Carolyn Pugsley

1 month ago | herbertsmithfreehills.com | Carolyn Pugsley |Timothy Stutt |Andrew Owen

While governance has always been a core area of focus for stakeholders, 2024 provided further examples of the adverse consequences that can flow for companies that don’t invest in strong corporate governance processes. In particular, 2024 demonstrated the importance of getting disclosure right, both in prospectus disclosure and through ongoing periodic and continuous disclosure.

Jul 4, 2024 | lexology.com | Isabella Kelly |Gareth Sykes |Heike Schmitz |Carolyn Pugsley

Click here to listen to the audio. Isabella Kelly is joined by Gareth Sykes, Heike Schmitz and Carolyn Pugsley for a tour of some of the key ESG reporting requirements internationally and the work that is being done to understand how they map against each other. They discuss challenges around the regimes’ differences in materiality thresholds, subject matter coverage and approaches to protection from liability.

Jun 3, 2024 | lexology.com | Timothy Stutt |Carolyn Pugsley |Cameron Whittfield

In an ESG landscape moving more rapidly than ever before, a key challenge is identifying what information needs to be shared with boards to support them in discharging their responsibility to oversee ESG risks and opportunities. With the proliferation of regulatory change across different jurisdictions and ESG domains, the amount of information that companies need to stay across is overwhelming.

Jun 3, 2024 | lexology.com | Timothy Stutt |Mark Smyth |Carolyn Pugsley

Our survey finds that a majority of respondents belong to companies that have net zero commitments in place. They are now embarking on the next phase of work – operationalising these commitments and testing whether they are on track to deliver them. Of the 66% that have net zero commitments, 81% have allocated responsibility for delivery within the organisation, 68.5% have related policies and processes and 65% have integrated the commitment into business activities.