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Doing well by doing good is no longer just an ethical choice.

For businesses, investors and those managing private wealth, navigating the risks and tapping into the opportunities created by environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues is now key to financial performance, resilience and sustainable value creation.

As a firm we work with listed and privately owned businesses, investors, trusts and estates, individuals, families, charities, regulators and public bodies – helping them to navigate this rapidly evolving landscape of ESG, sustainability and responsible business, to think long term, to look beyond compliance to purpose and values and to advance on their own sustainability journey.

In this Sustainability Hub we share updates and insights on this important and wide-ranging topic - please contact us to discuss how these issues are most relevant to you.

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2023 Annual Review

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Meet the team

Podcasts

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Sustainability Leaders: Guy Battle, Social Value Portal and Liam Ronan-Chlond, Socius Development

What does creating social value mean for property developers and how they can measure and manage it?

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Sustainability Leaders: Colin le Duc, Generation Investment Management

What is the future for ESG?

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Sustainability Leaders: Peter Dickinson, Mitie Group Plc

Why do businesses of all types and sizes need to be taking ESG issues seriously?

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Property Patter: The Notorious ESG?

ESG is everywhere.

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Insights

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The EU’s new forced labour ban: context, content and consequences for companies

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Managing ESG: five tips for good ESG governance

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ESG due diligence in private company M&A

In an M&A deal, environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors can create, preserve or destroy value.

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The UK government proposes new corporate sustainability disclosure standards based on global benchmark

Last year, the International Sustainability Standards Board (“ISSB”), released its inaugural sustainability disclosure standards...

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2023: Spotlight on ESG in the product and supply sectors

Whilst 2022 was ground-breaking in the number of new cases related to ESG issues, 2023 is looking to be equally as important.

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Lessons from Davos: Private Capital and ESG

The scale of the investment needed to achieve global climate and social goals is far beyond what public funds can afford.

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ESG in Sport – net zero targets and “coolerplate” clauses

There is evidence of a change within the sports industry as the conversation on climate change moves from theory to action.

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Scrutiny over 'Greenwashing' continues: ASA upholds complaint over ad claims that Alpro's products are 'Good for the planet'

The CMA's Green Claims Code has put businesses on notice - they have until the New Year to make sure they comply with the law.

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ESG investment and the challenges for trustees

What challenges does the ESG revolution present for trustees of private family trusts?

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Don't Spin the Greenwashing

Brands are increasingly putting sustainability and environmentalism at the core of their identities.

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Stewardship: word of the moment, guiding principle for past generations and shining light for the next

If stewardship is an old idea, why are we talking about it now?

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Social Investment Tax Relief (SITR)

Social Investment Tax Relief (SITR) allows individuals to help social enterprises grow by offering a tax relief on investments.

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Linking ESG and Executive Pay

How does a business go about embedding a focus on strong ESG performance into the structures and culture of its organisation?

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ESG – Searching for substance behind the acronym

ESG is an acronym much used but perhaps less understood.

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The Purpose Podcast: Corporate purpose

Simon Ridpath discusses corporate purpose and the rise of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues in “The Purpose Podcast”

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Can contract clauses change the world? We think they can!

With the UK’s services centric economy, the F&B sector can play its part in moving towards a sustainable low to zero carbon economy.

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Setting up a charitable foundation and sustainable investment

Heather Maizels and Sarah Rowley discuss aspects of philanthropy, including setting up a charitable foundation and sustainable investments

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Retail Recovery: Sustainability & Climate Change

How can brands and retailers plan for a more sustainable future?

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Climate-related financial disclosures for premium listed commercial companies

Reviewing the UK Government’s Green Finance Strategy and its proposals for a new climate-related disclosure rule for premium listed issuers.

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Our thinking

  • Sowing doubt: slashing green farm funding is a risk we can't afford

    Maddie Dunn

    Quick Reads

  • eprivateclient profiles Kerry Stares, Partner & Director of Responsible Business and Pro Bono

    Kerry Stares

    In the Press

  • The EU Omnibus: resetting the rules on sustainability reporting

    Kerry Stares

    Insights

  • Insights for companies from recent ISSB publications on materiality and voluntary application of the ISSB Standards

    Kerry Stares

    Insights

  • ESG litigation risk for UK-headquartered companies in respect of human rights, environmental impact and labour conditions overseas: An update on case law

    Kerry Stares

    Insights

  • iNews quotes Sadie Pitman on Manchester United's new stadium plans and the environmental aspects of major projects

    Sadie Pitman

    In the Press

  • Drapers quotes Kerry Stares on the potential for a review of the Modern Slavery Act 2015

    Kerry Stares

    In the Press

  • The EU Omnibus: resetting the rules on sustainability due diligence

    Kerry Stares

    Insights

  • Charles Russell Speechlys joins Legal Charter 1.5 as a Dialogue Partner and announces its involvement in a new carbon finance project

    Kerry Stares

    News

  • Further protection may mean further complications for development in Protected Landscapes

    Sophie Willis

    Quick Reads

  • The UK’s Clean Power 2030 Action Plan

    Rachael Davidson

    Insights

  • Great British Energy: Planning for a Greener Britain

    Charlotte Inglis

    Insights

  • Insights from FRC’s review of Climate-related Financial Disclosures (“CFD”) by AIM and large private companies

    Megan Gray

    Quick Reads

  • Legal developments set to shape the UK’s Real Estate sector in 2025

    Sarah Morley

    Insights

  • A critical reassessment of the Modern Slavery Act from the House of Lords

    Kerry Stares

    Insights

  • Rachael Davidson writes for Edie.net on the role of the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP)

    Rachael Davidson

    In the Press

  • Hydrogen Hurdles: navigating the path to net zero in the UK

    Rachael Davidson

    Insights

  • Neurodiversity and the Law: Creating a Supportive Work Environment

    Briony Richards

    Insights

  • The EU Deforestation Regulation: an update and what it means for companies

    Kerry Stares

    Insights

  • The New UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard 2024 – an ESG milestone?

    Tegan Johnson

    Insights

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