Germany
AlixPartners
In our last blog post, we reviewed a sample of leading companies in the pharma and healthcare sector, assessing their readiness to comply with the EU Corporate Social Reporting Directive (CSRD).
Ireland
William Fry
On 29 February 2024, the Central Bank of Ireland (Central Bank) published its 2024 Regulatory and Supervisory Outlook (RSO), setting out the Central Bank's view on the key trends...
Maples Group
In its annual Regulatory and Supervisory Outlook Report (the "Annual Report") and at the Payment and Electronic Money Institutions Engagement event held in February 2024, the Central Bank of Ireland...
Dillon Eustace
On 29 February 2024, the Central Bank of Ireland (Central Bank) published its first Regulatory & Supervisory Outlook (Report) in which it sets out the Central Bank's perspective on key trends and risks...
Arthur Cox
The Central Bank of Ireland's Regulatory Supervisory Outlook Report 2024 and accompanying Letter to the Minister for Finance were published on 29 February 2024.
Turkey
BDO TURKIYE (DENET YEMINLI MALI MUSAVIRLIK A.S.)
MİMARLIK VE MÜHENDİSLİK HİZMET BEDELLERİNİN HESABINDA KULLANILACAK 2024 YILI YAPI YAKLAŞIK BİRİM MALİYETLERİ HAKKINDA TEBLİĞ...
UK
Steptoe LLP
It is anticipated that 2024 will be the biggest year ever for democracy. Over four billion people – more than half of the world's population across more than 40 countries – will go to the polls.
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").
Herbert Smith Freehills
With trillions of dollars required to meet net-zero goals, states, industry leaders and investors are placing strategic bets on the emerging technologies touted as game-changers...
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...
Burges Salmon
With the General Code now here and due to come into force on 27 March 2024, it is more important than ever to understand your scheme's ESG obligations.
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.
Weightmans
What has happened and where does it leave us? News last week confirmed that the proposed Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive ("CS3D")...
European Union
Camilleri Preziosi Advocates
On the 28th February 2024, the European Council failed to reach an agreement on the final draft of the EU's proposed Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive...
Worldwide
Questel
In the race to combat climate change, carbon capture has emerged as a promising technology for reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in the atmosphere, a major contributor to global warming.
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+)...