11 Apr, 2024 Publication of the UK Transition Plan Taskforce's sector guidance By Rachel Richardson Amelia Little TPT sector guidance published The Transition Plan Taskforce (TPT) is a UK initiative, launched by HM Treasury in March 2022, that aims to...
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...
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...
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]...
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...
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...
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 Aug, 2020 Covid-19: Putting the "S" in ESG By Emma Garnham One consequence of the Covid-19 outbreak has been to shine the spotlight on the social element of ESG and what the value of targeting...