Apr 30, 2021 Constitutional complaints against the German Climate Change Act partially successful By Alexandros Chatzinerantzis Tosca Hohm Mirjam Erb In a landmark decision, the Federal Constitutional Court ruled that the provisions of the German Climate Change Act of 12 December 2019...
Apr 28, 2021 ECB’s quantitative easing programme challenged before Belgian Courts for “fuelling the climate crisis” By Guillaume Croisant Charlotte Peiffer On 13 April 2021, the NGO ClientEarth announced the filing of a landmark legal action in Belgium against the central bank of Belgium (the...
Apr 27, 2021 Building Back Better: Views from General Counsel By Sarah Wiggins There is no question that the past year has been one of immense change filled with many challenges and with that lessons learnt. As part...
Apr 26, 2021 FCA’s initial thinking on anti-greenwash principles and regulation on ESG ratings providers By Sara Feijao Anti-greenwash principles As the requirements of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) did not come into force until March...
Apr 22, 2021 Sports & ESG: Kicking off the conversation By James Marlow Recent weeks have seen the commencement of the all new Extreme E "climate-aware racing series", the Man Utd women's team playing their...
Apr 22, 2021 European Commission publishes proposal on Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive By Sara Feijao The CSRD proposal On 21 April 2021, the European Commission published a package of legislation and other documents on ESG and...
Apr 21, 2021 UK to reduce GHG emissions by 78% by 2035 - it's official By Kerry Liebenberg The government has confirmed that it will introduce legislation (today) for a new climate target: 78% reduction in greenhouse gas...
Apr 21, 2021 European Commission publishes final climate change taxonomy delegated act By Sara Feijao The April 2021 sustainable finance package The European Commission has published today (21 April) the final version of the delegated act...
Apr 21, 2021 EU reaches political agreement on draft climate law - at last By Sara Feijao After weeks of heated negotiations, the European Parliament (EP) and Council have finally reached political agreement on the draft EU...
Apr 14, 2021 ESG in the US, EU and UK: Towards greater convergence By Sara Feijao When we published our report “The ESG landscape and opportunities on both sides of the Atlantic” last summer – the strapline was...
Apr 13, 2021 Dig a little deeper: Investors to increase supply chain scrutiny on construction industry By James Marlow Leading asset managers Schroders, Aberdeen Standard Investments and Fidelity International as well as the Church of England's investment...
Apr 08, 2021 Merger control: The EU’s dark horse to support green investment? By Nicole Kar Emma Cochrane Bella Spring The current debate in relation to competition law and sustainability focuses largely on competitor cooperation to realise green...