Understanding Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery: A Business Imperative with Clint Palermo
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - Navigating Fiduciary Responsibilities in a Tide-Turning ESG Era
ESG Essentials: What You Need To Know Now - Episode 18 - The Reshaping of ESG & DEI
Compliance into the Weeds: More Compliance Challenges in the Trump Era
Podcast — UK FinReg Focus Areas in 2025: Sectoral Trends
Environmental and Sustainability Regulations & the New Administration
Podcast - Beyond Compliance: A Deep Dive into Carbon Markets Fraud and the Government's Response
ESG Essentials: What You Need To Know Now - Episode 17 - The Evolution of ESG Enforcement Under the SEC
Navigating ESG: Preparing for Future Regulations (Part Two) — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
Regulatory Uncertainty: Benefits-Related Legal Challenges in a Post-Chevron World — Troutman Pepper Podcast
Navigating ESG: The Growing Importance and Compliance Challenges (Part One) — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business Podcast - Episode 16: The Political and Legal Maze of ESG in the U.S. and Abroad
Episode 326 -- Dottie Schindlinger on Diligent's Report on Board Oversight of Cybersecurity Risks and Performance
Why ESG Matters?
JONES DAY TALKS®: ESG Reporting Rules: The SEC, CSRD, and California– Who's on the Hook?
ESG Masterclass — Legal Risks Hiding in Your DEIB Programming
Leaning in on AI in Compliance Programs
ESG Masterclass — ESG and Impact Investing
ESG Masterclass — Empowering Women and Girls in Sparking Lasting Change
JONES DAY TALKS®: Court Grants Stay on SEC’s Climate Disclosure Rule, but Companies Should Continue Preparations
On 15 July 2025, HM Treasury published its response confirming it will no longer pursue a UK green taxonomy – a classification system to define which economic activities could be considered environmentally sustainable (the...more
The package of consultations covers UK Sustainability Reporting Standards, transition plans, and assurance of sustainability-related disclosures....more
In recent years, we have seen more class action securities claims against UK listed companies — akin to US style “stock-drop” litigation. These claims are typically brought by groups of investors, backed by financing...more
We have gathered and examined data from AGM Notices published by FTSE 350 companies until November 2024. We have set out the approach companies have taken on a number of key aspects of their meetings, including the venues of...more
Climate change disclosures have recently become mandatory in Japan, following amendments to the Financial Instruments Exchange Act (FIEA) and the Cabinet Office Order on Disclosure on Corporate Affairs. These require...more
In our previous alert The FCA’s Sustainability Disclosure Requirements and Labelling Regime (SDR): A Flexible Regime for UK Private Fund Managers, we examined the final framework under policy statement PS23/16, on...more
On 23 February 2024, the Investment Association (IA) issued its annual letter to FTSE 350 remuneration committee chairs providing an update on the IA’s Principles of Remuneration and emerging views on remuneration matters....more
In recent years, there has been a noticeable increase in green products and the promotion of sustainable objectives across the financial services industry. For example, we have seen much discussion of green loans, green...more
Fund Tokenisation: The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published a press release announcing that it has joined the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s Project Guardian, a collaborative initiative with the financial industry...more
The Transition Plan Taskforce Disclosure Framework (the “TPT Framework”) published on 9 October 2023 has been publicly welcomed by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (the “FCA”). For UK asset managers and portfolio...more
ESG issues are front and centre in many sectors and many boardrooms. The UK real estate sector is no exception. Unsurprisingly, the principal focus has been on the “E”, with the environmental aspects of developing and...more
Both opportunities and challenges have arisen for the asset management industry as a result of the rapid introduction of UK and EU sustainable finance regulation in recent years. The new requirements have been heightened in...more
On 10 August 2023, the FCA published Primary Market Bulletin 45, which describes its process for developing its policy position in relation to the new ISSB standards and developing climate-related transition plan guidance for...more
The UK standards will aim to increase the comparability and value of reported information for investors. The UK government announced on 2 August 2023 that it will develop standards for company sustainability disclosures...more
In this article we consider the UK Transition Plan Taskforce (TPT) and the draft disclosure framework which was published in November 2022 for consultation. The TPT disclosure framework sets out voluntary “gold standard”...more
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a Discussion Paper (DP) (DP23/1) titled “Finance for positive sustainable change: governance, incentives and competence in regulated firms”, which explores a number of key...more
Welcome to our January 2023 Horizon Scan, where we focus on some of the principal recent and expected developments and changes that we expect to be of interest to those in the non-listed funds sector. We have grouped the...more
The ESG reporting landscape has accelerated significantly in the past five years, with the nature and scale of reporting requirements changing. This article discusses recent trends around entity-level and product-level...more
UK listed companies face regulatory changes and developing market practices in the areas of ESG reporting, executive remuneration, share issuance authorities, meeting formats, and structured digital reporting. Key Points:...more
In a recent live event at our New York office, Venable partner Alex Koff led a panel discussion that explored domestic and international environmental, social, and governance (ESG) concerns....more
In our previous client alert, FCA ESG Rules: The Next Deadline for UK Private Fund Managers, we noted the likely expansion of the Environmental, Social, and Governance Sourcebook (ESG Rules) of the UK Financial Conduct...more
Companies and limited liability partnerships (LLPs) “with the greatest economic and environmental impact” are now subject to the legal requirement to assess their climate risks and disclose climate-related financial...more
Ahead of The Companies (Strategic Report) (Climate-related Financial Disclosure) Regulations 2022 (the “Regulations”) taking effect on April 6, 2022, the U.K. Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS)...more
Whether it is the announcement of another new policy or regulation, pressure from an activist shareholder, responding to changes in consumer demand, or addressing global political events, environmental, social and governance...more
The U.K. Parliament has approved climate-related disclosure requirements that were announced by the U.K.’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy’s (BEIS) on 28 October 2021 (see our 18 November 2021 alert...more