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Justine Sacarello

PKF Littlejohn
Justine is General Counsel at PKF Littlejohn LLP and a member of the ESG team. Justine has significant in-house experience leading the legal of transformation programmes as well as advising FS boards, and their Regulators, in connection with all aspects of best practice for all aspects of financial services, governance, more recently incorporating ESG metrics, and the implementation of strategic and legal transformation programmes as well as advising on critical impact issues.

Justine is a member of The Lawyer Influencers Panel, and a regular speaker on all aspects of legal critical thinking.

Justine is registered as a solicitor with the Solicitors Regulation Authority. 

Practice Areas

Panels

  • Contributing Author
  • Specialist Panel

Qualified Year

  • 1993

Experience

  • Lloyds Banking Group (2016 - 2021)
  • Barclays Bank PLC (2013 - 2016)
  • Gazprom Marketing & Trading (2011 - 2013)
  • Babcock & Brown (2007 - 2011)
  • Hogan Lovells LLP (2004 - 2007)
  • Clifford Chance LLP (1991 - 2004)
  • KPMG LLP (2021 - 2023)

Membership

  • Solicitors Regulation Authority
  • The Lawyer In-House Influencers Panel

Qualification

  • LLB (1990)

Education

  • University of Leeds (1990)
  • University of Cambridge, Institute for Sustainability Leadership, Sustainability for Business (2022)
  • EBS Universitat fur Wirtschaft und Recht, EBS Executive School ESG (2022)

1 Contributions by Justine Sacarello

UK net zero transition plans: TPT Disclosure Framework, ISSB/TCFD alignment and emerging FCA and government requirements for listed companies, financial institutions and large private companies
PRACTICE NOTES
UK net zero transition plans: TPT Disclosure Framework, ISSB/TCFD alignment and emerging FCA and government requirements for listed companies, financial institutions and large private companies
ARCHIVED This Practice Note is archived and not maintained. Introduction This Practice Note outlines proposals to introduce compulsory obligations for particular UK companies to disclose a net zero transition plan. Although reporting such plans is not yet mandatory, many businesses already publicise their net zero pledges voluntarily under the ‘comply or explain’ requirements for listed issuers. On 9 October, 2023, the Transition Plan Taskforce (TPT) released a best-practice, standardised disclosure framework for climate transition plans. Alongside this, the TPT’s Co-Chairs, Amanda Blanc, CEO of Aviva, and Baroness Penn, Treasury Lords Minister HM Treasury, encouraged companies to use the TPT’s resources to begin their transition to Net Zero. There has long been an expectation that compulsory rules would follow the TPT’s creation of this gold‑standard Disclosure Framework. This Practice Note concentrates on the TPT’s standardised Disclosure Framework for climate transition plans and the related guidance. Topics include net zero transition plans, the TPT’s standardised disclosure framework for climate transition plans, and guidance designed to support both drafters and users of climate transition...
Financial Services
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