ESG podcasts and videos

With the European landscape constantly evolving and in the wake of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), issues around ESG have never been more prevalent.

In this webinar, Michael Mosimann, Lukas Plösch and Thomas Freund are joined by Yves Heijmans, Lead International Counsel at Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, to discuss ESG in supply chain legislation, corporate M&A and sustainable finance across Austria, Switzerland and Germany.

In this short ESG podcast, Thomas Player, Kelly Holmes and Lee O’Connell discuss the approach to human rights due diligence both in own organisations and supply and value chains, including consideration of appropriate contractual provisions with suppliers and the practical measures that can be taken in relation to risk assessment measures for suppliers, including responding to potential human rights violations.

What is COP26?, Partner in the Financial Services team, Phil Spyropoulos looks at the upcoming UK hosted UN Climate Summit (COP26) and provides background as to what it is, why it’s important, and what developments might arise from the conference taking place over the next few weeks in Glasgow.

In this short podcast, Thomas Player, Tamsin Wallace, Carlo van Haasteren and Bernd Pirpamer discuss the move from voluntary to mandatory human rights due diligence legislation in the European Union, Germany and The Netherlands, along with the UK’s Modern Slavery Act, and the implications for global labour practices if businesses fail to address human rights issues in the supply chain.

Counsel Olga Chirkova participated as a speaker in the panel "Climate Change: Impact on Business and People" at the Forbes Environmental Wellbeing Forum. The participants discussed climate change, decarbonization, and environmentally sustainable development for companies and cities. Representing the only law firm at the Forum, Olga spoke about our experience litigating on emissions reduction, liaising with governmental institutions on the behalf of our clients. *Available only in Russian.

International bodies and tribunals will find themselves stepping into the climate change arena with increasing frequency. States could find their actions (or inactions) challenged by other states, investors or interest groups.

The energy transition means embracing both the shift to new, clean sources of energy, as well as the opportunity presented by repurposing retiring fossil-fired facilities.

The past year has seen a significant increase in the interest in placing capital to work in the carbon markets. Our panel of experts explore the ways that an investor can put their capital to work while greening their investment portfolio.

There is a growing demand for ESG financial products including green and sustainability related funds, bonds and loans. Investors and other stakeholders are also demanding that businesses set out in annual reports and other market facing material detailed information on their net zero strategy and how they are going to deliver on it.

In this roundtable discussion, panelists will examine the role that debt instruments can play in financing climate and resilience actions and promoting sustainable development.

In this programme we will discuss some key recent global case developments and the future direction of travel, examining the court and tribunal’s role in addressing the climate crisis.

As technology continues to embed itself deeper into the lives of people around the world we will look at some of the legal, commercial and reputational challenges for technology businesses in relation to climate change, with a particular focus on the E(nvironmental) in ESG.

The panel, made up of regulatory lawyers from Eversheds Sutherland and key industry players look at the key themes emerging in financial regulation across the world, challenges faced by financial institutions in dealing with the volume of regulations.

In this podcast Eric Bergamin and Yeliz Tintin briefly discuss the impact of ESG policy on Dutch pension funds. *Available only in Dutch

Our international banking and finance team are joined by a number of industry experts to discuss a variety of topics within the sustainable finance market

Our Financial Services team are joined by Mark Manning, Technical Specialist in Sustainable Finance and Stewardship at the FCA, who will be providing a keynote session on TCFD for asset managers and an introduction to the FCA Principles for ESG Funds.

Kari McCormick, Partner in our FSDI team, speaks with Hannah Armitage from the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) on the FRC’s areas of focus in relation to ESG issues, in particular the FRC’s recently published Statement of Intent on ESG challenges.

Exploring all forms of sustainable / green finance and how these will support financing the energy transition.

An analysis of the recent Climate Change and Corporate Value, What companies really think report, from the perspective of the food and beverage sector.

Overview of the TCFD regulations, what the US is likely to adopt and how this impacts US corporates.

The prevalence and utilisation of technology throws up important ESG considerations. The expert panel considers societal impacts, governance issues, growth and valuation trajectories, and rising ESG scrutiny.

TCFD updates, SFDR Q&A, EU Taxonomy, UK Taxonomy, UK Infrastructure Bank, Supply Chain Management laws and UK Corporate Duties.

Climate steering law passes the EU parliament, IOSCO publishes a final report on sustainability related issue disclosures, the UK Treasury makes a number of announcements following the Mansion House speech and IOSCO is consulting on the supervision of green funds.