Nov 10, 2023 Nature and biodiversity reporting – live legal risks By Maisie Stewart Anthea Bowater James Raeside Vanessa Jakovich Simon Duncombe +2 more... Show less On 2 November, the inaugural TNFD & Biodiversity Risk Reporting Conference took place in London. The conference brought together...
Nov 07, 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...
Nov 01, 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...
Oct 13, 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...
Sep 21, 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. ...
Apr 04, 2023 ECB turns up the heat on banks to tackle climate risks (Part 2) By Falko Glasow Daniel Klingenbrunn Elisabeth Schemmer This part continues our blog on how the ‘ECB turns up the heat on banks to tackle climate risks (Part 1)’. It assesses the results of the...
Apr 03, 2023 ECB turns up the heat on banks to tackle climate risks (Part 1) By Falko Glasow Daniel Klingenbrunn Elisabeth Schemmer This is the first part of a two-part series on the ECB's efforts to address climate-related and environmental risks (C&E risks) in the...
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 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 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...
Jan 03, 2023 The International Sustainability Standards Board – global update By Wynnie Fung Charlotte Aspin A year after forming, the International Sustainability Standards Board (commonly know as the ISSB) moves closer to publishing...
Dec 22, 2022 The new EU deforestation regulation and its international scope – is your business affected? By James Raeside Kieran Watkins Marlen Vesper-Gräske Simon Duncombe +1 more... Show less The European Commission, Council and European Parliament reached provisional agreement on the new Deforestation Regulation on 6 December...