Feb 29, 2024 Building a greener tomorrow: strategies for decarbonising the built environment in the UK By Hannah Etim-Gorst Tom Wallis Shiyao Zhu Lydia Kent-Smith Jake Reynolds Holly Housden +3 more... Show less With approximately 40 per cent of carbon emissions arising from the built environment, countries across the world are coming together in...
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...
Oct 19, 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....
Sep 30, 2022 A peek at the (UK hydrogen) pipeline: market, policies and opportunities By Serena Chang Caroline Gregson As the world continues to look for progress with the energy transition process, hydrogen’s contribution is needed to hit global net zero...
Sep 14, 2022 ESG for financial sponsors – priorities, challenges and opportunities By Maria Ledeneva Antonio Laino Financial sponsors are faced with a broad waterfront when it comes to managing ESG legal risk. The need to evaluate these wide-ranging...
Jul 13, 2022 ICMA clarifies use of ESG bonds for securitisation in new publications By Sarah Murray Reena Parmar Marcus Mackenzie On 28 June 2022, the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) announced a range of new and updated publications, intended to...
Jul 06, 2022 Aligning investments to Paris Agreement goals: English court considers trustees’ duties in ESG context By Simon Orton Anthea Bowater Luke FitzGerald The question of how pension funds, charitable trusts and other investment vehicles balance their financial and other objectives, such as...
Jun 29, 2022 Hope for a new paradigm? Progress towards a global baseline of sustainability disclosure standards By Teresa Ko Juliane Hilf Elizabeth Bieber Megan Jenkinson +1 more... Show less The rise of ESG investment and associated greenwashing has driven regulators to step up their efforts to increase transparency of...
Mar 29, 2022 New LMA guidance on green, social and sustainability-linked loans – what does this mean for corporate borrowers? By Rosemary Lobley Alice Dawson-Loynes Martin Hutchings On 10 March 2022, the LMA, APLMA and LSTA published two new guidance documents relating to ESG and sustainable finance: the 'Guidance for...
Mar 21, 2022 Four things to consider in a green Hydrogen Purchase Agreement By Philipp Reinecke, LL.M. Hendrik Wessling Kieran Watkins Mirko Masek Ulrich Scholz +2 more... Show less Hydrogen is arguably the energy sector’s rising star commodity. The hydrogen market is developing rapidly, and industry is seeking to...
Aug 17, 2021 ESG x Fintech: how to buy a green fintech By Claire Harrop Mark Brewer Fintech M&A has consistently been in the news, even during the last 18 months. CB Insights reported in April 2021 that there had been 67...