Sep 05, 2023 Are corporates facing greater accountability for international crimes? By Lydia Kim Jeff Twentyman Jonny Cotton Rosie Duthie +1 more... Show less On 5 September 2023, a case against two former corporate executives of oil and gas company, Lundin Energy (now Orrön Energy) over alleged...
Nov 21, 2022 COP27 round up – a good compromise leaves everyone unhappy? By Helena Campbell Will Wilson Jeff Twentyman George Murray +1 more... Show less The Sharm el-Sheikh Climate Change Conference (“COP27”) officially came to a close on Friday 18 November. The last two weeks have been...
Oct 28, 2022 The right to a healthy environment: Resolution 76/300's potential impact on businesses By Jeff Twentyman Lydia Kim In July, the UN General Assembly passed a resolution recognising the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment as a human...
Sep 05, 2022 A Bridge to Better Business: the Positive Case for Updating Directors’ Duties By Jeff Twentyman George Murray The rising cost of living along with the energy, climate change, water, pollution and other crises are all bearing down on people and the...
Jul 12, 2022 Watch: Reaching Zero - How legal services can accelerate the transition By Jeff Twentyman As part of London Climate Action Week, Slaughter and May collaborated with Net Zero Lawyers Alliance to host a panel discussion about why...
May 11, 2021 EU adopts Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive By Jeff Twentyman George Murray As part of the wider efforts towards a European Green Deal, the European Commission adopted a proposal for a Corporate Sustainability...
Jul 31, 2020 Corporate reporting in the post-Brexit world By Jeff Twentyman Samuel Franklin Alfred King With little sign of substantive progress in the negotiations on the future of the UK-EU relationship, UK companies must once again...