The bloc’s simplification agenda is set to impede companies’ compliance with its sustainability reporting framework, warns Maria Cronin, Partner at Peters & Peters.  On 26 February the European Commission (EC) published detailed legislative proposals on the sustainability omnibus package. These proposals confirmed concerns that the envisaged measures were not limited to simplifying existing and incoming EU corporate sustainability reporting requirements,…

Stephen Whitfield, Head of Competition at Travers Smith, outlines the challenges of balancing sustainability goals with antitrust compliance. In recent years, corporations have increasingly prioritised ESG issues, often prompting them to collaborate in pursuit of sustainability goals. While such collective action can accelerate progress, it can also raise significant challenges under antitrust laws, which are designed to safeguard market competition…

Stephen Whitfield, Head of Competition at Travers Smith, outlines the challenges of balancing sustainability goals with antitrust compliance. In recent years, corporations have increasingly prioritised ESG issues, often prompting them to collaborate in pursuit of sustainability goals. While such collective action can accelerate progress, it can also raise significant challenges under antitrust laws, which are designed to safeguard market competition…

Stephen Whitfield, Head of Competition at Travers Smith, outlines the challenges of balancing sustainability goals with antitrust compliance. In recent years, corporations have increasingly prioritised ESG issues, often prompting them to collaborate in pursuit of sustainability goals. While such collective action can accelerate progress, it can also raise significant challenges under antitrust laws, which are designed to safeguard market competition…

Sustainability technology company Clarity AI announced that it has launched a new AI-powered tool aimed at helping asset managers and investors conduct sustainability research on companies. New York-based Clarity AI uses machine learning and big data to deliver environmental and social insights to investors, organizations, consumers, and governments. According to Clarity AI, the new tool addresses needs of analysts and…