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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

  • Diginomica quotes Kerry Stares on the EU Deforestation Regulations

    Kerry Stares

    In The Press

  • Greenwashing risk management update: TotalEnergies engaged in misleading commercial practices with its climate-related claims, French court rules

    Kerry Stares

    Quick Reads

  • EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) update: Commission proposals for new transitional periods and simplification of due diligence statement filing obligations

    Kerry Stares

    Quick Reads

  • Charles Russell Speechlys named in top 20 highest-scoring firms in new Lamp House responsible business report

    Simon Ridpath

    News

  • How the OECD Guidelines’ National Contact Point (NCP) complaints procedure poses reputational risks to companies, including in M&A transactions

    Kerry Stares

    Insights

  • Why investors are increasingly focused on human rights: what companies need to know

    Kerry Stares

    Insights

  • A step toward making it easier for SMEs to respond to requests for sustainability information: spotlight on the Voluntary Sustainability Reporting Standard for SMEs (VSME)

    Kerry Stares

    Insights

  • 5 reasons why investors will take you to task over human rights

    Kerry Stares

    Quick Reads

  • Kerry Stares and Megan Gray write for Business Green on environmental marketing and compliance with the UK's Green Claims Code

    Kerry Stares

    In The Press

  • ESG: Benefits of integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations into Family Office investment strategies

    Kerry Stares

    Insights

  • Which? analysis of products’ environmental claims finds widespread greenwashing

    Megan Gray

    Quick Reads

  • Anti-greenwashing in the UK, EU and the US: the outlook for 2025 and best practice guidance

    Caroline Greenwell

    Insights

  • Detailed analysis of new Government guidance for businesses on Modern Slavery Act section 54 statements

    Kerry Stares

    Insights

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

    Kerry Stares

    In The Press

  • Charles Russell Speechlys sees 71 lawyers named in 2025 Pro Bono Recognition List

    Philip Withey

    News

  • New Government guidance for businesses on section 54 statements under the Modern Slavery Act

    Kerry Stares

    Insights

  • Business and Trade Committee calls for a strengthened Modern Slavery Act

    Megan Gray

    Quick Reads

  • 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

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