Following an unprecedented volume of responses to the first draft of the regulatory technical standards which will accompany the...
On 25 February 2021, the Sustainable Finance Committee of the German Federal Government ("SFC") released its final report "Shifting the...
The European Commission was meant to have adopted a delegated act containing the technical screening criteria (TSC) for the first two...
With the UK Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner recently endorsing a report ( see here) with a call to action for the financial...
Climate focus at company meetings is not new. 2020 saw a number of shareholders putting forward environmental resolutions at listed...
One of the largest German fund companies promotes a green equity fund with specific figures on savings and monetary benefits for the...
On 15 February, ShareAction ("a campaigning organisation pushing the global investment system to take responsibility for its impacts on...
Following intense discussions between different ministries and an intervention of Chancellor Angela Merkel, the German government has...
BlackRock has made a clear statement on which Boards and senior management should focus (if they haven't yet): the asset manager is...
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...
Take a look at this related cross-practice blog post.
For many UK companies, this coming annual reporting cycle will be their first time reporting on their greenhouse gas emissions and energy...
As dusk falls on 2020 and dawn breaks on 2021, environmental, social and governance issues look set to dominate the public and political...
On 4 February 2021, the European Supervisory Authorities (ESMA, EIOPA and EBA) delivered to the Commission the Final Report on the draft...
With the rise of ESG, showing respect for human rights, which forms part of the “Social” limb, is increasingly an important area on which...
Just as the European Parliament's Legal Affairs Committee approves (non-binding) recommendations to the Commission on a draft legislative...