Spotlight on Better Regulation
A series of briefings looking at regulatory reform and its implications for business across a range of different sectors.
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Directors' duties and corporate purpose re-examined: should directors be obliged to prioritise people and planet?
The recent (so far, unsuccessful) action brought by activist environmental charity ClientEarth against the directors of Shell highlights concerns around whether boards of UK companies are taking sufficient account of the wider environmental and social impacts of their decision-making and activities. In this article, we look at some of the arguments for and against changing UK law on directors' duties, in the context of a constantly evolving backdrop.
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Strengthening cybersecurity laws: changes to the EU's and the UK's NIS regimes
Improving cybersecurity for essential services and infrastructure is high on the agenda for the UK's and the EU's legislators, in response to the ever-evolving threat landscape. The UK's and the EU's respective network and information systems or NIS regimes, while both to be strengthened (including by bringing managed service providers into scope), look to be diverging.
The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill: enforcing growth?
The Government has confirmed that it will legislate in this Parliament to reform key aspects of UK competition and consumer protection law. There are reports that it is looking to bring these changes into force late next year – so businesses affected by it should start considering the implications now.
Balancing economic growth and environmental protection - the government's new energy dilemma
The UK's Prime Minister may have changed but the Growth Plan unveiled in September remains in place - at least for now. Armed with new powers to repeal and replace EU law under the so-called Brexit Freedoms Bill, the Plan appears to envisage an ambitious programme of regulatory reform.
Better regulation: what's missing from the Government's approach?
Most businesses would agree that better regulation is a desirable goal – but how do you actually achieve it? In the first of a series of briefings on regulatory reform across a range of different sectors, we look at the implications for business of the UK Government's approach to regulation and how far it is likely to succeed.