Policy and Regulation
In Brief: Europe expands register of environmental crimes; Singapore to implement mandatory ISSB standards
The latest ESG policy and regulatory news
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February 29, 2024
Threadbare council finances threaten to undermine biodiversity net gain in England
A UK law requires housing developers to deliver a 10% net improvement to biodiversity on their sites, but delivery may be problematic
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February 28, 2024
EU CSDDD: ‘Politicians have hugely misread signals from business’
‘Chaos’ and ‘irresponsibility’ were the words used by MEP Lara Wolters to describe EU member states’ failure to advance the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence...
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February 28, 2024
Progress of New Zealand climate case sets far-reaching precedent
A recent Supreme Court decision to allow a Māori elder’s case against seven private companies to progress could have major implications for climate cases around...
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February 27, 2024
MEPs approve Nature Restoration Law
Various last-minute threats by rightwing politicians failed to sink the plan aimed at restoring 20% of EU land and sea by 2030 and all ecosystems...
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February 27, 2024
Two-thirds of UK energy firms unsettled by domestic green policy
UK energy companies overwhelmingly believe that policy changes are needed to unlock investment, a survey by UKSIF finds
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February 27, 2024
Voluntary action is failing to cut deforestation rates
Regulation is the ‘only way’ to make companies and financial institutions act on deforestation after a decade of slow progress, says non-profit Global Canopy
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February 27, 2024
UK businesses ‘don’t want to see net zero politicised’
Companies call for UK politicians to give cleantech policy and investment certainty
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Polish lawsuit puts board directors’ due diligence obligations in spotlight
Polish energy company Enea has received approval from shareholders to sue former management and insurers over a failed coal investment, in a case that shares similarities with the 2023 UK...
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February 26, 2024
In Charts: UK clean energy investment jumps in 2023 but ‘acceleration’ still needed
UK clean energy investment increased dramatically between 2022 and 2023, according to data from Bloomberg New Energy Finance – but experts urge policymakers not to rest on their laurels
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February 23, 2024
Including Woodland Carbon Code in UK ETS could boost prices and accelerate afforestation
A paper co-authored by academics at King’s College London and asset manager Foresight Group argues the case for expanding the UK’s Emissions Trading System to include afforestation
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