23 Feb, 2024 2024 Proxy Advisor Guidelines: What Companies Need to Know Heading into the 2024 Proxy Season By Elizabeth Bieber Sarah Ghulamhussain Peter Liddle The two most influential proxy advisor firms, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis & Co. (Glass Lewis), updated their...
14 Nov, 2023 Road to COP28: Climate change - business and the just transition By Deba Das Jake Reynolds Marlen Vesper-Gräske Elizabeth Forster +1 more... Show less Introduction As the global response to climate change gathers pace, the policies and practices we put in place to enable transition...
13 Oct, 2023 Freshfields x Chapter Zero - Legal considerations in transition planning for UK non-executive directors: Legacy business and risk By Jake Reynolds Simon Orton Vanessa Jakovich In a new series of events, Freshfields has partnered with Chapter Zero and the Centre for Climate Engagement to explore key...
09 Aug, 2023 ESG and people – what are the key areas of focus for global businesses? By David Mendel Amy Rentell Amelia Lamp Global businesses are increasingly looking to embed people-related ESG initiatives. Compliance with legal and regulatory requirements is...
12 Jul, 2022 Covid-19: An update on workplace protocols across Europe By Raquel Flórez Laura Llangozi Amy Rentell Julia Förster +1 more... Show less Employers have been navigating the fast-changing and complex Covid-19 related legal landscape for over two years now. Although the rules...
12 Jul, 2022 Pregnant women and Covid-19 risk at the workplace By Amy Rentell Julia Förster Leonhard Prasser This blog post follows another one on the current Covid-19 measures and challenges for employers across Europe. Employers should also be...
10 Dec, 2021 Incorporating ESG metrics into variable remuneration arrangements - what are the challenges? By David Mendel Amy Rentell Jack Harrison Last month, the UK Investment Association (the IA) published its updated principles of remuneration (the 2022 Principles), setting out...
01 Nov, 2021 WorkLife 2.0: Director and employee incentivisation - going green? By Jean-Francois Gerard Amy Rentell Laura Llangozi Clemence Bossee Pelon Kristin Kammann +2 more... Show less Incentivisation is designed to attract, engage, and retain talent. It comes in many different forms and is an increasingly sensitive area...
25 Oct, 2021 WorkLife2.0 - Climate change and the workplace By Jean-Francois Gerard Amy Rentell Laura Llangozi The 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) will take place in Glasgow starting from Sunday 31 October. COP26 will bring...
14 Dec, 2020 The bells are jingling (2) – do employees have a right to disconnect? By Jean-Francois Gerard Laura Llangozi Raquel Flórez Julia Förster Elodie Favre-Thellmann +2 more... Show less It is widely taken as a given that employees will have the right to disconnect over the festive season, particularly while on annual...
30 Nov, 2020 WorkLife2.0: preparing for the hybrid workplace By Jean-Francois Gerard Holly Insley Laura Llangozi Julia Förster +1 more... Show less When a number of tech giants announced earlier this year that home working would be the norm until 2021, many were surprised. Now that...
18 Nov, 2020 UK Pension Schemes Bill passes report stage and third reading in the House of Commons By Dawn Heath Following an evening of debate, the Pension Schemes Bill (the Bill) had its third reading in the House of Commons on Monday. Yet again,...