Optimism is growing that President-Elect Biden will take on climate change as he pledged during the campaign. In Biden's view, climate...

Canada is the fourth-largest oil producer in the world and often ranked as having amongst the worst environmental records of developed...

The European Commission is consulting on the draft delegated act that will set the technical screening criteria for climate change...

In his speech on building trust in sustainable investments, Richard Monks, FCA Director of Strategy, explained how sustainability factors...

Following on from the announcement of its ten-point "green revolution plan" last week, the UK government has confirmed plans for the...

President-Elect Biden has selected Janet Yellen to be the first female Treasury Secretary in the history of the United States to deal...

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...

This blog post summarises the current requirements for pension schemes in relation to ESG and looks ahead to how we can expect these...

At recent recruitment events, there has been a marked increase in attention on ESG, whether that takes the form of climate change, human...

President-elect Joe Biden picked former Massachusetts Senator and Secretary of State John Kerry to serve as Special Presidential Envoy...

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President Trump's Office of the Comptroller of the Currency wants to penalize US banks who decide not to lend to fossil fuel businesses....

The UK Prime Minister has announced plans for the government's "green industrial revolution", which is aimed to mobilise £12bn of...

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...

As developments continue to come thick and fast in the ESG and sustainability space, reading this article made me take a step back and...

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...

Big developments, quite literally, for Australia's growth in clean energy are on the horizon. It has been reported that:

1. The Asian...

The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Order 2020, which sets out the framework for a new UK Emissions Trading Scheme, was made on...

Discussions regarding potential modernisation of the Energy Charter Treaty, the most frequently invoked investment treaty in...

Last week, the Bank of England announced that it will be launching its climate stress test in June 2021. This week, it provided more...

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...

The first Finance in Common Summit held on 9-12 November 2020 gathered the world’s 450 public development banks to address recovery from...

The Corporate Human Rights Benchmark from the World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) was published on 16 November ranking over 200 companies...

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...

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...

Market participants are expecting a Biden-Harris administration's “build back better” blueprint trumpeted during the campaign--in effect,...

The Financial Reporting Council has published findings from its thematic review of how companies are considering and reporting on climate...

The Financial Conduct Authority and the Chancellor made important announcements on 9 November 2020 on the future of mandatory climate...

Last week I published a post on the UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs' consultation on whether to introduce...

Scottish Widows has announced a new ESG policy which will see it dropping company investments worth at least £440 million that fail to...

Governor of the Bank of England Andrew Bailey announced at the Green Horizon Summit that the UK climate stress test for commercial...

A transparent and well functioning voluntary carbon market would help to facilitate the transition to global decarbonisation. Globally,...

The U.S. Federal Reserve Board issued its Financial Stability Report and--for the first time--identified climate change among the risks...

Earlier in 2020, the UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs announced plans for a potential crackdown on deforestation...

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...

There is no shortage of issues awaiting the new U.S. administration.  As President-Elect Biden's transition plan website outlines,...

Last week the EBA published its consultation paper on its expectations for the management and supervision of ESG risks by banks and...

SEC Commissioner Allison Lee recently called for an "all-hands on deck effort" to address systemic risks to our economy from climate...

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: REST Super (a leading Australian pensions fund) was alleged to have breached its...

At the same time as the EU looks to progress its proposal to introduce mandatory human rights due diligence, the UN is once again...

The UK's competition watchdog announced it will review a broad range of companies for potentially "greenwashing," or saying a product is...

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 is the star of this report by the Offshore Wind Industry Council and Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult, which proposes a...

Shareholders are increasingly gaining support as they press ESG issues, such as those involving the environment and diversity.  One...