08 Mar, 2024 Stocktake on the EU and UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms By Vanessa Jakovich Martin McElwee Lorand Bartels Hendrik Wessling Francesca Triggs Charlotte Aspin Marie von Armansperg Fabian Bickel +5 more... Show less Stocktake on the EU and UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms (CBAMs) Just as the first reporting period for the EU carbon border...
29 Feb, 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...
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...
07 Feb, 2024 Navigating the new scope of the German Supply Chain Act and looking ahead for the EU By Moritz Pellmann Cristina Hajek Gross The German Supply Chain Act (LkSG) now applies to business entities in Germany with over 1,000 employees. This new broader scope (since 1...
17 Jan, 2024 Hydrogen horizons: new developments for a global hydrogen market at COP28 By Marie von Armansperg Ulrich Scholz Hendrik Wessling Philipp Reinecke, LL.M. +1 more... Show less Two goals of the recent COP28 discussions in Dubai in December 2023 were the development of international hydrogen value chains and the...
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...
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...
29 Nov, 2023 Too little, too late? Challenges to deploying CCUS at scale By Selina Pope As we continue to face a global climate crisis, there is an urgent need to decarbonise all sectors of the economy. Ambitious global...
20 Nov, 2023 Germany’s revision of the Energy Industry Act: a paradigm shift for gas and electricity grid regulation (Part 1) By Ulrich Scholz Sascha Arnold Philipp Reinecke, LL.M. Hendrik Wessling Marie von Armansperg +2 more... Show less On 10 November 2023, the German parliament (Bundestag) adopted a major amendment to the Energy Industry Act (Energiewirtschaftsgesetz -...
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,...