In this episode, counsel Guillaume Croisant and Aileen Buchanan provide an overview of the environmental and human rights due diligence obligations under the CSDDD and the impacts on business partners.

To listen to all episodes in the EU CSDDD series, visit our website.

Speakers: Shirmila Ramasamy (Senior Counsel and Team Lead of Innovative Finance at the World Bank), Elaine Keats, Sirae Chen and Erin McKeown

In this episode of Bond Beats, Elaine Keats (partner), Sirae Chen (managing associate), and Erin McKeown (managing associate) welcome Shirmila Ramasamy (the World Bank’s senior counsel/team lead of innovative finance) to explore the World Bank's latest outcome bond:  a first-of-its-kind carbon removal bond to fund Amazon reforestation. The discussion covers the Amazon bond’s structure, how outcome bonds have evolved over time and the World Bank's ambitions for future outcome bonds supporting sustainable development.

In this episode, managing associate Tom Cobbaert and associate Claudia Harper discuss the intersection between the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD).

In this episode, counsel Kim Rybarczyk and managing associate Xu Wang explain why the CSDDD’s transition plan requirement is significant, including the detail behind what transition plans should contain.

Speakers: David Thomas, Rachel Metcalf and Emma Kate Cooney

Episode 5 analyses the recent UK Supreme Court judgment in The Manchester Ship Canal Company Ltd v United Utilities Water Ltd (No 2) and its potential implications for water companies. In this episode we refer to our September ESG Disputes Bulletin which can be found here.

To listen to all episodes in this series, visit our Leading Questions webpage.

Speakers: James Marlow, Tom Cobbaert

In this episode, managing associates James Marlow and Tom Cobbaert explain who the CSDDD applies to and at which level obligations apply and when.

Speakers: Carson Welsh, Catherine Wade, Erin McKeown and Siân Sanford

In this episode of Bond Beats, Carson Welsh (partner), Catherine Wade (counsel), Siân Sanford (senior associate) and Erin McKeown (managing associate) discuss current market activity and its implications as we move into autumn. The team also delves into recent regulatory developments, including the FCA’s consultations on the UK’s prospectus regime, and flag key H2 dates for your diary. 

Speakers: Rachel Barrett, Julia Grothaus

In this episode, partners Rachel Barrett and Julia Grothaus give an overview of the CSDDD, including why it’s a big deal and why it is advisable for businesses to start thinking about it now.

What do we mean when we talk about pipeline, promotion and retention? How do these issues form part of corporate governance and impact employer brand, employee engagement and become a public reputation issue?

Daniel Danso, Simon Kerr-Davis, Laurie Ollivent, Neha Rao

To listen to the full series, visit The Diversity Faculty Podcast Series webpage.

What is the difference between a diversity strategy and a diversity policy? Why does it matter? How are these perceived internally and externally and why does it matter from a legal perspective?

Neha Rao, Laurie Ollivent

To listen to the full series, visit The Diversity Faculty Podcast Series webpage.