Rafael Savva
@rafsavva.bsky.social
Lecturer in Law, Lancaster University Law School
Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business
Posts about corporate law and sustainable development, business news, and work. Views are my own
Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business
Posts about corporate law and sustainable development, business news, and work. Views are my own
Presented my empirical research on Investor Stewardship’s “Expectations Gap” at the SLS Company Law & Sustainability Conference. The project’s findings show the existence of an “Expectations Disconnect” rather than a “Gap”: high-level principles don’t seem to translate into granular expectations.
November 8, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Presented my empirical research on Investor Stewardship’s “Expectations Gap” at the SLS Company Law & Sustainability Conference. The project’s findings show the existence of an “Expectations Disconnect” rather than a “Gap”: high-level principles don’t seem to translate into granular expectations.
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📢Research shows a 267% surge in #COP -related disinformation between July - Sept this year📢
A new report found despite recent research showing 80%+ of people support stronger climate action, increasing online disinfo (supercharged by AI) fuels hostility towards science🧵
www.dw.com/en/disinform...
A new report found despite recent research showing 80%+ of people support stronger climate action, increasing online disinfo (supercharged by AI) fuels hostility towards science🧵
www.dw.com/en/disinform...
Disinformation rife ahead of climate summit in Brazil – DW – 11/06/2025
As a majority of global citizens call for bold climate change policies, a new push for information integrity aims to neutralize the climate denial that has thwarted ambitious action.
www.dw.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
📢Research shows a 267% surge in #COP -related disinformation between July - Sept this year📢
A new report found despite recent research showing 80%+ of people support stronger climate action, increasing online disinfo (supercharged by AI) fuels hostility towards science🧵
www.dw.com/en/disinform...
A new report found despite recent research showing 80%+ of people support stronger climate action, increasing online disinfo (supercharged by AI) fuels hostility towards science🧵
www.dw.com/en/disinform...
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REMINDER: Join us on Tues, 11 Nov, 2025, 11:00–12:00 at LUMS WP B007/online for a session on Turning points in Climate Justice: What recent International Rulings mean for sustainability? by Camilo Cornejo.
All LU staff and students welcome
Registration required-More info at: tinyurl.com/clmt-just.
All LU staff and students welcome
Registration required-More info at: tinyurl.com/clmt-just.
November 4, 2025 at 11:37 AM
REMINDER: Join us on Tues, 11 Nov, 2025, 11:00–12:00 at LUMS WP B007/online for a session on Turning points in Climate Justice: What recent International Rulings mean for sustainability? by Camilo Cornejo.
All LU staff and students welcome
Registration required-More info at: tinyurl.com/clmt-just.
All LU staff and students welcome
Registration required-More info at: tinyurl.com/clmt-just.
As someone early in my research career, I’m stunned by this. That’s a gut punch for academic freedom.
UK university halted human rights research after pressure from China
Exclusive: Leading professor at Sheffield Hallam was told to cease research on supply chains and forced labour in China after demands from authorities
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:48 AM
As someone early in my research career, I’m stunned by this. That’s a gut punch for academic freedom.
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🚨Climate litigation alert🚨
Canada's largest pension fund has been sued over alleged mismanagement of climate risk 🧵
ecojustice.ca/news/canadas...
#CDNpensions #ClimateRisk #FiduciaryDuty #ClimateFinance #PensionGovernance #NetZero #cdnpoli #ProtectOurPensions
Canada's largest pension fund has been sued over alleged mismanagement of climate risk 🧵
ecojustice.ca/news/canadas...
#CDNpensions #ClimateRisk #FiduciaryDuty #ClimateFinance #PensionGovernance #NetZero #cdnpoli #ProtectOurPensions
Canada’s largest pension investment manager sued
Young Canadians are taking the sixth largest pension fund manager in the world to court, claiming it is failing to protect their pensions from climate risk.
ecojustice.ca
October 28, 2025 at 2:35 PM
🚨Climate litigation alert🚨
Canada's largest pension fund has been sued over alleged mismanagement of climate risk 🧵
ecojustice.ca/news/canadas...
#CDNpensions #ClimateRisk #FiduciaryDuty #ClimateFinance #PensionGovernance #NetZero #cdnpoli #ProtectOurPensions
Canada's largest pension fund has been sued over alleged mismanagement of climate risk 🧵
ecojustice.ca/news/canadas...
#CDNpensions #ClimateRisk #FiduciaryDuty #ClimateFinance #PensionGovernance #NetZero #cdnpoli #ProtectOurPensions
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@livingwageuk.bsky.social has today announced its new Living Wage rates.
Alongside investors we work with in the Good Work Coalition, we continue to support the real Living Wage and encourage companies to protect their workers and businesses from the harms of low pay.
Alongside investors we work with in the Good Work Coalition, we continue to support the real Living Wage and encourage companies to protect their workers and businesses from the harms of low pay.
October 22, 2025 at 1:03 PM
@livingwageuk.bsky.social has today announced its new Living Wage rates.
Alongside investors we work with in the Good Work Coalition, we continue to support the real Living Wage and encourage companies to protect their workers and businesses from the harms of low pay.
Alongside investors we work with in the Good Work Coalition, we continue to support the real Living Wage and encourage companies to protect their workers and businesses from the harms of low pay.
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What are the energy costs of creating an AI avatar, or asking ChatGPT a question? How can we deal with heat generated by data centres? Professor Adrian Friday returns to #TransformingTomorrow to help Jan & @thepaulturner.bsky.social wrestle with these questions.
Listen & subscribe: pod.fo/e/3403ed
Listen & subscribe: pod.fo/e/3403ed
October 20, 2025 at 8:15 AM
What are the energy costs of creating an AI avatar, or asking ChatGPT a question? How can we deal with heat generated by data centres? Professor Adrian Friday returns to #TransformingTomorrow to help Jan & @thepaulturner.bsky.social wrestle with these questions.
Listen & subscribe: pod.fo/e/3403ed
Listen & subscribe: pod.fo/e/3403ed
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Apropos of nothing, I really do think UK journalists and politicians need some reminding that mass deportation of LEGAL immigrants, particularly those with permanent status, is far more extreme than even Trump's America and would basically place Britain completely on its own among democracies.
October 19, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Apropos of nothing, I really do think UK journalists and politicians need some reminding that mass deportation of LEGAL immigrants, particularly those with permanent status, is far more extreme than even Trump's America and would basically place Britain completely on its own among democracies.
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On this week's #TransformingTomorrow Kyla Raby, an antislavery pracademic at the Uni of South Australia, tells Jan + @thepaulturner.bsky.social about links btwn the Modern Slavery Acts of UK + Australia, and her work raising consumers' awareness of the topic.
Listen and subscribe: pod.fo/e/33c279
Listen and subscribe: pod.fo/e/33c279
October 13, 2025 at 10:03 AM
On this week's #TransformingTomorrow Kyla Raby, an antislavery pracademic at the Uni of South Australia, tells Jan + @thepaulturner.bsky.social about links btwn the Modern Slavery Acts of UK + Australia, and her work raising consumers' awareness of the topic.
Listen and subscribe: pod.fo/e/33c279
Listen and subscribe: pod.fo/e/33c279
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Shane Goodwin SMU Cox School of Business traces the pivotal shift from New Jersey to Delaware, revealing how #legal infrastructure—not just statutes—shaped long-term dominance in U.S. #corporategovernance.
Read: spkl.io/63321Aps9v
Subscribe: spkl.io/63326Aps90
#AcademicSky
Read: spkl.io/63321Aps9v
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#AcademicSky
October 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Shane Goodwin SMU Cox School of Business traces the pivotal shift from New Jersey to Delaware, revealing how #legal infrastructure—not just statutes—shaped long-term dominance in U.S. #corporategovernance.
Read: spkl.io/63321Aps9v
Subscribe: spkl.io/63326Aps90
#AcademicSky
Read: spkl.io/63321Aps9v
Subscribe: spkl.io/63326Aps90
#AcademicSky
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You have heard the EU bubble's new buzzword "deregulation" and you have no idea what it means?
Or even better, you know what it means and whant to know how to fight it?
That's why we joined forces with out friends at @lobbycontrol.bsky.social to create free lobby tour of Brussels about the D-word!👇
Or even better, you know what it means and whant to know how to fight it?
That's why we joined forces with out friends at @lobbycontrol.bsky.social to create free lobby tour of Brussels about the D-word!👇
October 8, 2025 at 12:41 PM
You have heard the EU bubble's new buzzword "deregulation" and you have no idea what it means?
Or even better, you know what it means and whant to know how to fight it?
That's why we joined forces with out friends at @lobbycontrol.bsky.social to create free lobby tour of Brussels about the D-word!👇
Or even better, you know what it means and whant to know how to fight it?
That's why we joined forces with out friends at @lobbycontrol.bsky.social to create free lobby tour of Brussels about the D-word!👇
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REMINDER: Join us on 9 Oct, 10AM-11AM at LUMS LT 16/online for a session on Incorporating sustainability into research practice: Gaining insight from different perspectives by Dr Valerie Seymour and Dr Georgiana Allison.
All LU staff & students welcome.
Registration info here: tinyurl.com/sus-res
All LU staff & students welcome.
Registration info here: tinyurl.com/sus-res
October 5, 2025 at 11:23 AM
REMINDER: Join us on 9 Oct, 10AM-11AM at LUMS LT 16/online for a session on Incorporating sustainability into research practice: Gaining insight from different perspectives by Dr Valerie Seymour and Dr Georgiana Allison.
All LU staff & students welcome.
Registration info here: tinyurl.com/sus-res
All LU staff & students welcome.
Registration info here: tinyurl.com/sus-res
The SEC chair claims laws like the CSRD and CSDDD require reporting on socially significant issues even if they’re not financially material. That’s not quite right - both laws hinge on materiality assessments, not blanket disclosure. on.ft.com/485W3DK
Wall Street regulator vows light touch and end to quarterly reporting
Paul Atkins says SEC will ‘remove its thumb from the scales’ while criticising European over-regulation
on.ft.com
September 29, 2025 at 7:21 AM
The SEC chair claims laws like the CSRD and CSDDD require reporting on socially significant issues even if they’re not financially material. That’s not quite right - both laws hinge on materiality assessments, not blanket disclosure. on.ft.com/485W3DK
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Ive seen LLMs pushed a lot to fellow #adhd students and scholarship to "help" them with things like detail work and structuring work. Ive also seen many punished for trusting this offer of help too. Here's what to use instead:
#academicsky
#academicsky
September 28, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Ive seen LLMs pushed a lot to fellow #adhd students and scholarship to "help" them with things like detail work and structuring work. Ive also seen many punished for trusting this offer of help too. Here's what to use instead:
#academicsky
#academicsky
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ACADEMIC WORD OF THE DAY
Today's word (23/09/2025) is COMPENSATE: 1. to pay money to someone for damage suffered or problems caused; 2. to balance, equalise or offset. More at www.writing.support/academic-wor...
#AcWri #AcademicWriting #TESOL #AcademicSky #EduSky #ELT #TEFL
Today's word (23/09/2025) is COMPENSATE: 1. to pay money to someone for damage suffered or problems caused; 2. to balance, equalise or offset. More at www.writing.support/academic-wor...
#AcWri #AcademicWriting #TESOL #AcademicSky #EduSky #ELT #TEFL
September 23, 2025 at 5:29 AM
ACADEMIC WORD OF THE DAY
Today's word (23/09/2025) is COMPENSATE: 1. to pay money to someone for damage suffered or problems caused; 2. to balance, equalise or offset. More at www.writing.support/academic-wor...
#AcWri #AcademicWriting #TESOL #AcademicSky #EduSky #ELT #TEFL
Today's word (23/09/2025) is COMPENSATE: 1. to pay money to someone for damage suffered or problems caused; 2. to balance, equalise or offset. More at www.writing.support/academic-wor...
#AcWri #AcademicWriting #TESOL #AcademicSky #EduSky #ELT #TEFL
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💸 New @re-set.bsky.social report shows how EP Group (€10.3bn) & Sev.en Energy (€0.95bn) have siphoned public money across Europe. While ordinary people paid sky high energy bills, coal tycoons cashed in.
👉 re-set.cz/download/fre...
👉 re-set.cz/download/fre...
September 18, 2025 at 10:43 AM
💸 New @re-set.bsky.social report shows how EP Group (€10.3bn) & Sev.en Energy (€0.95bn) have siphoned public money across Europe. While ordinary people paid sky high energy bills, coal tycoons cashed in.
👉 re-set.cz/download/fre...
👉 re-set.cz/download/fre...
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It’s fine if steps towards circularity are small – but progress must be consistent.
The hard truth about the circular economy – real change will take more than refillable bottles
It’s fine if steps towards circularity are small – but progress must be consistent.
tcnv.link
September 8, 2025 at 10:53 AM
It’s fine if steps towards circularity are small – but progress must be consistent.
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Words are magic
September 2, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Words are magic
So, according to some of corporate law’s finest, women miss out on top roles in corporate and finance law because they want a normal life and don’t brag hard enough (presumably in fluent LinkedInese). Who knew! I’d blame the sector’s toxic attitude towards work and what ‘good service’ means. 🙃
Corporate law firms hire mostly men for highest-paid roles
Few women are being recruited to most lucrative practice areas despite big steps forward in sector diversity
on.ft.com
August 29, 2025 at 6:52 AM
So, according to some of corporate law’s finest, women miss out on top roles in corporate and finance law because they want a normal life and don’t brag hard enough (presumably in fluent LinkedInese). Who knew! I’d blame the sector’s toxic attitude towards work and what ‘good service’ means. 🙃
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This article explores how the #environmental crisis of the shrinking Great Salt Lake creates #financial risks for businesses & bond issuers, potentially triggering disclosure requirements under #securities law.
Read: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Subscribe: www.ssrn.com/link/U-Utah-...
Read: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Subscribe: www.ssrn.com/link/U-Utah-...
August 27, 2025 at 11:36 AM
This article explores how the #environmental crisis of the shrinking Great Salt Lake creates #financial risks for businesses & bond issuers, potentially triggering disclosure requirements under #securities law.
Read: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Subscribe: www.ssrn.com/link/U-Utah-...
Read: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Subscribe: www.ssrn.com/link/U-Utah-...
Mistakes happen, but surely not to that scale? Accountants of Bluesky, what are your thoughts on this?
WH Smith shares crash after retailer’s £30m accounting error
Group cuts profit forecasts and launches review after mistake relating to North American arm
www.theguardian.com
August 21, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Mistakes happen, but surely not to that scale? Accountants of Bluesky, what are your thoughts on this?
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Happy to see Sam Adelman's wonderful review of my book in @journallawsociety.bsky.social, which raises key concerns about the efficacy of international environmental law - for example, the fact that the ongoing session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop a treaty on plastic 1/2
August 11, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Happy to see Sam Adelman's wonderful review of my book in @journallawsociety.bsky.social, which raises key concerns about the efficacy of international environmental law - for example, the fact that the ongoing session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop a treaty on plastic 1/2
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An excellent article from our CEO on our call to the Government to reform fiduciary duty for people and planet. 🌍👫👇
corporate-adviser.com/catherine-ho...
corporate-adviser.com/catherine-ho...
Catherine Howarth: For more productive pensions, clarify fiduciary duty
Across the UK pensions landscape, there’s a growing sense of unease. Trustees and advisers are being asked to make investments
corporate-adviser.com
August 12, 2025 at 9:17 AM
An excellent article from our CEO on our call to the Government to reform fiduciary duty for people and planet. 🌍👫👇
corporate-adviser.com/catherine-ho...
corporate-adviser.com/catherine-ho...
Ain’t that a bit worrying.
BlackRock and Vanguard lead US ‘super league’ dominating Europe
Regional expansion by group of US-based asset managers far outstrips local sector’s growth
on.ft.com
August 11, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Ain’t that a bit worrying.
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📢The UK needs a strong climate plan📢
After two wins in court, we're waiting for the current govt to deliver a plan full of bold, credible actions to meet the country's climate targets.
YOU can help us put pressure on the government to deliver👉 act.clientearth.org/page/174981/...
After two wins in court, we're waiting for the current govt to deliver a plan full of bold, credible actions to meet the country's climate targets.
YOU can help us put pressure on the government to deliver👉 act.clientearth.org/page/174981/...
August 7, 2025 at 11:27 AM
📢The UK needs a strong climate plan📢
After two wins in court, we're waiting for the current govt to deliver a plan full of bold, credible actions to meet the country's climate targets.
YOU can help us put pressure on the government to deliver👉 act.clientearth.org/page/174981/...
After two wins in court, we're waiting for the current govt to deliver a plan full of bold, credible actions to meet the country's climate targets.
YOU can help us put pressure on the government to deliver👉 act.clientearth.org/page/174981/...