Will Biden be the climate change president?
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Canada's Top Pension Funds Unite on a Vision Towards a More Sustainable Future
Canada is the fourth-largest oil producer in the world and often ranked as having amongst the worst environmental records of developed...
European Commission consults on draft EU taxonomy delegated act for climate change mitigation and adaptation | Blogs | Linklaters
The European Commission is consulting on the draft delegated act that will set the technical screening criteria for climate change...
European Commission consults on draft EU taxonomy delegated act for climate change mitigation and adaptation
On 20 November 2020, the European Commission published, for consultation, a delegated regulation containing the technical screening...
The importance of trust in the sustainable investments market
In his speech on building trust in sustainable investments, Richard Monks, FCA Director of Strategy, explained how sustainability factors...
UK's latest renewables CfD auction plan announced
Following on from the announcement of its ten-point "green revolution plan" last week, the UK government has confirmed plans for the...
Janet Yellen as next U.S. Treasury Secretary and climate change....
President-Elect Biden has selected Janet Yellen to be the first female Treasury Secretary in the history of the United States to deal...
Gen Z and ESG
When I can get my younger cousins to look up from whichever gaming console they are using that makes my own 2005 Xbox 360 look ever more...
Pensions and ESG: where are we now and what can we expect in the future? | Blogs | Linklaters
This blog post summarises the current requirements for pension schemes in relation to ESG and looks ahead to how we can expect these...
ESG, recruitment and retention
At recent recruitment events, there has been a marked increase in attention on ESG, whether that takes the form of climate change, human...
Biden names John Kerry Special Presidential Envoy for Climate
President-elect Joe Biden picked former Massachusetts Senator and Secretary of State John Kerry to serve as Special Presidential Envoy...
A State aid rulebook tailored to the Green Deal – An offer the European Commission can’t refuse | LinkingCompetition | Blog | Insights | Linklaters
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New rule seeks to encourage lending to fossil fuel businesses
President Trump's Office of the Comptroller of the Currency wants to penalize US banks who decide not to lend to fossil fuel businesses....
UK's Green Industrial Revolution - Further Details Published
The UK Prime Minister has announced plans for the government's "green industrial revolution", which is aimed to mobilise £12bn of...
SEC Chair suggests "more to say" on climate change disclosure "soon"....
SEC Chairman Jay Clayton, who will be stepping down later this year, spoke today about the results of the SEC during the past three and a...
Sustainability: taking a step back
As developments continue to come thick and fast in the ESG and sustainability space, reading this article made me take a step back and...
EU green recovery stuck in a loop
The fate of the EU's green recovery is tied to the adoption of the EU's next long-term budget and covid recovery package - with 30% of...
Green giants: big developments in green energy on the horizon for Australia
Big developments, quite literally, for Australia's growth in clean energy are on the horizon. It has been reported that:
1. The Asian...
UK Emissions Trading Scheme Order made - but government has not yet confirmed that UK carbon tax is definitely off the table | Blogs | Linklaters
The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Order 2020, which sets out the framework for a new UK Emissions Trading Scheme, was made on...
Energy Charter Treaty modernisation discussions underway
Discussions regarding potential modernisation of the Energy Charter Treaty, the most frequently invoked investment treaty in...
Bank of England provides more detail on next year's climate stress test
Last week, the Bank of England announced that it will be launching its climate stress test in June 2021. This week, it provided more...
UK Prime Minister Announces Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution
The UK Prime Minister has announced a ten point plan for a “green industrial revolution” to drive the UK to net zero and generate 250,000...
450 Public Development Banks Pledge to Align with Paris Agreement
The first Finance in Common Summit held on 9-12 November 2020 gathered the world’s 450 public development banks to address recovery from...
Are you confident in your human rights due diligence processes?
The Corporate Human Rights Benchmark from the World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) was published on 16 November ranking over 200 companies...
Accelerating the phase-out of ICE vehicles
Undimmed by the twin pressures of COVID-19 and the impending end of the transition period, UK Government is set to announce the phase-out...
Outgoing SEC Chair addresses climate change disclosure, and sector-by-sector approach to standardization question
SEC Chairman Jay Clayton has announced that he will step down at the end of this year. He testified today before the U.S. Senate...
ESG investing under Biden Harris....
Market participants are expecting a Biden-Harris administration's “build back better” blueprint trumpeted during the campaign--in effect,...
UK: FRC review of corporate climate reporting concludes more needs to be done to meet investor expectations | Blogs | Linklaters
The Financial Reporting Council has published findings from its thematic review of how companies are considering and reporting on climate...
UK paves way for mandatory TCFD climate disclosure for companies and other organisations by 2025 | Blogs | Linklaters
The Financial Conduct Authority and the Chancellor made important announcements on 9 November 2020 on the future of mandatory climate...
Due diligence here, there and everywhere
Last week I published a post on the UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs' consultation on whether to introduce...
Upping the stakes – Scottish Widows set to divest nearly half a billion pounds under new ESG policy
Scottish Widows has announced a new ESG policy which will see it dropping company investments worth at least £440 million that fail to...
UK lender climate stress testing coming June 2021
Governor of the Bank of England Andrew Bailey announced at the Green Horizon Summit that the UK climate stress test for commercial...
Taskforce on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets: Consultation open for comment
A transparent and well functioning voluntary carbon market would help to facilitate the transition to global decarbonisation. Globally,...
U.S. Fed--for first time--identifies climate change as a financial stability risk...
The U.S. Federal Reserve Board issued its Financial Stability Report and--for the first time--identified climate change among the risks...
Seeing the wood for the trees in your supply chain
Earlier in 2020, the UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs announced plans for a potential crackdown on deforestation...
Over 200,000 claims arising out of the Fundão dam collapse in Brazil - the largest group claim in English history - struck out
In November 2015, the Fundão dam at the Samarco mine in Brazil collapsed and over 40 million cubic metres of iron ore mine tailings were...
President-Elect to usher in new era on fighting climate change....
There is no shortage of issues awaiting the new U.S. administration. As President-Elect Biden's transition plan website outlines,...
Governance and control: expectations on Boards for integrating financial risks from climate change
Last week the EBA published its consultation paper on its expectations for the management and supervision of ESG risks by banks and...
SEC Commissioner calls for action on systemic risk from climate change, including need for standardized disclosures and possible adviser rules....
SEC Commissioner Allison Lee recently called for an "all-hands on deck effort" to address systemic risks to our economy from climate...
ESG reporting: What’s on the menu? | Blogs | Linklaters
As developments continue apace in the regulatory and voluntary ESG reporting landscape, we look to make some sense of the various strands...
A significant settlement in a groundbreaking case results in climate pledge
A significant settlement in a groundbreaking case: REST Super (a leading Australian pensions fund) was alleged to have breached its...
From soft to hard law: the way forward?
At the same time as the EU looks to progress its proposal to introduce mandatory human rights due diligence, the UN is once again...
UK regulators investigate "greenwashing"...will others follow?
The UK's competition watchdog announced it will review a broad range of companies for potentially "greenwashing," or saying a product is...
SFDR Level 2 Delay confirmed and FCA implementation update
The formal decision by the Commission to delay the SFDR RTS has now been published in a letter to the ESAs (which is more or less the...
Offshore wind and hydrogen: a powerful combination
Offshore wind is the star of this report by the Offshore Wind Industry Council and Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult, which proposes a...
Shareholder ESG resolutions are gaining support....
Shareholders are increasingly gaining support as they press ESG issues, such as those involving the environment and diversity. One...
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