Environmental, social and governance (ESG) blog

Our ESG blog offers you regular updates on the latest legal ESG issues and how they impact organisations, our people, our clients and the wider communities that we work with.
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24 Mar 2025
3 mins

What’s next for the UK Sustainability Reporting Standards?

The UK government is poised to launch a 12-week consultation on the UK Sustainability Reporting Standards (UK SRS), aligning with the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), part of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Foundation. According to the latest update from the Department for Business and Trade (DBT), the consultation is scheduled to begin in March 2025 and will mark a significant step towards enhancing transparency and accountability in corporate sustainability practices in the UK.

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01 Oct 2024
3 mins

New CMA guidance provides practical advice on making environmental claims

The Competition and Markets Authority (the “CMA”) has published practical guidance on the Green Claims Code (the “Code”) for fashion retail businesses. The guidance aims to support fashion retailers to “comply with the principles of the Code and with the consumer protection law which underpins it, to ensure that consumers are not misled and to help create a level playing field for fair dealing businesses”.

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