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COP16 – Key Takeaways for Corporates

Author: Jasmin Fraser Date: 2 December 2024 The 16th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, known as the COP16, took place from 21 October to 1 November 2024 in Cali, Colombia. COP16 had a tough act to follow – at COP15, the long-anticipated Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) was adopted. Our key…

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Redefining Governance: the CSDDD’s Impact on Directors

Author: Jasmin Fraser and Isabella Seitz  Date: 13 August 2024 In a move towards increased corporate accountability, the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) was published in the EU Official Journal on 5 July 2024. Member States are required to adopt and publish the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with the CSDDD…

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The Green Mirage: climate lobbying and corporate greenwashing

Author: Jasmin Fraser and Jenni Ramos Date: 18 June 2024 Lobbying is common among businesses. But where does it cross the line from well-founded engagement to greenwashing? In this blog post, we highlight how the ‘say-do’ gap - the gap between what companies say they are doing and what representatives of their business or their…

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Private Roundtable: Global Regulatory Enforcement Approaches to Tackle Greenwashing: “Lessons to and from Asia”

 Authors: Param Pandya and Jasmin Fraser Date: 28 May 2024 The Commonwealth Climate & Law Initiative (CCLI) and the EW Barker Centre for Law and Business (EWBCLB), National University of Singapore, co-organised the 'Private Roundtable: Global Regulatory Enforcement Approaches to Tackle Greenwashing: Lessons for Asia' (the Private Roundtable) at the National University of Singapore. …

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TNFD beta v0.4 in a nutshell for corporates and directors

Author: Zili Duniya Bungwon Date: 17 April 2023 On 28th March the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) released the fourth and final prototype of its framework, which will be followed by its final recommendations in September 2023. The first three beta versions of the TNFD’s framework were released in 2022, followed by market pilot…

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CCLI submits response to Transition Plan Taskforce consultation

The Transition Plan Taskforce (TPT) recently concluded a consultation on its Disclosure Framework and Implementation Guidance, which aims to develop a 'gold standard' for the disclosure of transition plans. The Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative (CCLI) responds to consultations in areas within our legal expertise on an ad hoc basis. We comment on how…

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COP15 – Key Takeaways for Corporates

 Authors: Zaneta Sedilekova (blog post), Jenni Ramos (Jargon Buster) Date: 23 January 2023 The 15th Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, known as  COP15, took place in December 2022 in Montreal, Canada. It resulted in a long-anticipated Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), heralded as a Paris-style agreement for nature. The GBF is…

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New legal opinion cautions Philippine company directors to take climate change seriously or risk liability for gross negligence

28 November 2022, London – Directors of Philippine for-profit corporations must take into consideration climate change-related risks in the discharge of their fiduciary duties of obedience and diligence to fulfil their companies’ long-term legal, economic, moral and social obligations towards their shareholders and other stakeholders. Directors must do so in order to abide by the…

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Transition Plan Requirements- Mapping the net-zero transition

Author: Alex Cooper Date: 9 November 2022 A year on from its announcement at COP26, and with the eyes of the world on Egypt’s COP27,  the UK Transition Plan Taskforce (TPT) published its Disclosure Framework and related Implementation Guidance yesterday (8 October 2022). The UK Government has stated that it intends to require listed companies,…

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World Energy Outlook 2022 – three scenarios for the energy transition

Author: Alex Cooper Date: 31 October 2022 The International Energy Agency (IEA) advises fossil fuel producing nations on energy policy and  produces annual analysis and predictions on energy consumption, production and policy which are regarded as influential by governments and companies. On 27 October, the IEA published its World Energy Outlook 2022 (WEO 2022), its…

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IPBES ‘Methodological Assessment of the Diverse Values and Valuation of Nature’

The independent intergovernmental biodiversity advisory body called Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) has published its Assessment Report on Diverse Values and Valuation of Nature.   Jennifer Ramos, our corporate/finance and biodiversity lawyer, and Zaneta Sedilekova, our biodiversity consultant, summarise points from the report which are relevant for commercial and environmental lawyers in…

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The CCLI examines the legal basis for directors and trustees to consider, manage, and report on climate change and broader environmental risks, opportunities and impacts, and the circumstances in which there may be liability for failing to do so. We also work to advance knowledge on effective sustainable governance practice.
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The Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative is a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales with company number 11813153, REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER 1203501 and with registered office at 128 City Road, London, United Kingdom EC1V 2NX.

Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative

The CCLI examines the legal basis for directors and trustees to consider, manage, and report on climate change and broader environmental risks, opportunities and impacts, and the circumstances in which there may be liability for failing to do so. We also work to advance knowledge on effective sustainable governance practice.

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The Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative is a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales with company number 11813153, REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER 1203501 and with registered office at 128 City Road, London, United Kingdom EC1V 2NX.

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