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Steptoe LLP
The environment is a devolved policy competence, which means that England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have powers to make their own legislation within the environmental sphere and have increasingly taken divergent legislative and policy routes.
Jones Day
On November 28, 2023, the UK's Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") published its long-awaited final rules and guidance on Sustainability Disclosure Requirements ("SDR") and investment labels.
Jones Day
In December 2023, the United Kingdom's Department for Energy Security and Net Zero ("DESNZ") launched two consultations to garner views on the efficient operation of the UK's Emissions Trading Scheme ("ETS").
Price Bailey
With International Women's Day approaching, we are celebrating by taking a closer look at the characteristics of women-founded businesses and then exploring...
WTW
Employees are increasingly seeking organisations with core environmental, social and governance values. We explore five key considerations for creating sustainable, tax-efficient employee benefits.
Bates Wells
We have been working hard to reduce our carbon footprint for over a decade now. As a city-based professional services firm, our direct emissions are relatively low...
Mayer Brown
Environmental disinformation, as many regard it, is a front-and-centre issue, particularly in the US, where we have already seen the Securities and Exchange Commission imposing multimillion dollar...
WTW
As regulatory pressures and scrutiny from stakeholders continues to grow, having an Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) strategy in place has become more and more important.
WTW
Retail businesses need to make greater progress on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues to protect their reputation, according to WTW's latest Reputation Risk Readiness survey.
Burges Salmon
With the delivery of sustainable transport in the UK a priority to achieving Net Zero targets, our roundtable series brings together sector experts to discuss the issues...
Norton Rose Fulbright Hong Kong
As part of the development of the UK vehicle emission regulatory framework, the Vehicle Emissions Trading Scheme Order 2023 (the Order) came into force on 1 January 2024.
Norton Rose Fulbright Hong Kong
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero has published its response (the Response) to its consultation addressing carbon leakage risk to support decarbonization (the Consultation).
Norton Rose Fulbright Hong Kong
The concept of a "just transition" refers to the principle that the move away from carbon-intensive activities to combat climate change should not cause or contribute to adverse human rights impacts.
Travers Smith LLP
After years of planning, months of negotiations and several key hurdles surpassed, the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive ('CS3D') looked like it was on the home straight.
European Union
Eversheds Sutherland
The European Commission has adopted the first set of EU Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS). The ESRS are mandatory common standards by which in-scope companies...
Norton Rose Fulbright
In the push to a net-zero economy, many jurisdictions are introducing rules requiring goods produced in that jurisdiction to be produced in a way which emits less carbon.
Travers Smith LLP
The EU is pursuing a number of measures intended to combat misleading environmental claims about products and services aimed at consumers.
Ropes & Gray LLP
As part of its broader zero-pollution action plan, and in response to microplastics' recognised long-term negative impacts on ecosystems, the European Union has recently...
Worldwide
Price Bailey
Remaining optimistic in the current economic landscape poses a significant challenge for businesses. It is difficult to escape the pervasive media coverage highlighting economic uncertainty...
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
On February 15, 2024, two of the world's largest asset managers announced that they are leaving Climate Action 100+ (CA100+)...
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