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. ...
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...
Dec 15, 2022 ClientEarth withdraws lawsuit against the Belgian National Bank By Honor May Sarah Robinson Alice Skupski On 13 April 2021, ClientEarth filed a landmark action in Belgium against the Belgian National Bank (the BNB). ClientEarth argued that the...
Dec 01, 2022 COP27: Key take-aways for the financial services sector By Sarah Robinson Emmanuel Bandoh Tamara OSTROWIECKI COP27 may be over but it is clear from this year’s conference that there is an urgent need to accelerate progress towards meeting climate...
Nov 25, 2022 COP 27 key take-aways for business By Jake Reynolds Vicky Vanderstichele COP27 was a mixed bag. Important progress made on ‘loss and damage’ – the mechanism by which poorer countries are compensated for climate...
Nov 10, 2022 Greenwashing claims on the rise in Germany: adverts for climate-neutral products and services put to the test By Sarah Hillebrand Jan Henning Buschfeld Stefanie Spancken-Monz Since consumers are paying more attention to climate-friendliness and sustainability when it comes to purchasing decisions, companies are...
Nov 03, 2022 The Energy Transition: Recent Developments in Trade and Competition Law By Martin McElwee Merit Olthoff Thomas McGrath Sarah Jensen Lorand Bartels Bola Ajayi +3 more... Show less World leaders and legislators, particularly in the EU and UK, have set ambitious goals as they seek to combat climate change. Similarly,...
Oct 29, 2022 New FCA proposals aim to reduce greenwashing and increase transparency on sustainability By Elisabeth Overland Mark Kalderon Simon Orton Maisie Heath +1 more... Show less The FCA has published a consultation paper (CP 22/20) (the CP) setting out its proposals for new rules aimed at reducing 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....
Oct 12, 2022 What does COP27 mean for business? By Timothy Wilkins Joe Amann There were a number of initiatives that came out of COP26 that had a direct impact on business. COP27 is expected to build on these...
Oct 06, 2022 COP27 - Turning Pledges Into Action By Timothy Wilkins Joe Amann For two weeks in November, world leaders will gather in the Egyptian town of Sharm El-Sheikh for the 2022 UN Climate Change Conference,...
Oct 03, 2022 ESG in EU prudential regulation: is the framework ready for environmental risks? By Eva Schneider Markus Benzing Alexander Glos Falko Glasow Holger Hartenfels Carolin Kuehne +3 more... Show less The European Banking Authority (EBA) published an insightful discussion paper in May 2022 on the role of environmental risks in the EU...