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Dec 4, 2024 | 
charlesrussellspeechlys.com | Kerry Stares |Katie Bewick |Megan Gray
On 14 November 2024, the European Parliament voted in favour of the European Commission (“EC”)’s proposal to delay by one year the application date of the EU Deforestation Regulation (“EUDR”). In this briefing, we look at what the EUDR means for companies. What is the EUDR at high level? The EUDR is a measure designed to combat deforestation and forest degradation. It is one of the EU’s various commitments toward reducing greenhouse gas emissions and reaching climate neutrality by 2050.
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
charlesrussellspeechlys.com | Kerry Stares |Megan Gray
Large companies are familiar with a degree of regulation on social issues. The Modern Slavery Act 2015 in the UK (and similar legislation in other jurisdictions) requires some disclosures in relation to modern slavery risks in corporate supply chains. Large companies are also broadly used to complying with certain employee diversity-related disclosure requirements.
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
charlesrussellspeechlys.com | Kerry Stares |Megan Gray
In this briefing, we look at how the new ISSB Standard for climate-related disclosures – currently being implemented by 20+ governments around the world – expands on previous best practice and how companies can prepare to upgrade. In 2017, the Task Force for Climate-related Financial Disclosures (“TCFD”) (an initiative of the Financial Stability Board) published recommendations to companies for identifying and disclosing to the market their risks and opportunities relating to climate change.
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Kerry Stares |Megan Gray
Large companies are familiar with a degree of regulation on social issues. The Modern Slavery Act 2015 in the UK (and similar legislation in other jurisdictions) requires some disclosures in relation to modern slavery risks in corporate supply chains. Large companies are also broadly used to complying with certain employee diversity-related disclosure requirements.
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Jul 9, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Kerry Stares |Megan Gray
Whereas corporate governance in general terms relates to the systems by which a company operates and is controlled, ESG governance, specifically, refers to decision-making, board and management oversight, rules, policies and procedures relating to ESG.
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Jul 9, 2024 | 
charlesrussellspeechlys.com | Kerry Stares |Megan Gray
Whereas corporate governance in general terms relates to the systems by which a company operates and is controlled, ESG governance, specifically, refers to decision-making, board and management oversight, rules, policies and procedures relating to ESG.
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Jul 9, 2024 | 
charlesrussellspeechlys.com | Kerry Stares |Katie Bewick |Megan Gray
OverviewThe European Parliament has given its final approval to a new Regulation aimed at enabling the EU to prohibit the sale, import and export of goods made using forced labour, known as the Forced Labour Regulation (FLR). The arrival of the FLR brings the EU closer to the United States in having strict product control measures to prevent goods made with forced labour from being traded in its market.
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May 8, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Kerry Stares |Megan Gray
SnapshotLast year, the International Sustainability Standards Board (“ISSB”), a standard-setting body of the IFRS Foundation operating alongside the International Accounting Standards Board, released its inaugural sustainability disclosure standards (“ISSB Standards”). The ISSB Standards are intended to provide a global benchmark for reporting corporate sustainability information alongside financial statements in the same reporting package.
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Oct 5, 2023 | 
lexology.com | Kerry Stares
In a little over a week, property developers, real estate investors, architects, designers and building management specialists from all over the world will convene in Singapore for the annual conference of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitats (CTBUH). Their theme: humanising high density: people, nature and the human realm.
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Sep 11, 2023 | 
charlesrussellspeechlys.com | Kerry Stares
Charles Russell Speechlys announces that environmental management systems (EMS) in all three of its UK offices (London, Guildford and Cheltenham) have been certified by the British Standards Institute (BSI) as meeting the ISO14001 standard. ISO14001 is an internationally recognised benchmark for robust EMS that ensures sustainability is mainstreamed into business operations and provides management teams with effective tools to measure, monitor and reduce carbon emissions.
