22 Dec, 2023 ISSB updates SASB standards By Sara Feijao The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) assumed responsibility for the SASB Standards from August 2022 and has committed...
22 Dec, 2023 CSRD: First set of ESRS published in the Official Journal of the EU By Julia Voskoboinikova On 22 December 2023, the first set of the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS)) was published in the Official Journal of...
21 Dec, 2023 EU: Amendments to the monetary size criteria for companies in the Accounting Directive published in the OJEU By Julia Voskoboinikova The Delegated Directive, amending the Accounting Directive to adjust the monetary size criteria (balance sheet and net turnover) for...
19 Dec, 2023 Private Members’ Bill proposes wide-ranging human rights and due diligence obligations in UK By James Marlow Adrian Cheng As the unexpected news broke of a provisional political agreement on the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD),...
19 Dec, 2023 UK corporate reporting 2023/24: recent developments and guidance for listed companies By Judy Pink Wilma Rix Sara Feijao We have published our annual reporting guide for UK listed companies. The guide summarises recent developments and guidance from...
19 Dec, 2023 Green is for go - first agreement proceeds under UK competition and sustainability rules By Emma Cochrane Jonathan Ford The CMA has published its first piece of informal guidance under its Green Agreements Guidance, giving the Fairtrade Foundation UK the...
19 Dec, 2023 COP28: what was decided and what does it mean in practice for business? By Sara Feijao Nearly 200 countries and over 80,0000 attendees gathered in Dubai this year for COP28, the annual UN climate summit. The two-week...
19 Dec, 2023 COP28 reflections: a closer look at the Gulf region By Vanessa Havard-Williams COP28 has undoubtedly brought in to focus the acute challenges and opportunities faced by the Gulf states as they navigate the transition...
18 Dec, 2023 Webinar recording: EU CSDDD political agreement reached at last – what was decided? By Julia Grothaus Guillaume Croisant James Marlow The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD / CS3D) is a proposal by the European Commission to establish a legal...
18 Dec, 2023 EU: EIOPA consultation on anti-greenwashing opinion for insurance and pension sectors By Jimi Piggott-Bader Raza Naeem Julia Vergauwen Premlata Fagan +1 more... Show less The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has published a consultation paper on its proposed approach to tackle...
18 Dec, 2023 The Whistleblowing Act in Belgium: final deadline and count your employees! By Nele Van Kerrebroeck Felice Baele On 15 December 2022, the Whistleblowing Act was published in the Belgian State Gazette (see our publication for more details). Most...
15 Dec, 2023 EU: ESMA postpones adoption of ESG and sustainability-related terms in fund names guidance until Q2 2024 By Raza Naeem Elizabeth Webb Julia Vergauwen Cédric Danois Nicola Zeibig +2 more... Show less On 14 December 2023, ESMA published a statement providing an update on the status of ESMA’s guidelines on ESG and sustainability-related...
14 Dec, 2023 France is the first member state to transpose CSRD By Veronique Delaittre Ngoc-Hong Ma Eleonore Hannezo Emilie Rochat Benedicte de Moras +2 more... Show less Directive (EU) 2022/2464 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2022 as regards corporate sustainability reporting...
14 Dec, 2023 EU: Political agreement reached on the CSDDD By Julia Grothaus Mirjam Erb Kathrin Bauwens Guillaume Croisant James Marlow +2 more... Show less Please note that, at the time of writing of this blog post, the revised wording of the CSDDD reflecting the political agreement is not...
14 Dec, 2023 EU Platform Work Directive: Council and Parliament agree on rules for gig-economy workers By Jennifer Granado Aranzana After two years of intense negotiations, the EU legislators have reached a provisional agreement on the Platform Work Directive...
12 Dec, 2023 UK: FCA SDR investment labels and anti-greenwashing policy – what it means for insurance and pension providers By Jimi Piggott-Bader See our more detailed client note on the FCA policy statement here and the anti-greenwashing guidelines consultation here. On 28...