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Oct 16, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Dipika Keen |Nick Thody |Charlie Hennig
Welcome to our Osborne Clarke ESG Knowledge Update, which offers a round-up of legal, regulatory and market newsLegal and regulatory newsEuropean UnionThe European Commission put forward a proposal on 2 October to delay the implementation of the EU Deforestation Regulation to (EUDR) by 12 months.
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Jul 11, 2024 | 
lexology.com | James Watson |Dipika Keen |Charlie Hennig |Nick Thody
Welcome to our Osborne Clarke ESG Knowledge Update, which offers a round-up of legal, regulatory and market newsLegal and regulatory newsEuropean UnionThe Council of the EU has formally adopted the Nature Restoration Law. This law aims to put measures in place to restore at least 20% of the EU’s land and sea areas by 2030, and all ecosystems in need of restoration by 2050.
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Jun 21, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Dipika Keen
We explore the policies for growth of the two main UK
political parties fighting to form the next government, and how
they will impact business
The UK's Labour Party appears to be poised for victory in
the general election on 4 July, with a 20 point lead in
pre-election opinion polling. Below we take a look at its business
manifesto commitments, and what business can expect if it does form
the next government.
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Jun 20, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Dipika Keen
We explore the policies for growth of the two main UK political parties fighting to form the next government, and how they will impact businessThe UK's Labour Party appears to be poised for victory in the general election on 4 July, with a 20 point lead in pre-election opinion polling. Below we take a look at its business manifesto commitments, and what business can expect if it does form the next government.
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Jun 5, 2024 | 
lexology.com | James Watson |Dipika Keen |Charlie Hennig |Nick Thody
Welcome to our Osborne Clarke ESG Knowledge Update, which offers a round-up of legal, regulatory and market newsLegal and regulatory newsEuropean UnionThe EU's Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), has passed the final stage having been formally adopted by the Council of the EU on 24 May. The legislation will now be published in the Official Journal of the European Union and enter into force 20 days after its publication.
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May 9, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | James Watson |Dipika Keen |Nick Thody
Osborne Clarke's ESG Briefing on Green Claims and Greenwashing
provides a breakdown of the legal and regulatory framework around
green claims and how businesses can effectively manage risk and
regulator concerns. The briefing also takes a specific look at
what's happening in the UK and Europe in certain sectors,
including financial services, technology, media and communications,
the built environment, and retail and consumer.
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May 2, 2024 | 
lexology.com | James Watson |Dipika Keen |Nick Thody
Welcome to our Osborne Clarke ESG Knowledge Update, which offers a round-up of legal, regulatory and market newsOsborne Clarke's ESG BriefingOsborne Clarke's ESG Briefing on Green Claims and Greenwashing provides a breakdown of the legal and regulatory framework around green claims and how businesses can effectively manage risk and regulator concerns.
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Jan 12, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Catherine Hammon |Catherine Shepherd |Charlie Hennig |Clareine Enderby |Colette Brimble |David Soerensen | +19 more
Our Knowledge Lawyers have picked out particular legal developments affecting business, as certain already legislated-for regulatory changes and rules come into effect, new legislation passes, and long-awaited litigation on complex points continues to progress through the courts. Digital regulationOnline safety2023 saw the UK's Online Safety Act (OSA) finally receive Royal Assent and 2024 will see much work by Ofcom, the designated online safety regulator, to bring it into effect.
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Jul 19, 2023 | 
lexology.com | Nick Thody |Catherine Shepherd |Kath Sadler-Smith |Jennie Graham |Colette Brimble |Robyn Trigg | +17 more
In January 2023 our Osborne Clarke Knowledge Lawyers made their business law predictions for 2023. Here, we see how those predictions are faring. GeneralWe thought that "businesses and their advisers are likely to sharpen their focus on the Opposition's emerging plans for the economy" – perhaps not the craziest of predictions, and we can put a tick next to that one.
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Feb 9, 2023 | 
lexology.com | Nick Thody |Dipika Keen |James Watson
The Act has fundamentally changed the terms of debate on clean energy funding and supply chains in the US and in Europe"The most significant action Congress has taken on clean energy and climate change in the nation’s history." That's how the White House describes the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which was signed into law by President Biden on 16 August 2022.
