09 May, 2024 Key takeaways from Freshfields' Sustainability Horizon Scanning webinar By Teresa Ko Ninette Dodoo Sebastian Fain Philip Morgan Gordon Palmquist Joaquin Terceño Don Methven Nicola Jones Sam Cheung +6 more... Show less On 24 April 2024, Freshfields’ sustainability experts distilled for our clients the most pertinent global and local developments in key...
01 May, 2024 FCA publishes finalised guidance on the anti-greenwashing rule By Luke FitzGerald Elisabeth Overland The FCA has published its finalised guidance on the anti-greenwashing rule, alongside a consultation paper (which we summarise here) on...
25 Apr, 2024 Greenwashing in the spotlight - recent developments in the Netherlands By Mijke Sinninghe Damsté Alvaro Pliego Selie Felix Roscam Abbing Jan-Jaap Koningsveld +1 more... Show less On 20 March 2024, the Amsterdam District Court rendered its judgment in a class action case brought by the Foundation Fossil Free...
08 Jan, 2024 Reforms for Level 2 of the European sustainability disclosure framework: ESAs publish final report on revision of SFDR RTS By Theresa Kreft Falko Glasow Elisabeth Schemmer On December 4, 2023, the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) released their final report, focusing on a comprehensive review of the...
22 Dec, 2023 Road to CRD 6 – ESG takes center stage in financial regulation By Elisabeth Schemmer Jan Struckmann Falko Glasow Initially proposed by the EU Commission in 2021, the EU Banking Package is now taking its final shape since the co-legislators have...
19 Dec, 2023 COP28: the transition moment? By Jake Reynolds Joe Amann Caroline Gregson Clara Menke +1 more... Show less UN Climate Conferences (COPs) grab world attention, with COP28 being no exception. In this blog, we set out its most significant outcomes...
12 Dec, 2023 FCA consults on anti-greenwashing guidance By Simon Orton Sarah Robinson Luke FitzGerald Sonia Zheleznyakov +1 more... Show less On 28 November 2023, alongside a policy statement on Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) and investment labels, the FCA...
04 Dec, 2023 On the road(map) to sustainable investing: The FCA’s final rules on sustainability disclosures and labelling By Elisabeth Overland Fran Kaehr The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published its long-awaited Policy Statement on Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) and...
30 Nov, 2023 Germany’s revision of the Energy Industry Act: a highway for hydrogen? By Philipp Reinecke, LL.M. Ulrich Scholz Mirko Masek Hendrik Wessling Marie von Armansperg +2 more... Show less Following Germany’s recent revision of the Energy Industry Act (Energiewirtschaftsgesetz – EnWG), the legislator significantly...
07 Nov, 2023 Road to COP28: Climate finance - unlocking private capital to beat climate change By Joe Amann Jake Reynolds Peter Allen Reena Parmar Anthea Bowater Luke FitzGerald +3 more... Show less At COP28, finance is (once again) at the heart of the policy agenda. COP28 President Dr. Sultan Al Jaber has stated that “transforming...
01 Nov, 2023 Navigating Sustainable Finance: ESAs' 2023 Findings on PAI Disclosures By Falko Glasow Theresa Kreft Elisabeth Schemmer In their second annual report on the extent of voluntary disclosure of Principal Adverse Impacts (PAIs) under the EU Sustainable Finance...
21 Sep, 2023 UK Green Taxonomy – GTAG provides further technical advice to the UK Government By Elisabeth Overland Anthea Bowater Emily Smith The UK’s Green Technical Advisory Group (GTAG) has recently published several new pieces of technical advice for HM Treasury. ...