16 Feb, 2024 ESG regulation and litigation in 2024: what’s on the horizon for UK financial institutions? By Simon Orton Anthea Bowater Maisie Stewart Luke FitzGerald +1 more... Show less ESG continues to be a priority for financial services firms in the UK this year, both at a strategic level when forward-looking decisions...
02 Feb, 2024 Delving into Dutch NCP Procedures By Mijke Sinninghe Damsté Boudewijn Renshof Introduction The OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises (the Guidelines) have been updated. These are government-backed...
26 Jan, 2024 Court dismisses climate-related judicial review against FCA By Simon Orton Anthea Bowater Luke FitzGerald Last year the environmental NGO ClientEarth sought permission from the High Court to bring a judicial review of the FCA’s decision to...
12 Dec, 2023 First appeal court judgments in climate-related lawsuits against German car manufacturers By Stefanie Spancken-Monz Theresa Schumacher On 12 October 2023 and on 8 November 2023, the Courts of Appeal Munich and Stuttgart upheld the first instance courts’ rulings which had...
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...
07 Dec, 2023 Belgium’s ‘climate case’: the Belgian State, the Brussels Region and the Flemish Region ordered to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030 By Nathalie Colin Aurelie Devillers The Brussels Court of Appeal (the Court) has decided that the Belgian State, the Brussels Region, and the Flemish Region violated...
24 Nov, 2023 A new corporate responsibility era? Climate plan obligations under the draft CSDDD By Elena Engels Theresa Schumacher In 2018, when the Dutch NGO Milieudefensie/Friends of the Earth Netherlands requested Royal Dutch Shell’s CEO to formulate a climate...
10 Nov, 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...
08 Nov, 2023 ESG and tax transparency: the next frontier of tax disputes? By Sarah Bond Alison Dickie Laura Western The importance of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues to businesses cannot be underestimated, with investors, lenders,...
08 Nov, 2023 How does tax fit into the ESG landscape and what does this mean for businesses? By Katharina Kubik Georg Roderburg Alison Dickie Environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues are continuing to be a key consideration in corporate boardrooms. The range of ESG...
23 Oct, 2023 US Appeals Court Upholds Nasdaq Board Diversity Rule … For Now By Sarah Solum Pamela Marcogliese Elizabeth Bieber Taryn Zucker Kimberly Wang +2 more... Show less On Wednesday, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld Nasdaq’s board diversity rule, which encourages greater...
11 Aug, 2023 ASA and CMA crack down on greenwashing By Cat Greenwood-Smith Kate Collister Rachel Duffy The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) have recently published updated guidance on...