCA By Anthea Bowater Simon Orton Luke FitzGerald The NGO ClientEarth has brought an application for permission to bring a judicial review against the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority...
Mar 03, 2023 Greenwashing and litigation risks in Germany - the case of financial institutions By Stefanie Fay Lukas Pfister Martina de Lind van Wijngaarden Increasing ESG regulation across Europe affects the compliance obligations of banks and other financial services providers. Greenwashing...
Mar 02, 2023 COP15 – how does the new global biodiversity framework impact businesses? By Jake Reynolds James Raeside Chris Bellringer Elena Engels Theresa Schumacher +2 more... Show less COP15, the UN Biodiversity Conference, was held between 7 and 19 December 2022 in Montreal, Canada and, after lengthy debate and...
Mar 01, 2023 Part 1: Dangerous or Precious Cargo? – Key Considerations for Cross-Border CCUS Projects By Philip Morgan James Chapman Selina Pope Lucinda Huntsman +1 more... Show less What is CCUS? Carbon capture, use and storage (CCUS) involves the capture of CO2, generated from energy intensive sources, such...
Mar 01, 2023 Antitrust and sustainability – UK CMA consults on new guidance for businesses entering into environmental sustainability agreements By Alastair Chapman Sarah Jensen Kasia Bojarojc Angus Reston Emma Roberts Pablo Lopez-West +3 more... Show less On 28 February 2023, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published draft guidance on its intended approach towards business...