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Regulatory Outlook

Advertising and marketing | UK Regulatory Outlook September 2023

Directive to empower consumers for the green transition: Council of the European Union and Parliament reach a provisional agreement |...

27/09/2023

Regulatory Outlook

Advertising and marketing | UK Regulatory Outlook September 2023

27/09/2023

Regulatory Outlook

Environmental, social and governance | UK Regulatory Outlook September 2023

European Sustainability Reporting Standards | UK Sustainability Disclosure Standards | Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures publishes final disclosure framework

27/09/2023

Regulatory Outlook

Environment | UK Regulatory Outlook September 2023

Developers, are you ready for biodiversity net gain obligations? | Consultation launched on SFDR implementation and options to improve framework...

27/09/2023

The Built Environment

International regulatory catch-up can deliver energy transformation gains for logistics

If regulators can keep pace with innovation, such as battery storage, new revenue streams await logistics owners

15/09/2023

Decarbonisation

EU implements a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism to combat carbon leakage to third countries

CBAM Regulation transitional phase to apply from 1 October 2023

15/09/2023

The Built Environment

How understanding data and protecting value is the future warehouse challenge across Europe

Questions around the use of data need to be to the fore for logistics owners and occupiers of facilities of...

07/09/2023

Artificial intelligence

What risks need to be considered by a UK business using artificial intelligence?

An overview of the legal and regulatory risks arising from AI deployment published in our article in Compliance & Risk

17/08/2023

The Built Environment

How social impact in logistics can deliver for all across Europe's built environment

Logistics can draw lessons from the built environment on how a positive social impact can bring businesses advantages

10/08/2023

Artificial intelligence

Employers using AI to recruit skilled workers need to stay up-to-date in Germany

What employment law and discrimination challenges are raised when artificial intelligence is used to recruit in Germany?

31/07/2023

Financial Services

UK consults on reform to anti-money laundering supervision

Four potential models include a proposal for a single supervisor that would significantly impact financial service firms

26/07/2023

Regulatory Outlook

Environmental, social and governance | UK Regulatory Outlook July 2023

ISSB issues inaugural global sustainability disclosure standards | Updated guidelines for multinational enterprises on responsible business conduct | Update on...

26/07/2023

Employment and pensions

GDPR for HR | Pay gaps, data access and IT security

This month's update looks at guidance on data subject access requests and ethnicity pay gaps, and IT systems safety tips

24/07/2023

Real estate

How to assess the impact of biodiversity net gain requirements on development projects in England

The impending BNG compliance obligations are looming over developers

21/07/2023

Regulatory Outlook

Advertising and marketing | UK Regulatory Outlook July 2023

UK government publishes response to its Online Advertising Programme | UK CAP and BCAP update their guidance on misleading environmental...

21/07/2023

Knowledge Notes

Reviewing our UK business law predictions for 2023: how are we doing at the half-way point?

We examine how our predictions have turned out in practice, and what to watch out for as autumn draws nearer

19/07/2023

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Regulatory Outlook

Advertising and marketing | UK Regulatory Outlook September 2023

Directive to empower consumers for the green transition: Council of the European Union and Parliament reach a provisional agreement |...

27/09/2023

Regulatory Outlook

Advertising and marketing | UK Regulatory Outlook September 2023

27/09/2023

Regulatory Outlook

Environmental, social and governance | UK Regulatory Outlook September 2023

European Sustainability Reporting Standards | UK Sustainability Disclosure Standards | Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures publishes final disclosure framework

27/09/2023

Regulatory Outlook

Environment | UK Regulatory Outlook September 2023

Developers, are you ready for biodiversity net gain obligations? | Consultation launched on SFDR implementation and options to improve framework...

27/09/2023

The Built Environment

International regulatory catch-up can deliver energy transformation gains for logistics

If regulators can keep pace with innovation, such as battery storage, new revenue streams await logistics owners

15/09/2023

Decarbonisation

EU implements a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism to combat carbon leakage to third countries

CBAM Regulation transitional phase to apply from 1 October 2023

15/09/2023

The Built Environment

How understanding data and protecting value is the future warehouse challenge across Europe

Questions around the use of data need to be to the fore for logistics owners and occupiers of facilities of...

07/09/2023

Artificial intelligence

What risks need to be considered by a UK business using artificial intelligence?

An overview of the legal and regulatory risks arising from AI deployment published in our article in Compliance & Risk

17/08/2023

The Built Environment

How social impact in logistics can deliver for all across Europe's built environment

Logistics can draw lessons from the built environment on how a positive social impact can bring businesses advantages

10/08/2023

Artificial intelligence

Employers using AI to recruit skilled workers need to stay up-to-date in Germany

What employment law and discrimination challenges are raised when artificial intelligence is used to recruit in Germany?

31/07/2023

Financial Services

UK consults on reform to anti-money laundering supervision

Four potential models include a proposal for a single supervisor that would significantly impact financial service firms

26/07/2023

Regulatory Outlook

Environmental, social and governance | UK Regulatory Outlook July 2023

ISSB issues inaugural global sustainability disclosure standards | Updated guidelines for multinational enterprises on responsible business conduct | Update on...

26/07/2023

Employment and pensions

GDPR for HR | Pay gaps, data access and IT security

This month's update looks at guidance on data subject access requests and ethnicity pay gaps, and IT systems safety tips

24/07/2023

Real estate

How to assess the impact of biodiversity net gain requirements on development projects in England

The impending BNG compliance obligations are looming over developers

21/07/2023

Regulatory Outlook

Advertising and marketing | UK Regulatory Outlook July 2023

UK government publishes response to its Online Advertising Programme | UK CAP and BCAP update their guidance on misleading environmental...

21/07/2023

Knowledge Notes

Reviewing our UK business law predictions for 2023: how are we doing at the half-way point?

We examine how our predictions have turned out in practice, and what to watch out for as autumn draws nearer

19/07/2023

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