ESG & Sustainability Reporting in the UK: Compliance, Disclosure & Greenwashing Risks

Introduction

The landscape for ESG/sustainability reporting by entities in the UK contains a mix of voluntary and mandatory provisions affecting industrial, commercial and financial services sectors. This landscape continues to evolve, including through imminent UK employment law changes with implications for social and governance dimensions and from the cross-border effects of EU legislation. Understanding the components of this landscape is crucial for professional advisers on ESG/sustainability issues.

What You Will Learn

This webinar series will cover the following:

Module 1 - Introduction and Course Overview

• Current rules: key concepts and definitions
• Key points on imminent and prospective developments

Module 2 - Reporting on ESG and Sustainability (Part 1 - Overall Sustainability)

• Mandatory reporting
• Voluntary reporting

Module 3 - Reporting on ESG and Sustainability (Part 2 - Environmental)

• Packaging and waste
• Energy and emissions
• Deforestation

Module 4 - Reporting on ESG and Sustainability (Part 3 - Socio-economic)

• Mandatory DEI reporting
• Modern slavery statements (and the Immigration and Asylum Bill 2026)

Module 5 - The Effects of EU Legislation

• Extra-territoriality, supply and value chains and dual reporting
• Equivalence, mutual recognition and divergence
• Taxonomies

Module 6 - Litigation and Regulation in the UK on Greenwashing

• Advertising general
• Key industry codes
• Greenwashing enforcement and litigation case studies