1/17/2025 3:05:58 PM Qualitative technology and its role in human rights due diligence By Mark Stephens Qualitative technology is a research method that uses non-numerical data to understand how people use digital technology. It involves...
1/12/2025 5:06:57 PM Navigating ESG legal and regulatory risks: New domestic legislation, business & human rights, and the OECD principles By Mark Stephens In recent years, there has been an increased focus on the issue of business and human rights. This has led to a number of regulatory...
7/10/2024 4:00:31 PM 5 key takeaways from the landmark wrongful trading decision in Re BHS Group Limited By Rebecca Stratton In the recent case of Wright and Rowley, BHS and others v Chappell and others [2024] EWHC 1417 the liquidators of British Home Stores...
5/17/2024 6:20:18 AM Back to the Drawing Board: UK Government's Net Zero Carbon Budget ruled unlawful, again. By Kerry Price In recent judicial review proceedings, the High Court has ruled that the UK government's Carbon Budget Delivery Plan ("the Plan") has...
4/26/2024 2:43:33 PM ESG - A European Response By Vernon Dennis What is ESG? The ever-increasing multiplicity of issues and accompanying legislation and regulation that are now badged 'ESG' may mean...
4/25/2024 3:37:16 PM The EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive: The countdown to compliance has begun By Mark Stephens Two years after the proposal was first introduced to the European Parliament, the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive...
4/24/2024 11:13:34 AM The 'green premium': How the FCA is responding to greenwashing claims By Vernon Dennis The FCA reported in November 2023 that over 80% of retail investors are looking for fund investment which provides environmental and...
4/23/2024 2:22:40 PM Retail-iation from Consumers? A new benchmark is set for environmental claims By Robyn Watson Kerry Price In July 2022, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) undertook an initial review of the fashion sector. As a result of CMA's...
3/21/2024 5:03:11 PM Is it time for the aviation industry to brace itself against greenwashing claims? By Kerry Price A landmark decision has been handed down in the first ever greenwashing claim brought against an aviation giant. In 2022, Dutch...
2/23/2024 12:28:32 PM Why Businesses Fail: culture is the essence of all business success, and it has a ripple effect. By Vernon Dennis My sweet spot has been boardroom advisory focussing on insolvency and restructuring but increasingly this leads me to question why...
7/12/2023 2:12:07 PM The rapid rise of greenwashing litigation By Gabi Luknar What is greenwashing and why is it done? Greenwashing is generally defined as the practice of making false, unsubstantiated or...
6/12/2023 12:11:21 PM Climate lawsuits linked to share price decrease of big energy companies, study finds By Gabi Luknar Research recently published by LSE’s Grantham Research Institute has found a causal link between climate litigation and the fall of...