ESG and D&I

On 12 February 2025, the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2025 (the Order) was laid before Parliament and published on legislation.gov.uk, along with an explanatory memorandum.

The Order makes amendments to the legislation that gives effect to the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS), which incentivises decarbonisation

Introduction

On December 2, 2024, the United Kingdom (UK) reached a number of further environmental, social and governance (ESG) milestones.

Almost a year ago, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published its final rules and guidance on Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) and investment labels. The new rules and

In recent years, diversity and inclusion (D&I) in the financial services sector has become a focus for regulators around the world. Individual regulators, however, have taken different approaches to D&I to reflect the local socio-economic environment.

Below, we provide a high-level summary of the position across a number of key jurisdictions updating our table published

In this latest episode of our podcast series, Let’s talk asset management, Matthew Gregory, Haney Saadah and Simon Lovegrove discuss the FCA’s ‘naming and marketing’ rules under the Sustainability Disclosure Requirements. These rules came into force on 2 December 2024 although some firms have taken the ‘temporary flexibility’ offered by the FCA which gives firms

In this latest episode of our podcast series, Let’s talk asset management, Hannah Meakin, Lucy Dodson, Rebecca Dulieu and Simon Lovegrove discuss the UK Financial Conduct Authority’s recent work on non-financial misconduct and its impact on the UK asset management sector.

Listen to the podcast here.