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POSTED BY JUDITH HOUSTON | 8 MARCH 2024

SEC adopts long-awaited climate disclosure rules

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted long-awaited rules to enhance and standardise climate-related disclosures by large public companies. The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures Rules: Final Rules represent the first nationwide climate disclosure rules in the USA.
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POSTED BY SURJIT DEUER | 14 FEBRUARY 2024

Simplified sustainability reporting standards on the horizon for SMEs

Welcome news for public and private SMEs with new simplified sustainability reporting standards on the horizon. The European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) has opened the floor for public consultation on two draft EU reporting standards proportionate to the scale and complexity of SMEs.

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POSTED BY SURJIT DEUER | 5 FEBRUARY 2024

ESG: What in-house solicitors need to know and do

Boards are increasingly looking to their in-house legal team for advice on ESG matters. This places a new onus on in-house solicitors who already face the difficult challenge of balancing an organisation’s legal obligation with its strategic goals.

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POSTED BY SURJIT DEUER | 18 DECEMBER 2023

COP28: wrap-up and reflections

As the dust settles, concluding a day over schedule, COP28 marked a significant halfway point in achieving the goals set by the Paris agreement. King Charles, in his opening address, poignantly described humanity's actions as a "vast, frightening experiment" on our planet.

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POSTED BY NEAMH TOWERS | 8 DECEMBER 2023

COP 28 - reflections from this week: phase down or phase out

Cast your minds back to 2015 in which 194 states plus the European Union signed the Paris Agreement at the COP21 summit in Paris in order to pursue efforts “to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels”.

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POSTED BY MILLY LARNER | 7 DECEMBER 2023

Gender Day at COP28 - the impact of women on driving climate solutions

COP28’s Gender Day focussed on raising awareness on the importance of gender responsive climate policy and action and women’s contribution and leadership in climate action.

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POSTED BY JESSICA WILKES-BALL | 1 DECEMBER 2023

COP 28 – what can we expect?

COP 26 saw leaders agreeing to the Glasgow Climate Pact, countries committing to limiting global warming to 1.5°, enhancing climate finance for developing nations and setting a framework for addressing the damage caused by climate change. There were also agreements on deforestation, methane reduction and phasing down coal.

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POSTED BY JUDITH HOUSTON | 30 NOVEMBER 2023

How the TNFD can help your business thrive in a nature-positive economy

The TNFD is a global initiative that provides organisations with a framework to report and act on their impacts and dependencies on nature.

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POSTED BY JESSICA BURT | 29 NOVEMBER 2023

Christmas Ads are Coming!

Advertisers must also take care to not mislead consumers with false ‘time-limited’ promos.

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POSTED BY JESSICA BURT | 29 NOVEMBER 2023

The ‘nutrient neutrality’ issue

The requirement for assessing nutrient neutrality (or the absence of it) and agreeing appropriate mitigation is adding significant cost and delay to the development consenting process, bringing some planning application decisions to a halt completely in the affected catchments.

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Environmental, social and governance (ESG) blog

Simplified sustainability reporting standards on the horizon for SMEs

ESG: What in-house solicitors need to know and do

COP28: wrap-up and reflections

COP 28 - reflections from this week: phase down or phase out

Gender Day at COP28 - the impact of women on driving climate solutions

COP 28 – what can we expect?

How the TNFD can help your business thrive in a nature-positive economy

Christmas Ads are Coming!

The ‘nutrient neutrality’ issue

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Environmental, social and governance (ESG) blog

SEC adopts long-awaited climate disclosure rules

Simplified sustainability reporting standards on the horizon for SMEs

ESG: What in-house solicitors need to know and do

COP28: wrap-up and reflections

COP 28 - reflections from this week: phase down or phase out

Gender Day at COP28 - the impact of women on driving climate solutions

COP 28 – what can we expect?

How the TNFD can help your business thrive in a nature-positive economy

Christmas Ads are Coming!

The ‘nutrient neutrality’ issue

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