09 Apr, 2024 Plugging the leak: proposed new UK import levies on carbon intensive products By Jeremy Kelly George Harrington The UK government has proposed introducing new levies on the imports of certain carbon-intensive products to level the playing field...
18 Mar, 2024 Revised Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive is approved By Catherine Sellars The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) received backing from the European Council in a vote on 15 March. The vote...
29 Feb, 2024 CSDDD falls at the final hurdle By Catherine Sellars Angelica Lovell On Wednesday, the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) failed to achieve support from a qualified majority at the...
06 Feb, 2024 Spanner in the works for the CSDDD? By Angelica Lovell Catherine Sellars Nicola Broadhurst The Council of the European Union is set to vote on the final text of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) on 9...
19 Jan, 2024 Plans for new retrofit scheme in City of London approved By Stephanie Newton The approval of a new high-profile retrofit scheme in London’s Gresham Street is an example of the City of London corporation embracing a...
04 Jan, 2024 Provisional deal reached on the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive By Catherine Sellars On 14 December 2023, the European Council issued a press release confirming that the Council and European Parliament had reached a...
07 Dec, 2023 Green hydrogen developments By Samantha Uzzell It is good news that hydrogen facilities have opened this year in the UK, and they are testament to increased institutional funding in...
08 Nov, 2023 A boo boo for Boohoo? Supply chain and modern slavery allegations By Guy Cartwright Jessica Gregson Boohoo is in the spotlight once again, for all of the wrong reasons. This time, following a BBC Panorama investigation into its "Agenda...
19 Oct, 2023 Rethinking the red tape: government scraps draft Companies (Strategic Report and Directors’ Report) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 By Catherine Sellars On 16 October, the Department of Business and Trade released an announcement that the draft Companies (Strategic Report and Directors’...
28 Sep, 2023 Net Zero: A ray of hope from the IEA By Catherine Sellars With the UK government in the headlines for delaying its key net-zero targets, it's great to hear some optimism from the International...
25 Sep, 2023 Scrapping key EPC targets By Jessica Waters In the Prime Minister’s speech delivered on 20 September 2023, he announced key changes to environmental targets previously set by the...
10 Aug, 2023 A shoe without a (carbon) footprint - toe good to be true? By Georgie Barrow B Corp footwear brand, Allbirds, has reported a net revenue of $70.5m in Q2 2023, up 3.8% from two years previously. Days after the Q2...