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Featured pages Allen & Overy publishes eighth edition of The Business and Human Rights Review , 10 December 2020.
.This edition of the Review begins with an interview with Fiona Reynolds, CEO of the Principles for Responsible Investment, who discusses the benefits of impact investing and the growing momentum towards responsible investment witnessed during the pandemic.Â
Investors are not alone in this endeavour. There are regulatory efforts to develop human rights due diligence requirements in many countries, as well as on an inter-state level. Notably, the European Commission is due to introduce legislation in 2021 which will require all businesses in the European Union to undertake mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence. Sarah Morreau of Allen & Overy provides an analysis of recent regulatory developments across the globe, as w
Seven top sets of barristers’ chambers have agreed to fund pupillages that would have been otherwise cancelled due to Covid-19.
They follow in the wake of Keating Chambers, which put forward £20,000 in the summer to help fund a criminal Bar pupillage in a bid to offset the financial impact of the pandemic on the criminal bar.
The further sets that have now stepped forward are Atkin Chambers, Brick Court Chambers, Twenty Essex, Matrix Chambers, 3 Verulam Buildings, along with a group of members at Blackstone Chambers and a group of members 4 Pump Court.
Incoming chair of the Bar Council Derek Sweeting QC revealed the news in a speech last night, saying: “Because this scheme has been set up at short notice, as an emergency measure, I know there are other sets which are also likely to join.”