11/12/2021
How legal teams can help their companies address the climate crisis
Pinsent Masons has teamed-up with leading UK energy company ScottishPower to explore how legal teams can do this.
Planet SOS
11/11/2021
UK continues carbon capture, use and storage drive
The outcome of the first phase of the initiative was announced by the government last month.
11/11/2021
Maples Group Assists on Record US$364 Million "Blue Bond" for Conservation
As part of the Blue Bond for Conservation, Belize commits to provide ongoing funding to an independent conservation fund over the next 20 years and to capitalise an endowment totaling approximately US$23.5 million on closing, which will provide funding af
11/11/2021
2021 Global Bank Review: ESG, creating a purposeful future.
Banks, in deploying their capital and driving corporate behaviour, can have a significant influence in shaping the ESG conversion.
11/09/2021
Central Bank Of Ireland Signals Its Expectations On ESG / Sustainability To Irish Regulated Firms
Recognising climate change as a strategic priority that requires action by all financial sector participants,
11/09/2021
The use of data to improve buying decisions from a net zero carbon perspective
The ultimate aim should be a state where suppliers are willing and able to commit to contractual terms under which they are obliged to meet robust carbon reduction targets, and suffer financial or other sanctions if they fail to do so.
11/06/2021
Innovating to net zero: An executive’s guide to climate technology
Advanced technologies are critical to stopping climate change—and the drive to develop and scale them is accelerating. Here are five themes that could attract $2 trillion of annual investment by 2025.
11/06/2021
Investment firms commit to tackle deforestation
They will also publicly disclose any deforestation risk and mitigation activities in their portfolios, and report on their progress.
11/04/2021
UK to impose net zero transition plan requirements
The move to introduce new requirements around what the government referred to as “net zero transition plans” will be underpinned by the development of new standards on what a transition plan should look like and related metrics.
11/04/2021
Bristol Law Society recognises WBD as the Sustainable Business of the Year
The award win coincides with WBD's announcement earlier this month that it is committed to achieving net zero emissions by 2030.
11/04/2021
How legal teams can help their companies address the climate crisis
Keeping up with evolving regulation is only one area in which in-house legal teams must learn quickly
11/04/2021
‘Grounds for optimism’ as financial firms back net zero finance
Members of the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) will now adopt their own interim and long-term targets for achieving net zero by 2050 at the latest, and have committed to publishing annual progress reports.
11/02/2021
Simmons & Simmons launches £100,000 GreenTech fund
Simmons & Simmons has announced the launch of a new £100,000 GreenTech fund.
11/01/2021
Don't Choose Extinction
The amount spent directly on these subsidies could pay for COVID-19 vaccinations for every person in the world
10/30/2021
US FSOC Report: Climate-Related Financial Risk an Emerging Threat
The Report details the information currently available with respect to banks, nonbank lenders, government-sponsored enterprises, insurance, and fund and asset managers, but notes that there is limited research and data on how climate risk translates into
10/30/2021
Enhanced climate change reporting requirements coming soon
The Government is also consulting on draft guidance on the Statement of Investment Principles (SIP) and the Implementation Statement (IS).
10/30/2021
Second UK infrastructure assessment ‘should focus on climate goals’
Better carbon data would be helpful to enable NIA2 to enable the infrastructure sector to meet carbon goals
10/29/2021
Under 1% of $27 trillion global fund assets are paris-aligned
The research is based on CDP temperature ratings
10/29/2021
UK net zero strategy ‘a missed opportunity’ to harness nuclear potential
In its strategy the government set out its plans to decarbonise the UK’s power system by 2035 and reflected on the potential impact of the electrification of core sectors of the economy, perhaps most notably transport, and the knock-on demand for in
10/28/2021
Shoosmiths named environmental champion at Belfast Chamber’s business awards
The firm is also a founding member of the Northern Ireland Clean Hydrogen Group, which was launched to support the growth of the clean hydrogen economy in Northern Ireland.