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In this post, we examine the new Modern Slavery Bill announced in the 2022 Queen’s Speech, a recent report published by the UK Financial Reporting Council (FRC) on compliance with the existing require...
Author(s): Victoria Sharp, Michael Quayle
May 2022The large earthquakes felt earlier this year were an unnecessary reminder of the need for alternative energy sources in Japan. Coupled with the Government’s move to shift away from Russian oil...
Author(s): Hugh Goodwin
Estimated by the European Commission to have the fourth highest impact on the environment and climate change (just after food, housing, and mobility), textiles are increasingly in the focus of the Com...
Author(s): Astrid Seehafer, Rachel Duffy, Jemima Holt
At the COP26 climate summit in November 2021, over forty countries committed to phase out use of coal-fired power. Even before this summit, a number of States had already started the process of phasin...
Author(s): Hinda Rabkin, Noiana Marigo, Diego Perez
Joint ventures (JVs) are an increasingly popular form of business partnership on renewable energy projects, and play an important role in the energy transition process. In this blog post, we consider ...
Author(s): Amr Omran, Jon Gilbert, Richard Johnson, Sara Barin, Annie Whiteside
“I firmly believe that life science companies can be part of the cure.” That was the overarching message from Pinder Sahota, the Vice President of the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industr...
Author(s): James Smith, Harriet Hanks
In our last blog we considered the immediate ESG implications of the Ukraine situation on trustees of UK pension schemes (link here). This article covers the implications of wide-reaching internationa...
Author(s): Andrew Murphy, Gareth Davies, Emily Darlow
The energy transition is experiencing unprecedented momentum as states and private actors pursue action against climate change, move toward net zero commitments, and look to manage heightened energy s...
Author(s): Kate Gough, Stefan Pislevik, Tala Fahoum, Yosr Bouassida, Laura Lozano