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Kerry Stares

Partner & Director of Responsible Business

Kerry is a responsible business expert and leads the Firm's ESG advisory services.

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About

Kerry is a Partner who leads the Firm's ESG advisory services to clients. In her own practice she works with businesses in a wide range of sectors, helping them to navigate the rapidly evolving and diverging landscape of ESG law and regulation, to spot and manage risk and to make smart, proportionate decisions today that future-proof business and investment value. She has particular expertise advising on ESG-related risk management issues, including modern slavery and wider human rights risks in the supply chain, greenwashing risks and governance gaps.

Kerry is also regularly engaged by our clients to design and deliver tailored training on ESG-related risks and opportunities for client Boards, executive and operational teams.

Alongside her practice, Kerry has a management role at the Firm, leading the development and implementation of the Firm's own Responsible Business Strategy, working closely with Senior Management, the Firm's Board and dedicated Responsible Business Steering Committee.

Kerry is a regular conference speaker and author on wide range of ESG and responsible business topics.

Experience

  • Advising a UK based stationery products company on compliance with the requirements of the new EU Deforestation Regulation.
  • Advising a high profile African Fintech company on the standards of human rights due diligence required by the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive;
  • Advising a leading European manufacturer and distributor of personal sanitary products on its green and sustainability-related claims.
  • Advising a leading sports team on the developing landscape of law and regulation governing business impacts on people in the supply chain.
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Our thinking

  • Supply chain social audits: what they are, their limitations, and why they matter for human rights due diligence

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    Insights

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  • Kerry Stares, Rory Partridge, and Lyla Gilbert write in Packaging Europe about landmark reforms on packaging sustainability regulations in the UK and Europe

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  • The Amended EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR): What Businesses Need to Know Before 30 December 2026

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    Insights

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  • EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation: Who Is Affected?

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    Quick Reads

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  • EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation: Three Things You Need to Know

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    Quick Reads

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  • New EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation: Is Your Business Ready?

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    Quick Reads

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  • EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR)

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  • Corporate human rights due diligence – episode 3 – understanding and mitigating risk

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    Podcasts

  • 5 things English companies and their investors need to know about human rights-related litigation risks

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  • Are you ready for the EU Forced Labour Regulation?

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  • The CMA’s new supply chain guidance on greenwashing claims: what it means for brands, manufacturers, retailers and platforms

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  • Are you ready for the EU Forced Labour Regulation?

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  • 5 Things You Need to Know about Greenwashing

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    Insights

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  • EU ESG Ratings Regulation: what providers need to know ahead of the July 2026 deadline

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    Insights

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  • Anti-greenwashing in the UK and EU: the risk landscape and best practice guidance

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    Insights

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  • Corporate human rights due diligence – episode 2: practical insights from the experts

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    Podcasts

  • Remedy and Leverage

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  • Social risks in the supply chain – from due diligence to resilience: Corporate human rights due diligence – a snapshot of the law in EU/UK

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    Podcasts

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