ESG podcasts and videos

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.