Mar 08, 2023 Regional ESG Legal Outlooks 2023 By Amrita Ahluwalia Sara Feijao Alejandro Gordano Gilly Hutchinson Deepika Sriram Julia Voskoboinikova +3 more... Show less As part of our ESG Legal Outlook series, our ESG experts have produced dedicated regional outlooks, which set out the key ESG themes for...
Mar 31, 2023 UK Green Day: key takeaways on net zero By Sara Feijao The UK government’s “Green Day” or “Energy Security Day” finally landed on 30 March 2023, with a raft of key announcements on green...
Mar 31, 2023 Mobilising Green Investment: The UK Government’s 2023 Green Finance Strategy By Raza Naeem Vanessa Havard-Williams Rachel Barrett Premlata Fagan +1 more... Show less The UK government sees huge opportunities for the UK’s financial and professional services industry in the global transition to a...
Mar 31, 2023 Dutch Central Bank publishes final guidance on financial institutions’ management of climate and environmental risks By Bas Jennen Jan-Jouke van der Meer The Dutch Central Bank (De Nederlandsche Bank, “DNB”) expects Dutch financial institutions to have an understanding of the material risks...
Mar 31, 2023 Contracts for Difference: UK Government releases final terms of CfD AR5 By Gitanjali Shankar Francesca Matthews Richard Coar Jessica Hargreaves +1 more... Show less The fifth allocation round for the UK’s contract for difference (“CfD”) auction opened on 30 March 2023 for bidding. This is the first...
Mar 31, 2023 European Parliament adopts Pay Transparency Directive: addressing the gender pay gap By Jennifer Granado Aranzana Cara Hegarty According to the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report, “at the current rate of change, the gender gap in economic...
Mar 31, 2023 HM Treasury consults on regulating ESG ratings providers By Benjamin Maconick HM Treasury has launched a consultation setting out proposals on the scope for a potential regulatory regime for ESG ratings providers....
Mar 30, 2023 The EU Commission’s plans for a right to repair By Dr Rupert Bellinghausen Kathrin Bauwens Mirjam Erb The EU Commission’s right to repair initiative aims to promote the repair of goods and to strengthen consumer rights in case of defective...
Mar 30, 2023 European Commission publishes proposal for a Green Claims Directive to combat greenwashing By Sara Feijao On 22 March 2023, the European Commission published a proposal for a Directive on the substantiation and communication of environmental...
Mar 29, 2023 FCA updates on SDR and investment labels consultation By Premlata Fagan The FCA has received a significant response (around 240 written responses) to CP22/20, its consultation paper on sustainability...
Mar 29, 2023 ECB expectations on banks to step up management of climate and environmental risks in 2023 By Premlata Fagan “We see the glass filling up slowly, but it is not yet even half full. This is both good and bad news: good news because there is...
Mar 29, 2023 US: Mining Company Settles SEC Charges Related to Misleading Disclosures in Sustainability Reports Prior to Dam Collapse By Doug Davison On March 28, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced a settlement with a publicly traded Brazilian mining...
Mar 28, 2023 ESMA finalises MiFID II product governance guidance with minor changes… but suggests further guidance may follow in Q&A By Karen Cooper ESMA has published its final report on guidelines on product governance, which includes ESMA’s response to feedback on ESMA’s 2022...
Mar 27, 2023 EU energy agenda in 2023 – indicative timeline By Arnaud Coibion Lothar Van Driessche Claudia Skibniewski Alvarez Ruth Losch +1 more... Show less The EU energy agenda will be busy in 2023. This year, negotiations on key EU energy draft laws are approaching the finish line and new EU...
Mar 24, 2023 EU: the Green Deal Industrial Plan proposals unwrapped By Julia Voskoboinikova Lothar Van Driessche On 16 March 2023, the European Commission published legislative proposals for two main components of the Green Deal Industrial Plan, the...
Mar 24, 2023 A German boost to ESG and Competition Law By Dorothee de Crozals Nina Seydel Germany takes the next step: The debate on ESG and Competition law - seemingly having slowed down since the Federal Cartel Office’s (FCO)...
Mar 23, 2023 A new approach to an old issue? Modern slavery in supply chains may be investigated under anti-money laundering provisions By Rachel Barrett Elly Proudlock Michelle Grima James Marlow +1 more... Show less When the UK’s Modern Slavery Act came into force in 2015, it was heralded as one of the first pieces of legislation in the world to...