01 Feb, 2024 Extension of the UK Transition Plan Taskforce's mandate By Rachel Richardson Amelia Little TPT Mandate extension On 24 January 2024 the Transition Plan Taskforce (TPT) announced that HM Treasury had extended its mandate until...
23 Jan, 2024 English High Court dismisses ClientEarth’s Judicial Review claim against the FCA By Chloe Edworthy Rachel Richardson Riley Forson Madeleine Brown +1 more... Show less On 13 December 2023, the English High Court denied ClientEarth’s renewed application for permission to bring a judicial review...
19 Dec, 2023 COP28: renewed climate commitments follow first global stocktake By Rachel Richardson Praveen Gopalan Finn Waldron The 2023 United Nations Climate Conference of Parties (COP28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)...
24 Oct, 2023 Going Dutch on sustainability: the ACM adopts Policy Rule to avoid falling foul of Commission’s Guidance on Horizontal Co-operation By Andrew Morrison The approach of European Competition Authorities (both at EU and National level) to sustainability agreements has been keenly debated in...
19 Sep, 2023 SFDR 2.0: pivoting in the direction of UK SDR? By Lora Froud Tiffany Cox Emma Garnham Gavin Haran +1 more... Show less On 14 September 2023, the European Commission published a targeted consultation questionnaire to gather feedback prior to proposing...
08 Aug, 2023 The conservation covenant era has begun! By Henry Vane On Thursday 27 July DEFRA opened the application process for responsible bodies (RB), the third parties who will be monitoring and...
26 Jul, 2023 Greenwashing to greenhushing - key takeaways By Rachel Richardson Tiffany Cox Praveen Gopalan Emily Batchelor +1 more... Show less As part of the Net Zero Lawyer’s Alliance's (NZLA) programme for London Climate Action Week, Macfarlanes held a panel session titled...
06 Jul, 2023 Ratcheting regulatory interest in sustainability-linked loans By Jamie Macpherson Rachel Richardson Andrew Perkins Adam Caines +1 more... Show less The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has made clear its concerns regarding the "greenwashing" potential of sustainability-linked loans...
17 May, 2023 English High Court denies ClientEarth's "world-first" climate-related derivative action against the directors of Shell By Lois Horne Chloe Edworthy Riley Forson On 12 May 2023, the English High Court denied permission to ClientEarth to proceed with a substantive application for permission to...
15 May, 2023 Oil still present on claimants’ land not a “continuing private nuisance” according to the UK Supreme Court in the ongoing Jalla v Shell litigation By Chloe Edworthy Riley Forson Madeleine Brown For the second time this year, the Supreme Court has given guidance on the tort of private nuisance. Following the decision in Fearn [1]...
09 May, 2023 Sustainable drafting for sustainability-linked loans? By Rachel Richardson Andrew Perkins Adam Caines Jamie Macpherson +1 more... Show less On 4 May 2023 the Loan Market Association (LMA) published model provisions for those borrowing, lending and arranging...
31 Mar, 2023 Naturemarket sweep By Henry Vane Amid the wave of government announcements to mark “Green Day”, the catchily named Nature Markets: A framework for scaling up private...
20 Mar, 2023 ESG laundering: private fund managers reconsidering where their capital is coming from By Harriet Miller We have seen significant growth in the number of private funds being raised that consider sustainability characteristics or seek to have...
20 Dec, 2022 Could Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) be about to bite? By Ellie Herve In 2015, the Government introduced the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) to look to drive improvements in the energy efficiency...
15 Dec, 2022 ESG collective proceedings in the Competition Appeal Tribunal – a natural new home or a fleeting visit? By Simon Day Jennifer Reeves Zoe Carter Riley Forson +1 more... Show less ESG litigation risk has become a growing concern for businesses as claimants pursue increasingly innovative causes of action (see our...
14 Dec, 2022 Will the Edinburgh Reforms make a difference? By Alexandra Green Michael Sholem Gavin Haran On 9 December, the Chancellor announced a package of over 30 reforms to the UK’s financial regulations, an attempt to achieve the biggest...