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Travers Smith LLP
The WWF-UK proposal is notably more ambitious than the only other collaboration the CMA has opined upon under its Green Agreements Guidance...
Travers Smith LLP
The Pensions Regulator's General Code of Practice (the Code) took effect on 28 March 2024 and sets out its expectations for good governance in occupational, personal and public service pension schemes.
Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)
In a significant move within Spain's energy sector, Iberdrola, a prominent Spanish electric utility, has initiated legal proceedings against Repsol, the country's leading oil company.
Travers Smith LLP
In late 2023 the UK's Energy Act 2023 was passed into law.
Gowling WLG
The Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative issued an interesting opinion on 11 March 2024 that analyses the relevance of nature related risks to directors duties under English law.
WTW
As insurance coverages and perils become more interconnected, forward-looking climate models will be critical to provide a more accurate view of the extent to which climate...
Herbert Smith Freehills
On 19 March 2024 the CMA published informal guidance under its Green Agreements Guidance, following a request from WWF-UK (World Wildlife Fund UK)...
Herbert Smith Freehills
In R (on the application of Boswell) v Secretary of State for Transport [2024] EWCA Civ 145 the Court of Appeal considered the extent to which the cumulative carbon...
WTW
The primary focus in recent years has been on ‘E' (environmental) risks, particularly climate-related risks, but ESG is far more wide-reaching, and encompasses a range of issues...
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.
European Union
Herbert Smith Freehills
The European Court of Human Rights ("ECtHR") has delivered three highly anticipated judgments on the application of the European Convention on Human Rights ("Convention") in the climate change context.
Norton Rose Fulbright
Aiming to ensure a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials for the EU, the Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) has been formally adopted by the European Commission, as of 18 March 2024.
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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