In-house legal teams are well placed to lead their companies’ navigation of the risks and opportunities arising from the climate crisis and the path to ‘net zero’. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →The European Commission has published new rules aimed at ensuring devices such as mobile phones, smartwatches, fitness trackers and wireless toys are safe for sale. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →The climate crisis cannot be tackled and global disaster averted without re-engineering the world’s financial systems to align them with decarbonisation and sustainability, according to an investment expert determined to […]
Continue Reading →Dispute Adjudication Boards (DABs) are being used increasingly to resolve infrastructure and energy project disputes in Spain. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →Companies with over one million users in China would be required to go through mandatory security review before sending user-related data abroad under new proposals. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →Singapore’s Energy Market Authority (EMA) plans to invite two proposals for the supply of 4 gigawatts (GW) of low carbon electricity imports into the country by 2035. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →In the push towards net zero emissions, the shipping industry is beginning to deploy an increasing number of new and innovative solutions in a bid to accelerate the process of […]
Continue Reading →The Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) has changed the way it wants companies to report greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →The UK Supreme Court has provided guidance on the English law approach to questions of the applicable law of an arbitration agreement in a key recent judgment. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →The Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) is a duty imposed on all public bodies by section 149 of the Equality Act 2010, to take equalities considerations into account when exercising […]
Continue Reading →A Singapore employer and union task force has published recommendations to the government on how best to support local professional, managerial and executive workers (PMEs). Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →Industrialised construction has moved far beyond prefabricated classrooms in schools or modular accommodation on mine sites. It now incorporates modern methods of construction, building information modelling and integrated digital delivery. […]
Continue Reading →The shift towards a model of industrialised construction will transform the industry, ensuring it is better prepared for future global economic, climate and cultural turmoil. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →As with all technological revolutions, the shift towards an industrialised construction industry is not without its risks. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →China’s State Council issued the country’s action plan to ensure carbon emissions peak by 2030. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →Large UK companies and limited liability partnerships (LLPs) will have to make climate-related financial disclosures after a consultation showed strong support for the move. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →The UK government has committed £35 billion of funding to rail projects over the next four years as part of a focus on connectivity, announced in the autumn budget. Read […]
Continue Reading →The City of Edinburgh Council has laid out plans for the city’s development over the next decade, with environmental policies at the heart of the document. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →A reduction in the banking surcharge and an extension of the increased annual investment allowance were two of the headline corporate tax changes announced by the UK chancellor, Rishi Sunak, […]
Continue Reading →Proposals for a more open and flexible approach to the regulation of innovative new forms of transport in the UK means it is possible to imagine flying vehicles being tested, […]
Continue Reading →A new tax on residential property developers will apply from April 2022 at a rate of 4% on annual profits from residential developments exceeding £25 million. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →Employees in Singapore who are fully vaccinated or have recovered from the disease within 270 days will be allowed to return to workplaces from 1 January 2022. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →UK law has been updated to prevent corporation tax enquiries being closed while a diverted profits tax (DPT) review period is ongoing, it was announced in the government’s autumn budget. […]
Continue Reading →A public authority in South Africa has lost its bid to overturn a managerial appointment it made after a court ruled the authority took too long to review the appointment […]
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