3/19/2025 5:40:49 PM EU: Clean Industrial Deal Deep Dive: the role of carbon capture, storage, and utilisation in enhancing competitiveness and achieving decarbonisation goals By Maryam Adamji On 26 February 2025, the European Commission unveiled the Clean Industrial Deal (“CID”), a roadmap for competitiveness and...
3/19/2025 5:02:20 PM COP16: key takeaways from the final negotiations in Rome in 2025 By Claudia Harper Claire Bailey In our previous COP16 blog post, we covered the initial key takeaways from the 16th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations...
3/18/2025 3:21:53 PM Spring is coming – what can businesses in the UK expect from the CMA on greenwashing amidst new consumer protection provisions coming into effect By Chris Chan Kim Rust The consumer protection provisions in the Digital Markets Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (DMCCA) will come into force on 6 April...
3/11/2025 12:45:30 PM Japan issues its sustainability disclosure standards which incorporates key elements of the ISSB standards By Yi Zhang On 5 March 2025, the Sustainability Standards Board of Japan (SSBJ) issued its inaugural sustainability disclosure standards (SSBJ...
3/5/2025 12:58:00 PM UK reporting 2024/25 – recent developments and guidance for large unlisted companies and LLPs By Judy Pink Sara Feijao We have published our annual reporting guide for UK large unlisted companies and LLPs. The guide aims to help large unlisted UK...
3/4/2025 1:16:53 PM Webinar recording: European Commission publishes first Omnibus package – what we know so far By Sara Feijao On 26 February 2025, the European Commission published the much-anticipated first Omnibus package, with proposals to simplify the...
3/4/2025 4:46:13 AM Hong Kong SAR publishes HKFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards By Gilly Hutchinson On 12 December 2024, the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (the HKICPA) published the HKFRS S1 General Requirements for...
3/4/2025 4:23:03 AM Hong Kong SAR Government publishes roadmap on sustainability disclosures By Gilly Hutchinson On 10 December 2024, the Hong Kong SAR Government published a roadmap on sustainability disclosures in Hong Kong (the Roadmap), which...
3/3/2025 1:54:20 PM EU: Commission proposes changes to Carbon Boarder Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) as part of first Omnibus package By Julia Voskoboinikova The EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) and the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) both aim to reduce carbon emissions by placing...
2/27/2025 9:35:27 PM EU: Commission publishes first Omnibus package with changes to CSRD and CSDDD By Sara Feijao James Marlow On 26 February 2025, the European Commission published the much-anticipated first Omnibus package, with proposals to simplify the...
2/26/2025 6:36:16 PM EU: Commission publishes Clean Industrial Deal with a roadmap for marrying up competitiveness with decarbonisation By Julia Voskoboinikova Melissa Verplancke Laure Driessen On 26 February 2025, the European Commission published a Communication entitled “The Clean Industrial Deal: a joint roadmap for...
2/22/2025 3:33:00 AM Hong Kong Cross-Agency Steering Group announces 2025 key priorities for sustainable finance By Clara Hackney Gilly Hutchinson The Green and Sustainable Finance Cross-Agency Steering Group (the Steering Group) has set out three key priorities this year to enhance...
2/17/2025 5:36:06 PM UK: FCA delays the publication of the final rules on applying SDR to portfolio management By Stephen Clipsham The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced that it no longer intends to publish its policy statement on extending its...
2/17/2025 3:21:53 PM UK government responds to House of Lords Select Committee Report on Modern Slavery Act 2015 By James Marlow Jon Tan Fazila Naeem At the end of December 2024, the UK government published its response to the House of Lords Select Committee on the Modern Slavery Act...
2/14/2025 4:17:24 PM La Terra dei Fuochi case: European Court of Human Rights rules on large-scale environmental damage By Elena Andrich Guillaume Croisant Beatrice Porcellato Pierre-Noé Milcamps Sara Folino +2 more... Show less On 30 January 2024, the European Court of Human Rights (“ECtHR” or the “Court”) ruled that Italy's failure to diligently deal with...
2/13/2025 10:32:31 AM EU: Commission’s Work Programme sets out key ESG / sustainability initiatives for 2025 By Sara Feijao On 12 February 2025, the European Commission published its new Work Programme setting out a list of the main policy and legislative...