In our latest round-up of developments in ESG for UK clients, we cover the following topics: The UK’s seventh carbon budget Scottish court finds consents for new oil and gas fields were unlawful for failing to take into...more
In our latest round-up of developments in ESG for UK clients, we cover the following topics: Shareholder activism continues FCA's green labelling rules – deadline for implementation delayed Environmentalists step on the gas:...more
In this month’s round-up of the latest developments in ESG for UK clients, we cover: New ESMA guidelines to use ESG or sustainability-related fund names FCA publishes new guidance on the anti-greenwashing rule, to come into...more
In this alert, we provide a round-up of the latest developments in ESG for UK corporates. In this month’s ESG Market Alert, we cover: On 17 November, advisory services company Glass Lewis published its 2023 ESG policy and...more
In this alert, we provide a round-up of the latest developments in ESG for UK corporates. In this month’s ESG Market Alert, we cover: The expanding scope of EU rules on ESG disclosures; FRC Lab launches project on...more
11/14/2022
/ Acquisitions ,
Climate Change ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Social Responsibility ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
EMEA ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Reporting ,
Financial Reporting Council (FRC) ,
Greenwashing ,
Mergers ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) ,
Sustainability ,
Sustainable Business Practices ,
UK
In this alert, we provide a round-up of the latest developments in ESG for UK corporates. In this month’s ESG Market Alert, we cover: The FCA and other market regulators’ criticism of ESG benchmarking...more
In this alert, we provide a round-up of the latest developments in ESG for UK corporates. In this month’s ESG Market Alert, we cover: New UN guidance on how businesses should ensure respect for human rights in...more
In this alert, we provide a round-up of the latest developments in ESG for UK corporates. In this month’s ESG Market Alert, we cover: Our inaugural ESG Game Changers Summit; The ESA’s consultation on standardised Simple,...more
In this alert, we provide a round-up of the latest developments in ESG for UK corporates. In this month’s ESG Market Alert, we cover: The FCA’s final rules on mandatory D&I reporting for UK listed companies; ESMA publishes...more
In this alert, we provide a round-up of the latest developments in ESG for UK corporates. In this month’s ESG Market Alert, we cover: The EU Commission’s proposal for a directive on ESG-related due diligence obligations for...more
In this alert, we provide a round-up of the latest developments in ESG for UK corporates. In this month’s ESG Market Alert: The UK has adopted mandatory climate-related financial disclosures applicable to the UK’s largest...more
In this alert, we provide a round-up of the latest developments in ESG for UK corporates. In this month’s ESG market alert, we cover: The FCA publishes the final rules on climate related disclosures for standard listed...more
This week, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) published the first list of successful signatories of the revamped 2020 UK Stewardship Code (the Code). While we note that the number of successful signatories have fallen this...more
The FCA has recently completed a review of the way in which UK issuers disclose changes to their total voting rights to the market and the resulting effect on major shareholding notifications. ...more
Recent changes introduced by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) -
On 21 December 2020, as we broke for Christmas, the FCA published new Listing Rule 9.8.6R(8) (LR) and guidance requiring commercial companies with a UK...more
1/8/2021
/ Annual Reports ,
Capital Markets ,
Climate Change ,
Cooperative Compliance Regime ,
Corporate Governance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Statements ,
Green Finance ,
Listing Rules ,
Policy Statement ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
UK
Two recent Financial Conduct Authority enforcement notices focus on when and how disclosures by a listed company may be considered misleading - a basic disclosure requirement that is sometimes taken for granted.
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FCA proposes a new premium listing category for sovereign controlled companies -
On 13 July 2017, the Financial Conduct Authority published consultation paper CP 17/21 which proposes to create a new premium listing...more
Corporate governance – 4MLD and changes to the PSC regime -
Companies House recently published its business plan for 2017-18, its strategic plan for 2017-2020 and a press release with details of additional anti-money...more
5/12/2017
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Business Plans ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
EU ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Markets ,
London Stock Exchange ,
MLD4 ,
Proxy Voting Guidelines ,
Shareholder Votes ,
Takeovers ,
Third-Party Risk ,
UK
A new era for the UK's capital markets? FCA publishes proposals to reform the UK's capital markets and IPO process -
The FCA has published a package of measures to reshape and enhance the UK's primary markets. These are...more
3/14/2017
/ Capital Markets ,
EU ,
EU Market Abuse Regulation (EU MAR) ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Prospectus ,
Shareholder Votes ,
Takeovers ,
UK