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Explore our insights on climate change, business & human rights, sustainable finance, inclusion & diversity, energy transition, and more.
Explore our insights on climate change, business & human rights, sustainable finance, inclusion & diversity, energy transition, and more.
Building on the progress made by the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (the "TCFD"), companies are now likely to come under pressure to report and act on nature-related risks and opportunities associated with their business, in addition to climate-related risks.
Find out more about Consultation on nature-related financial disclosure framework – Adopting the TCFD modelEnvironmental, social and governance considerations are now mainstream and have an impact on all businesses, globally. We explore the ESG trends that we think will help shape the year ahead.
Find out more about ESG: Trends to watch in 2022This briefing explores some of the ESG trends and challenges that may be relevant to financial investors in 2022.
Find out more about ESG trends that could impact financial investors in 2022There remains a narrow window of opportunity for timely action to address the climate crisis. The necessary transition from fossil fuels to low-carbon energy sources will require massive and sustained levels of investment. Clifford Chance experts explore some of the trends that will shape the energy transition.
Find out more about Energy Transition Trends 2022Class actions have long been a feature of the legal landscape in the US, but there are clear indications that their reach is expanding. In this extract from a recent webinar, Clifford Chance experts explore the key risks in relation to securities and shareholder litigation, claims arising from data breaches and data misuse, and climate change litigation.
Find out more about The growing risk of group litigation and class actionsThere's no path to net zero without innovation, and nobody knows innovation like venture capital. What does it mean to be a climate VC investor?
Listen hereClifford Chance, the Institute for Human Rights and Business and the CDC Group have jointly authored a white paper which addresses how banks can support a 'Just Transition' through climate-related financing activities, and the challenges and opportunities that this presents given the range of stakeholders to consider and their competing interests.
The report team led consultations and interviews with representatives from 16 leading banks to understand how they are incorporating Just Transition considerations into their strategies, governance, and operations.
Find out more about Just Transactions: A White Paper on Just Transition in the Banking SectorOn 28 July 2021, the FCA launched a consultation (CP21/24) on proposals to improve transparency for investors on the diversity of listed company boards and the...
Diversity and Inclusion continues to be a hot topic within corporate America, with more and more regulators—including the New York State Department of Financia...
Last week, the bill introducing 1) a statutory diversity quota for supervisory boards (or the non-executive members of a one-tier board) of companies with a st...
There's no path to net zero without innovation, and nobody knows innovation like venture capital. What does it mean to be a climate VC investor? Find out in the fourth episode of The Clifford Chance Podcast series, 'The Climate Lawyer', where host Richard Kim (counsel, Düsseldorf) is joined by Mona Alsubaei, a member of the investment team at Union Square Ventures (USV) and specialist in climate tech investing.
The UK Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs has published a second consultation on the proposed UK mandatory forest-risk commodities due diligence...
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has announced that it will impose mandatory climate-related financial disclosure duties on l...
A broad range of services – from digital and telecommunications services to engineering, cloud storage and artificial intelligence (AI) – will play an integral...
Clifford Chance has collaborated with the World Economic Forum on the publication, Delivering a Trade and Climate Agenda. The report finds that while businesses are actively pursuing emissions reductions, action on trade policy can help accelerate this shift. The report outlines eight ways in which trade policy can help businesses accelerate the transition to net-zero.
Italy had seemed to be one step behind other countries where climate change litigation is concerned, with no climate-related litigation having been commenced i...
COP26, has been described as the 'last best hope" to avert climate disaster. In this extract from a recent Clifford Chance event, moderated by Partner an...
You've seen the news on COP26, but not like this. For the first episode of our new podcast series, The Climate Lawyer, host Rich Kim (Counsel, Dusseldorf) is joined by Clare Burgess (Partner, London) and David Alfrey (Lawyer, London) for a lively and insightful discussion of the conference and its major takeaways.
Some 6 years after the Paris Agreement, COP26 has resulted in agreement on a global carbon market mechanism (GCMM) largely completing the so-called 'Paris Agre...
China has pledged to be carbon neutral by 2060. It's a huge ambition and will require a vast amount of domestic and international investment. Our experts exam...
While Northern Europe and the UK started investing in offshore wind more than 20 years ago, France was slow off the mark. Now, that is about to change, as the ...
In a race to ensure it is on track to meet its net zero targets by 2050, the Government has announced the publication of its new British Energy Security Strate...
There remains a narrow window of opportunity for timely action to address the climate crisis and still meet the Paris Agreement targets. The necessary transiti...
In March 2022, in response to the unprecedented energy price crisis, the European Commission presented REPowerEU, a new set of proposed measures to create...
Ahead of its Presidency of COP26, the UK Government has published its Net Zero Strategy to 2050. The Strategy covers all business sectors and some cross-cuttin...
The European Commission has published a proposal for a Regulation on a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) to deal with the long-standing problem of 'car...
The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has published its strategy setting out the path to decarbonising industry, aiding the goal...
This is a reprint of an article originally published on 16 March 2022 as part of our publication "Structured Debt in a New World", accessible he...
Building on the progress made by the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (the "TCFD"), companies are now likely to come under pressur...
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) considerations are essential to businesses for the opportunities they bring, and for the reputational and economic r...
Environmental, social and governance considerations are now mainstream and have an impact on all businesses, globally. We explore the ESG trends that we think ...
ESG investment is booming – according to research from Bloomberg, ESG assets are forecast to hit US$53 trillion by 2025 (a third of global assets under managem...
On September 29, 2021, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission proposed amendments to Form N-PX under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, to in...
On 22 June the FCA published CP21/18 consulting on proposals to extend the application of their climate-related disclosures listing rule to standard listed com...
Activist shareholders and NGOs targeting governments and businesses in relation to climate change are increasingly turning to litigation....
In a landmark judgement, Royal Dutch Shell (RDS) has been ordered by the District Court of The Hague to reduce it CO2 emissions by 45% by 2030, as compared wit...
The development of sustainable finance continues to evolve across the Middle East – a region more readily associated with conventional energy resources such as...
The European Commission has finalised legislation containing the Technical Screening Criteria (TSC) for climate mitigation and adaptation activities supporting...
On 21 April 2021 the European Commission adopted a package of measures to help improve the flow of money towards sustainable activities across the European Uni...
The European Commission has published a proposal for a Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) as part of a package of measures aiming to direct ca...
With COP26 (the United Nations climate change talks) fast approaching, the U.S. has announced its new Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the landma...
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) considerations are important to businesses for the opportunities they bring, and for the reputational and economic r...
Central banks, financial regulators and governments around the world are focusing on the risks that climate change poses to the global economy. There are a num...
Environmental, Social and Governance ("ESG") initiatives are at the forefront of today's market economy as government and corporate leaders are urgin...
The European Union is currently consulting on sustainable corporate governance in the context of the European Green Deal. In this extract from a recent Cliffo...