15 Jul, 2024 Drawing the battle lines in European greenwashing regulation By George Murray Natasha Ewart Smith In response to the European Commission’s call for advice, the three European Supervisory Agencies (ESAs) - covering banking, securities,...
05 Jul, 2024 EU Nature Restoration Regulation: Goals, Legal Implications and Political Challenges By George Murray Guillermo Cavero Lapuerta On 17 June 2024, the EU’s Environment Council approved the Nature Restoration Regulation (“NRR”). This regulation aims to set targets for...
23 Jun, 2024 UK’s Sustainability Reporting Standards: scope for divergence, timing and implementation process By George Murray In May, the Department for Business and Trade (“DBT”) published its Framework and Terms of Reference for the Development of UK...
20 Jun, 2024 The European Elections: What they mean for the next legislative agenda in general and sustainability in particular By Sabine Dittrich George Murray Elections for the European Parliament took place from 6 to 9 June. In this article we share some initial thoughts about the election...
09 Jun, 2024 ISSB update: growing adoption of disclosure standards, but divergence remains likely By George Murray More than 20 jurisdictions, representing nearly 55% of global GDP and more than half of global greenhouse gas emissions[1], have...
22 May, 2024 Support for sustainability-related requisitioned resolutions may be dropping, but ESG-related activism is unlikely to go away By George Murray According to a recent report by ShareAction, the voting success of shareholder resolutions driven by ESG concerns dropped significantly...
08 May, 2024 The UK Corporate Governance Code 2024: changes from a sustainability and D&I perspective By Richard Hilton George Murray Holly Sleep The Financial Reporting Council’s (FRC) revisions to the Corporate Governance Code (the Code), which updates the 2018 Code, will take...
14 Apr, 2024 The Enchanted Path: Materialising a Provisional Carbon Removal Certification Framework By Aaron Wu George Murray Sofía Hurtado Knaster Simi Fajemisin +1 more... Show less On 20 February 2024, the European Council and Parliament negotiators reached a provisional political agreement on a regulation that will...