On 9 November 2023, the European Parliament and Council reached a political agreement on the Regulation on Nature Restoration, commonly known as the “Nature Restoration Law”.

What companies need to know about the final TNFD Recommendations - In this podcast, Kim Rybarczyk and Jon Tan discuss the TNFD final recommendations, including what the framework means for businesses and how it fits in with existing climate reporting frameworks.

TNFD publishes final recommendations for nature-related risk management and disclosure - This blog post provides an overview of what businesses need to know about the TNFD framework. 

TNFD publishes fourth and final draft framework on nature-related risks - The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures has published its fourth, and final, draft framework for the management and disclosure of nature-related risks and opportunities.

In this blog post we take a high-level look at some of the recent regulatory developments in the UK and EU, at what trends can be identified, and what businesses should be thinking about now.  

This blog post focuses on the food waste, textile waste and soil proposals.

The EU Deforestation Regulation was published in the Official Journal of the EU on 9 June 2023 and comes into force on 29 June 2023.

On 9 June 2023, the European Commission published for consultation a draft Delegated Act with the first set of European Sustainability Reporting Standards under the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive. The consultation closes on 7 July 2023.

The Commission had consulted on the draft Taxonomy Delegated Acts in April-May this year.

COP15: outcome of global biodiversity summit - The main aim of COP15 was for nations to agree on a post-2020 global biodiversity framework with targets and actions on tackling nature and biodiversity loss.

Biodiversity and COP15: the Big Picture - Read our publication to find out more about the importance of biodiversity, COP15 and the GBF and some of the associated challenges.

Biodiversity and COP15: the Big Picture Podcast - In this podcast, Kim Rybarczyk and Claudia Harper discuss COP15 and the GBF and what it means for businesses.

On 3 December, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs published a consultation on the implementation of this regime. The consultation closes on 11 March 2022 and will feed into the development of the necessary regulations and accompanying guidance. 

As governments, conservationists and companies approach COP 15, this full-day event looked at how the sector has been factoring biodiversity and nature into operations so far, and how tech can make a difference in conservation and the illegal wildlife trade.