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Herbert Smith Freehills commits to net-zero carbon emissions by 2030
Herbert Smith Freehills has today announced its intention to reduce its carbon emissions to net zero by 2030. The commitment will see the firm reduce …
Human rights arguments in climate change disputes – Why it's growing
Research shows the use of human rights arguments has widened the scope to pursue climate change cases against corporatesThere has been a significant rise …
Future Cities Series: Tech-driven supply chains to help shape future cities
With Covid-19 disrupting trade flows, we assess the importance of resilient supply chains to future citiesThe criticality of global supply chains to not …
Climate Change: A significant trigger of workforce activism
CSR issues will increasingly stoke staff activism through the 2020s. Corporate platitudes without substance will be punished.Against this backdrop …
25-Fold Rise In Climate Change Related Regulation Could Mean Businesses are Facing Risks to Value and Reputation, Says New Report
By mid-2019 more than 1,600 laws and policies relating to climate change had been created across 164 jurisdictions - a 25-fold increase since 1997, when …
Growing trend of environmental and human rights-based class actions
On 25 October 2018, Greenpeace e.V. , alongside three organic farmers, filed a claim in the Administrative Court of Berlin on the basis that the German …
Juliana v. United States, No. 6:15-cv-01517-AA (D. Or.)
In August 2015, the United States, then president Barack Obama, and the heads of numerous federal executive agencies were sued in a civil rights action …
Decision of the Dutch Court of Appeal, Urgenda Foundation v Kingdom of the Netherlands - Case Summary
The Dutch Court of Appeal (the “Court”) has upheld the 2015 decision of the Hague District Court in the case of Urgenda Foundation v Kingdom of the …
Climate Change Bill - Summary and content
On 8 June 2018 the Minister of Environmental Affairs published the Climate Change Bill (“the Bill”) for public comment. The Bill provides a framework for …
Crunch time on Brexit and climate policy
The UK and the EU27 have said they want a close partnership post-Brexit but this year could test their co-operation on environmental protection in three …
Banking on climate change
As countries around the world move to lower carbon economies and take steps to protect financial systems from “climate change” risk, there is a real …
International Criminal Court to prosecute business and human rights
In what many NGOs are calling a warning shot to company executives and investors, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has indicated it will prioritise …
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