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NLJ this week: ESG, anti-greenwashing regulations, the Energy Charter Treaty & remember the ‘S’

31 May 2024
Issue: 8073 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Procedure & practice , Environment , Commercial , Company , EU
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NLJ serves up a triple helping of ESG (environmental, social and governance) articles this week, starting with Teja Pisk on the Financial Conduct Authority’s anti-greenwashing rule, in force on 31 May

Pisk, senior associate at Stevens & Bolton, explains what is required and why businesses need to act now, writing: ‘Those treading the line with their sustainability claims or ESG credentials may find themselves suddenly on the wrong side of new legislation and exposed to potential legal action.’

Álvaro Nistal, counsel, and Tim Smyth, senior associate, both Arnold & Porter, take an in-depth look at the implications of the UK’s exit from the Energy Charter Treaty. They look at what this means for foreign investors in the UK and UK investors abroad, what this means for the UK’s policy towards investor-state-dispute-settlement mechanisms more generally, and more.

Matthew Kay, partner and head of Vario, Pinsent Masons, and Mike Harvey, head of responsible business at Pinsent Masons, look at the opportunities for general counsel and their lawyers to ensure ESG ‘is at the heart of their strategy’, using examples such as Cadbury building a model village for its workers—‘so it’s clearly not a new phenomenon to recognise the link between happy and well-supported people and business success’.

Kay and Harvey champion the ‘S’ in ESG, and urge businesses to put their words into action.

MOVERS & SHAKERS

mfg Solicitors—Brian Hession

mfg Solicitors—Brian Hession

Birmingham commercial property team bolstered by partner hire

STEP—Sara Morgan

STEP—Sara Morgan

Fieldfisher director re-elected as deputy chair of England Wales committee

Osborne Clarke—Andrew Eaton

Osborne Clarke—Andrew Eaton

Restructuring and insolvency expert joins as partner

NEWS
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