26 Feb, 2021 Old MacDonald had a farm...and a live-streaming channel - China tech goes rural! By Alex Roberts Having written last week about the "E" in ESG (Environment, Social and Governance), I enjoyed the article below which focusses on the "S"...
26 Feb, 2021 What do the ESAs say about compliance with Level 1 SFDR whilst Level 2 is on its way? By Victoria Hickman Following an unprecedented volume of responses to the first draft of the regulatory technical standards which will accompany the...
26 Feb, 2021 "Shifting the Trillions" - Recommendations for the sustainable transformation of the German economy By Nicole Rölike On 25 February 2021, the Sustainable Finance Committee of the German Federal Government ("SFC") released its final report "Shifting the...
25 Feb, 2021 EU Taxonomy Regulation: delay to technical screening criteria By Sara Feijao The European Commission was meant to have adopted a delegated act containing the technical screening criteria (TSC) for the first two...
24 Feb, 2021 Modern Slavery: Compliance and Investor Leverage By James Marlow With the UK Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner recently endorsing a report ( see here) with a call to action for the financial...
24 Feb, 2021 Climate focus at AGMs – coming sooner than you think By Claire Kernick Climate focus at company meetings is not new. 2020 saw a number of shareholders putting forward environmental resolutions at listed...
23 Feb, 2021 German fund company sued for “greenwashing” By Alexandros Chatzinerantzis Jan Suschinski Mirjam Erb One of the largest German fund companies promotes a green equity fund with specific figures on savings and monetary benefits for the...
17 Feb, 2021 The time is now: Climate Change is here to stay By Rory Bennett On 15 February, ShareAction ("a campaigning organisation pushing the global investment system to take responsibility for its impacts on...
17 Feb, 2021 Comprehensive German Due Diligence Act on the horizon By Julia Grothaus Mirjam Erb Following intense discussions between different ministries and an intervention of Chancellor Angela Merkel, the German government has...
17 Feb, 2021 Holding Boards Accountable for Climate Engagement.... By Doug Davison BlackRock has made a clear statement on which Boards and senior management should focus (if they haven't yet): the asset manager is...
16 Feb, 2021 France held responsible for failing to take sufficient action to fight climate change By Charlotte Peiffer Jean-Charles Jaïs David Thomas Rebecca James Xavier Taton +2 more... Show less On 3 February 2021, the Administrative Court of Paris ruled in what has been called the “case of the century” (L’Affaire du siècle) and...
15 Feb, 2021 ESG vs Big Tech: an (ox)tale of two halves By Alex Roberts Our cross-practice examination of some of the expected themes for 2021 predicts environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues will...
10 Feb, 2021 Putting the “eco” into economics: small steps in the right direction for green collaboration between business? | LinkingCompetition | Blog By Emma Cochrane Ina Lunneryd Take a look at this related cross-practice blog post.
09 Feb, 2021 Reporting under the Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting (SECR) regime for the first time? By Claire Kernick For many UK companies, this coming annual reporting cycle will be their first time reporting on their greenhouse gas emissions and energy...
04 Feb, 2021 Environmental, Social and Governance and the Real Estate Sector: ‘A New Dawn’ By Rory Bennett As dusk falls on 2020 and dawn breaks on 2021, environmental, social and governance issues look set to dominate the public and political...
04 Feb, 2021 ESAs deliver final report on draft RTS under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation By Sara Feijao On 4 February 2021, the European Supervisory Authorities (ESMA, EIOPA and EBA) delivered to the Commission the Final Report on the draft...