27 Apr 2022 FCA implements new requirements for board and executive diversity reporting By Dominic Sedghi, Dan Lavender, Helen Harvey Macfarlanes' Corporate Law Update reported on the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)’s recently-published policy statement on diversity...
14 Apr 2022 Challenges and opportunities for ESG-linked pay in 2022 By Lucy Urwin Last week Ras Berglund and I spoke at the ESOP Centre’s 2022 Share Schemes Symposium about the growing impact of ESG on executive...
29 Mar 2022 For climate disclosures, is this a race to the top? By Dominic Sedghi, Rachel Richardson, Harry Coghill The announcement last week by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it intends to introduce wide-ranging climate-related...
25 Mar 2022 CMA publishes latest guidance on sustainability, competition and consumer law By Sophie Chesterton, Gina Sternberg Last week, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published a response to three questions posed by the Government as regards to...
16 Mar 2022 Shell faces “world-first” climate pressure via a proposed derivative action By Lois Horne, Chloe Edworthy Activist shareholder, ClientEarth, has sent a letter before action to the board of Shell alleging breaches of the directors’ duties to...
03 Mar 2022 Corporate sustainability due diligence directive: the European Commission’s proposal By Shailen Patel, Charmaine Lee Last week, the EU set out its proposal for a new Directive on corporate due diligence to enhance the regulatory framework on sustainable...
25 Nov 2021 Policy in practice episode 4: A roundup of COP26 By David Gauke, Rachel Richardson David Gauke, Isobel Morton and Rachel Richardson discuss the headlines and implications from the recent COP26.
09 Nov 2021 ESG in action in defence outsourcing and supply chains - and what's next? By Mark Lewis This blog was prompted by an intriguing report published on 6 November in The Telegraph: UK FTSE 250 outsourcer/service provider has...
26 Oct 2021 FCA publishes Long Term Asset Fund final rules By Lora Froud, Gavin Haran The FCA has published its final rules for the Long Term Asset Fund (LTAF). The LTAF is a new authorised fund vehicle that aims to make it...
19 Oct 2021 Policy in practice episode 1: Green finance - the state of play before COP26 By David Gauke, Lora Froud, Rachel Richardson, Gavin Haran The first of our “Policy in practice” podcast series is now available to listen to. David Gauke, Lora Froud, Gavin Haran and Rachel...
07 Oct 2021 Trending up: Outsourcing in post-Covid Europe By William Hedges, Mark Lewis, Joy Davey Macfarlanes hosted a virtual outsourcing forum on 30 September, which brought together lawyers specialising in outsourcing and technology...
04 Oct 2021 A numbers game? EU Council approves mandatory publication of corporate income tax paid By Lucy Urwin On 28 September the EU Council, as expected, adopted a directive requiring large multinationals to publicly disclose their income tax...
28 Sep 2021 Official Working Group encourages pension savers to invest in long term assets By Lora Froud, Gavin Haran The Productive Finance Working Group has published its recommendations to UK policymakers to remove barriers to investment by retirement...
24 Sep 2021 CMA calls time on greenwashing with Green Claims Code By Rosie Duckworth The Competition and Markets Authority has published its much anticipated guidance on ‘greenwashing’ (misleading environmental claims made...
09 Sep 2021 The missing cornerstone in sustainable finance: investee company ESG reporting By Lora Froud, Tiffany Cox, Gavin Haran The rush to regulate financial markets to produce ESG outcomes has brought focus to a problem: in the absence of good quality ESG data...
11 Aug 2021 A global approach to ESG data and disclosure By Tiffany Cox, Gavin Haran The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has published a wide-ranging consultation report on its "recommendations...