The Policy Liaison Group’s blogs and other reports and consultation submissions draw on our discussions with policymakers and leading experts. In 2024, we transitioned from an All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) to an independent Policy Liaison Group. Some of the materials featured below were published when the group functioned as the APPG on ESG.
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Mission transition: sustainable finance’s journey from climate ambition to credibility
The UK’s Sustainability Reporting Standards, published last week, together with transition planning, are providing long-sought-after comparability and credibility, but at a time of rising geopolitical uncertainty, clear policy trajectories are needed to encourage investment in the transition.
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The conversation continued – exploring five more claims about the energy transition
In our previous post, we tackled common misconceptions about renewable energy, from costs and reliability to environmental impacts. As the rollout of clean energy accelerates, the conversation is now shifting from “does it work?” to “where does it go?” and “what is it made of?”
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Let’s have a discussion about renewables, storage and the energy transition
The World Economic Forum’s 2024 Global Risks Report report ranked misinformation and disinformation among the most significant long-term threats to society, alongside climate and nature loss. Against this backdrop, the blog explores five common claims about the energy transition and explains why many rest on incomplete or outdated assumptions.
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COP30: A fragile consensus in a fractured geopolitical climate
COP30 in Belém, Brazil, marked 10 years since the Paris Agreement and took place at a time when the world’s collective climate ambition is under increasing scrutiny.
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Why ESG should be reframed, not abandoned
Behind the headlines of backlash and “green fatigue,” investors, companies and regulators continue to embed sustainability into core business decisions. The real question is not whether ESG survives, but whether its current framing, often reduced to box-ticking, can deliver the resilience and long-term value demanded by a world of climate risk, social disruption and economic change.
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Is ESG failing defence? Rethinking ethics, investment and national security
ESG and defence are sometimes considered incompatible, but they have been interlinked for years. As the defence sector grows, having this conversation will be vital.
