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HGF Ltd
SeaGrown is a pioneering offshore kelp farming company based in Scarborough, and England's first large-scale commercial seaweed farm. A 2024 Earthshot Prize nominee...
Mayer Brown
In this MB Microtalk video, Mayer Brown's James Taylor discusses "Greenwashing," or essentially portraying a company's products, activities or policies as having positive environmental outcomes when...
WTW
Fires can expose airport operators to environmental clean-up costs not covered by general insurance that can run into millions, as highlighted by a recent car park fire at a UK airport.
WTW
As insurance coverages and perils become more interconnected, forward-looking climate models will be critical to provide a more accurate view of the extent to which climate...
Herbert Smith Freehills
On 19 March 2024 the CMA published informal guidance under its Green Agreements Guidance, following a request from WWF-UK (World Wildlife Fund UK)...
IR Global
ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance) factors profoundly shape corporate behaviour and investment decisions worldwide.
Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP
The Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill passed Stage 3 on 21 March 2024 and will be enacted into law. How will the licensing schemes work in practice and what are some key things to consider?
Steptoe LLP
It is anticipated that 2024 will be the biggest year ever for democracy. Over four billion people – more than half of the world's population across more than 40 countries – will go to the polls.
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).
European Union
Norton Rose Fulbright
Aiming to ensure a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials for the EU, the Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) has been formally adopted by the European Commission, as of 18 March 2024.
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.
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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