Sustainability Thought Leadership

July 19, 2023: The CFTC’s Second Voluntary Carbon Markets Convening Provides Insight Into the CFTC’s Views on Its Regulatory and Enforcement Role in the Carbon Markets

July 10, 2023: Managing U.S. Enforcement and Civil Risks Relating to ESG Issues: Greenwashing

June 30, 2023: Sweeping Changes to Premerger (HSR) Process in the United States Proposed by Enforcement Agencies

June 6, 2023: EU Adopts Antitrust Guidelines for Sustainability Agreements

March 17, 2023: CMA Consults on Environmental Sustainability Agreement Guidelines

June 24, 2022: Sustainability and Competition in the Financial Sector: Assessment of Withdrawal and Carbon Pricing Agreements

March 23, 2022: New EU Guidelines for Horizontal Agreements: A Changing Climate for Sustainability Cooperation?

March 22, 2022: Competition Overdose, ‘Noble Co-opetition’, and The Climate Change Example

January 4, 2022: New State Aid Rules for Green Projects: The EU’s Road to Climate Neutrality

September 9, 2021: Sustainability Agreements and Antitrust – Three Criteria to Distinguish Beneficial Cooperation From Greenwashing

March 26, 2021: Sustainable Competition Policy and the ‘Polluter Pays’ Principle

December 1, 2020: OECD Hearing on Sustainability and Competition

October 19, 2020: EU Commission Call for Contributions on “Competition Policy Supporting the Green Deal”

July 15, 2020: Navigating COVID-19: Supply Chain Considerations

July 9, 2020: A Sustainable Recovery for Europe: The EU’s Green Deal

May 28, 2020: Sustainable Competition Policy (Concorrenze Webinar)

March 22, 2020: Sustainable Competition Policy

December 9, 2019: Sustainable Competition Policy (TED@Chillin’ Competition Conference)

December 6, 2023: CFTC Proposes Voluntary Carbon Credit Derivatives Guidance

July 20, 2023: IFRS Releases New Global Sustainability Disclosure Standards

June 27, 2023: Climate and the Financial Sector Weekly Newsletter

April 4, 2023: First Steps Towards UK Regulation of ESG Ratings Providers: HM Treasury Consults

February 24, 2023: GCC Launches Unified Sustainability Disclosure Metrics

February 16, 2023: The EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive 

January 27, 2023: An Innovative Sustainable Finance Regulatory Framework Takes Shape in the Abu Dhabi Global Market

Climate and the Financial Sector Weekly Newsletter

May 20, 2022: The SEC Climate Disclosure Proposal – Top Ten Issues for Comment

April 6, 2022: Climate Change Disclosures – Three Deep Dives into the SEC Proposal

March 24, 2022: The EU’s New Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive

January 18, 2022: A Global Overview of Sustainability Disclosure Rules for the Asset Management Industry

January 11, 2022: The Materiality Debate and ESG Disclosure: Investors May Have the Last Word

October 12, 2021: The (r)evolution In ESG-Linked Financing

April 28, 2021: Sustainability-Linked Bonds: The Next Frontier in Sovereign Financing

September 30, 2021: Latin America’s Sovereign Debt Markets Embrace Green, Social and Sustainability Investments

June 23, 2021: Overview of Climate Risks and the Financial Sector

May 27, 2021: ESG Liability: Risks Increasing for Multinational Companies

May 21, 2021: The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive: From ‘Non-Financial’ to ‘Sustainability’ Reporting

January 5, 2021: 2021 Brings Significant New ESG Disclosure Obligations for Financial Services Firms

December 3, 2020: European Commission Consults on Sustainable Corporate Governance

November 16, 2020: A Framework Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance

October 22, 2020: A Global Overview of ESG Regulatory Developments

September 11, 2020: Human Rights Supply Chain Due Diligence: New Legislation on the Horizon for the EU and UK

April 14, 2020: Social Bonds in Response to the COVID-19 Crisis: A Guide for Issuers

September 25, 2023: The Lithium Triangle: Challenges and Opportunities for Latin America

September 6, 2023: ClientEarth Ordered to Pay Shell’s Costs After Dismissal of Derivative Claim Against Shell’s Board of Directors

July 31, 2023: High Court Reaffirms Decision to Refuse Permission for Derivative Claim Against Shell’s Board of Directors

June 1, 2023: UK Supreme Court Clarifies the Bounds of Continuing Nuisance in Oil Spill Case

May 31, 2023: Derivative Claim Against Shell’s Board by Climate-Change Activist Shareholder is Refused Permission to Proceed

February 22, 2023: Action Filed in UK Against Shell’s Board Members Regarding Management of Climate Risk

September 14, 2022: Potential Litigation Risks Associated with the SEC’s Proposed Rule on Climate-Related Disclosures

August 26, 2022: Eco Oro v Colombia: The Brave New World of Environmental Exceptions

August 8, 2022: OECD National Contact Point Specific Instances: When ‘Soft Law’ Bites?

January 13, 2022: Climate Change Litigation: Corporates at Risk

January 11, 2022: Priorities, Trends and Developments in Enforcement and Compliance

July 16, 2021: Climate Claims Against Governments in Europe

September 27, 2021: The CJEU Finds Investor-State Arbitration Clause in the Energy Charter Treaty Inapplicable to Intra-EU Disputes

July 16, 2021: Climate Change Litigation in Europe: Increasing Judicial Scrutiny Over State Climate Policies

June 30, 2021: Dutch Court Orders Shell to Reduce Emissions in First Climate Change Ruling Against Company

May 27, 2021: ESG Liability: Risks Increasing for Multinational Companies

January 12, 2021: Recent Developments in Business and Human Rights Frameworks in Europe

January 21, 2021: Investment Arbitration and the Climate Emergency, GAR Interactive: BITs 2021

January 29, 2020: The Launch of the Hague Rules on Business and Human Rights Arbitration

July 7, 2023: Managing U.S. Enforcement and Civil Risks Relating to ESG Issues: Greenwashing

June 28, 2023: European Commission Publishes Proposal on Regulating ESG Rating Providers

June 22, 2023: OECD Publishes Update to Its Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises

April 17, 2023: ESG Litigation: Derivative Claims Against Directors: Q&A

January 17, 2023: Selected Issues for Boards of Directors in 2023

December 15, 2022: Impact Investing: Expanding the Focus from Climate to Nature

December 7, 2022: New DOL Guidance on ESG and Proxy Voting

December 2, 2022: Bringing Nature Into Sovereign Debt

November 30, 2022: EU Proposes Fast-Track Permit-Granting Process for Renewable Energy Projects

November 3, 2022: New Italian Incentives for Biomethane

October 19, 2022: Balancing ESG

October 16, 2022: Risks and Opportunities in Voluntary Carbon Markets

April 11, 2022 - Beyond Just “Green”: The EU Taxonomy as a Traffic Light – From Red, to Amber, to Sustainable

March 15, 2022: A Social Taxonomy for Europe: Extending the EU ESG Framework to Socially Sustainable Activities and Companies’ Corporate Governance 

March 3, 2022: SFDR and Investor Demand Put ESG in Focus

February 9, 2022: European Taxonomy: A “Green” Future for Nuclear, Gas and Bioenergy?

January 13, 2022: Germany Strengthens Corporate Social Responsibility in Supply Chains

January 11, 2022: Sustainability Policy Remains Center Stage in Europe

August 16, 2021: The European Commission’s “Fit for 55” Legislative Package to Meet 2030 Emissions Target

April 27, 2021: Provisional Agreement On European Climate Law

January 11, 2022: Selected Issues for Boards of Directors in 2022

January 11, 2022: Diversity Issues Remain at Center Stage, and the Show Is Just Getting Started

January 11, 2022: Navigating a World Where Almost Everyone Is an Activist

December 1, 2021: How Will Climate Change Affect Emerging Markets?

November 16, 2021: ESG Guide: Overview of the ESG Regulatory Landscape

January 11, 2021: Selected Issues for Boards of Directors in 2021

January 11, 2022: Key Practices for Board Organization and Oversight of ESG

January 11, 2022: 2022 Shareholder Engagement Trends and Considerations: ESG and Investor Outreach

January 4, 2022: UK’s FCA Extends Climate-related Disclosures to Standard Listed Issuers, Including GDR Issuers

November 16, 2021: UK Introduces Mandatory Climate-Related Financial Reporting for Large Public and Private Companies

October 28, 2021: Private Equity Must Prepare for Higher Sustainability Standards

August 16, 2021: The European Commission’s ‘Fit for 55’ Legislative Package to Meet 2030 Emissions Target

October 12, 2021: ESG and the Leveraged Loan Market

May 27, 2021: ESG Liability: Risks Increasing for Multinational Companies

January 12, 2021: Recent Developments in Business and Human Rights Frameworks in Europe

January 11, 2021: Increased ESG Focus Shows No Signs of Slowing Down in 2021

January 11, 2021: ESG Considerations for Incentive Compensation Programs

January 11, 2021: Shareholder Engagement Trends and Considerations

January 11, 2021: Corporate Sustainability: Moving Faster and Faster to the Center of Strategy and Shareholder Value

December 3, 2020: European Commission Consults on Sustainable Corporate Governance

November 9, 2020: What to Expect From the Biden Administration

October 22, 2020: A Global Overview of ESG Regulatory Developments

October 7, 2020: Incorporating ESG Considerations Into Private Equity

September 11, 2020: Human Rights Supply Chain Due Diligence: New Legislation on the Horizon for the EU and UK

July 15, 2020: Navigating COVID-19: Supply Chain Considerations

January 31, 2020: SEC Maintains the Status Quo on Climate Change Disclosures

January 29, 2020: The Launch of the Hague Rules on Business and Human Rights Arbitration

January 10, 2020: Corporate Purpose, Human Capital, and Compensation Considerations

January 10, 2020: Shareholder Engagement Trends and Considerations

January 10, 2020: Navigating the ESG Landscape

July 22, 2019: Human Capital Management: Issues, Developments, and Principles

January 16, 2019: Human Capital Management Moves to the Front Lines