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In this issue: Monthly cases round-up Sustainable finance and ESG round-up Aviation finance Sustainable finance Derivatives Regulation for banking lawyers Sanctions Daily and weekly news alerts Useful information Monthly cases round-up We will not be issuing a cases round-up for April, as we have not reported on any significant decisions of interest to Banking & Finance lawyers during the month. Sustainable finance and ESG round-up Sustainable finance and ESG monthly round–up—30 April 2025 This month’s Sustainable finance and ESG round-up from the Finance Group features: (1) the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Foundation and the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures entering a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen nature-related disclosures across capital markets, (2) the IFRS Foundation announcing the International Sustainability Standards Board’s (ISSB) proposed updates to IFRS S2 on greenhouse gas emissions reporting and (3) the Loan Market Association (LMA) issuing refreshed principles for green, social and sustainability-linked loans. For further details...

In this issue: Air emissions and climate change Energy for environmental lawyers Environmental enforcement and prosecutions Environmental permits and consents ESG and sustainability Hazardous substances and chemicals Key developments and materials Marine Nature, biodiversity and habitat conservation Waste Water, flooding and drainage Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Air emissions and climate change DESNZ releases provisional 2024 UK greenhouse gas emissions statistics The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has issued early estimates for the UK’s 2024 greenhouse gas output. Total emissions are put at 371 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent, down 4% on 2023 and 54% below 1990. The electricity supply sector recorded the sharpest fall (15%), reflecting greater electricity imports and higher renewable generation, which cut gas and coal use at power stations. Domestic transport continued to be the largest source, contributing 30% of all emissions in 2024. UK-based international aviation bunker emissions...

Practice Note This Practice Note consists of two strands created to help dispute resolution practitioners remain up to date with developments in case law that affect their field, or which influence civil litigation procedure more generally: selected forthcoming appeals to the Supreme Court are highlighted below; see Key forthcoming appeals to the Supreme Court—2022 summaries of significant appeal decisions in England and Wales (ie rulings of the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court and, where appropriate, certain judgments of the Competition Appeal Tribunal, Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, Court of Justice of the European Union), and ECtHR, which we have covered; see: Key forthcoming appeal cases—2022 You can navigate this content using the table of contents in the left-hand margin. Alternatively, search this tracker using [CTRL]+[F]. This material is not intended to be a comprehensive register of every appeal or major decision relevant to dispute resolution practitioners. Key forthcoming appeals to the Supreme Court—2022 Tort and negligence ...

This Practice Note sets out a summary of the European Social Entrepreneurship Funds (EuSEF) Regulation (EU) 346/2013 (the EuSEF Regulation), as subsequently amended by Regulation (EU) 2017/1991, Regulation (EU) 2019/1156 and Regulation (EU) 2023/2869. It establishes a dedicated alternative investment fund (AIF) framework, open to alternative investment fund managers (AIFMs) under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (2011/61/EU) (AIFMD). AIFMs that run qualifying social entrepreneurship funds (QSEFs) can opt to apply the 'EuSEF' label to such funds and, using the EuSEF marketing passport, promote them across the EU to professional investors and specified high net-worth investors. Objective of the EuSEF Regulation The EuSEF Regulation seeks to simplify how social enterprises secure financing throughout the EU as a whole. This overarching purpose closely mirrors the EU’s Europe 2020 agenda for delivering 'smart, sustainable and inclusive growth'. Social entrepreneurship is a key strand of that strategy, and the EuSEF regime was introduced specifically to 'support the provision of finance to social business in the EU by facilitating the fund-raising activity...

EU ETS content—overview This Practice Note sets out a summary of the EU emissions trading system (EU ETS), previously referred to as the EU emissions trading scheme. It outlines the legal framework that underlies the ETS and the history of its staged roll-out, and gives a high-level view of its coverage, the principal duties on operators, the mechanisms for auctioning, free allocation, transfer and surrender of allowances, and how ETS proceeds are used. It also describes supporting legislation beyond Directive 2003/87/EC that enables the operation of the EU ETS, including the Regulation creating the EU carbon border adjustment mechanism (EU CBAM), the Market Stability Reserve Decision, the Union Registry Regulation, and market supervision measures. For further practical guidance on specific aspects of the EU ETS, see the following Practice Notes: EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) Phase IV—Directive 2003/87/EC EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) for aviation EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) for maritime transport EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) for buildings, road transport, and...