Global Counsel senior practice lead Joe Palombo, and senior associate, global investor services Felix Cazalet, assess the main drivers of the UK’s supply shortage and the future of the UK labour market.
Opinion piece from UK Politics and Policy Practice Lead Alex Dawson
Felicity Hall, senior associate at Global Counsel, a strategic advisory business, explains: “The whole point of the ISSB is to act as a unifying body, bringing together best practice from the various ESG standard-setters and frameworks already in existence. In terms of driving consensus on what is currently an extremely fragmented issue, the work of the ISSB is likely to be crucial. With the right level of ambition, and appropriate consideration of the expertise we have already developed, the ISSB could finally answer a long overdue call from both corporates and investors for harmony in ESG reporting.”
Interview with GC UK Politics Lead Analyst Joe Armitage
A review of the EU gas market framework in December and publication of taxonomy rules for gas and nuclear will present the first opportunity to see whether the energy price crisis will drive a broader rethink of European energy policy, Giorgio Corbetta of advisory firm Global Counsel said Oct. 15.
Until recently, reporting on ESG issues has remained predominantly voluntary, explains Felicity Hall, senior associate at Global Counsel, a strategic advisory business. Self-reporting is common and checks are often made by desk research rather than actual visits.
“Frankly, the country’s not geared up to have people buy five times as much fuel as they do in a given week, that’s just not how the supply chain works. It’s very difficult to repair it to meet that demand within a very short period of time,” Joe Armitage, lead analyst for U.K. politics at Global Counsel, told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Europe” on Tuesday.
Interview with GC UK Politics Lead Analyst Joe Armitage
Troops latest: Former member of the government’s fuel supply team and current lead U.K. political analyst at Global Counsel Joe Armitage has an insightful piece in the Telegraph explaining why Operation Escalin — drafting in the army — won’t solve fuel supply problems.
Interview with GC UK Politics Lead Analyst Joe Armitage
