Dec 13, 2022 FCA reminds companies of TCFD-aligned climate disclosure rules and sets out next steps in Primary Market Bulletin 42 By Sara Feijao The FCA has published its Primary Market Bulletin 42. This sets out (among other things) a useful reminder and clarification of the rules...
Apr 26, 2022 UK government launches new taskforce to develop best practice for UK climate transition plans By Sara Feijao Vanessa Havard-Williams Rachel Barrett Aileen Buchanan Lucy Fergusson Wilma Rix +3 more... Show less The UK government has announced the launch of the Transition Plan Taskforce (TPT), to develop a “gold standard” for climate transition...
Feb 22, 2022 UK: BEIS guidance on mandatory climate reporting for UK companies and LLPs By Sara Feijao Vanessa Havard-Williams Rachel Barrett Iyes Igiehon Lucy Fergusson Wilma Rix +3 more... Show less The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has published (non-legally binding) guidance to help publicly quoted...
Jan 31, 2022 Preparing for ESG issues at your AGM By Wilma Rix Lucy Fergusson Vanessa Havard-Williams Rachel Barrett Sara Feijao Alexandra Beidas +3 more... Show less This year's AGM season promises to be lively on the ESG front, yet again - with climate change and other social and governance issues,...
Dec 22, 2021 UK: FCA brings more listed companies and financial firms into climate disclosure regime By Wilma Rix Sara Feijao Vanessa Havard-Williams Rachel Barrett Lucy Fergusson +2 more... Show less As proposed in July 2021, the FCA is extending its existing climate-related disclosure requirements to issuers of standard listed shares...
Nov 15, 2021 TCFD reporting for UK listed companies: FCA and FRC guidance By Sara Feijao Vanessa Havard-Williams Rachel Barrett Lucy Fergusson Wilma Rix +2 more... Show less The FCA is planning to publish a technical note with guidance to help listed companies with new climate reporting requirements....
Nov 09, 2021 COP26: UK wants to be world first net zero financial centre and more detail about mandatory climate transition plans By Sara Feijao Vanessa Havard-Williams Rachel Barrett Iyes Igiehon Lucy Fergusson Wilma Rix +3 more... Show less The UK Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, announced on 3 November 2021 (i.e. finance day at COP26) that it wants the UK to be the world’s first net...
Nov 04, 2021 IFRS announces creation of International Sustainability Standards Board and publishes disclosure prototypes By Vanessa Havard-Williams Claire Rogers Elliot Jack Lucy Fergusson +1 more... Show less The IFRS Foundation Trustees announced on 3 November 2021 at COP26 some important and highly-anticipated developments in their efforts to...