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Steptoe LLP
The environment is a devolved policy competence, which means that England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have powers to make their own legislation within the environmental sphere and have increasingly taken divergent legislative and policy routes.
Jones Day
On November 28, 2023, the UK's Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") published its long-awaited final rules and guidance on Sustainability Disclosure Requirements ("SDR") and investment labels.
Jones Day
In December 2023, the United Kingdom's Department for Energy Security and Net Zero ("DESNZ") launched two consultations to garner views on the efficient operation of the UK's Emissions Trading Scheme ("ETS").
Bates Wells
We have been working hard to reduce our carbon footprint for over a decade now. As a city-based professional services firm, our direct emissions are relatively low...
Mayer Brown
Environmental disinformation, as many regard it, is a front-and-centre issue, particularly in the US, where we have already seen the Securities and Exchange Commission imposing multimillion dollar...
Norton Rose Fulbright Hong Kong
As part of the development of the UK vehicle emission regulatory framework, the Vehicle Emissions Trading Scheme Order 2023 (the Order) came into force on 1 January 2024.
Burges Salmon
With the General Code now here and due to come into force on 27 March 2024, it is more important than ever to understand your scheme's ESG obligations.
Norton Rose Fulbright Hong Kong
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero has published its response (the Response) to its consultation addressing carbon leakage risk to support decarbonization (the Consultation).
Gowling WLG
Following the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP 15) and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (the Global Biodiversity Framework), there has been increased focus on biodiversity...
WTW
Embark on a journey through the complex landscape of environmental risks in real estate.
Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP
The Advertising Standards Authority have released a batch of decisions over the last week against a number of companies for their use of misleading environmental claims in advertisements.
Weightmans
What has happened and where does it leave us? News last week confirmed that the proposed Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive ("CS3D")...
Walker Morris
At the end of December 2023, the Environment Agency published its proposed monitoring plan for packaging producer responsibility for 2024.
Norton Rose Fulbright Hong Kong
The Financial Markets Law Committee has published a report on pension scheme trustees' evolving fiduciary duties and decision-making in relation to sustainability and climate change.
Walker Morris
"Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) is a new compulsory condition on planning permissions. Put plainly, BNG is one of the biggest changes to planning in over 30 years.
European Union
Norton Rose Fulbright
In the push to a net-zero economy, many jurisdictions are introducing rules requiring goods produced in that jurisdiction to be produced in a way which emits less carbon.
Travers Smith LLP
The EU is pursuing a number of measures intended to combat misleading environmental claims about products and services aimed at consumers.
Ropes & Gray LLP
As part of its broader zero-pollution action plan, and in response to microplastics' recognised long-term negative impacts on ecosystems, the European Union has recently...
Potter Clarkson
Sustainability has long been critical in the fashion industry, with the ‘fast fashion' epidemic and issues of greenwashing diluting endeavours to approve fashion's impact on the world.
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
On February 15, 2024, two of the world's largest asset managers announced that they are leaving Climate Action 100+ (CA100+)...
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