Green Ambassadors: United Kingdom 2026

Laura Houët, co-head of ESG at CMS, brings longstanding experience regarding sustainable investment strategies, ESG regulation and reporting requirements, and climate transition plan preparation.

Leveraging her longstanding expertise in the funds space, Houët advises asset and wealth managers on the application of the FCA’s SDR regime, including compliance with its fund name labelling and anti-greenwashing rules. A further key focus is corporate ESG advisory, wherein Houët assists real estate and manufacturing clients in scoping and navigating EU Taxonomy, CSRD, and CSDDD obligations.

Houët is a key voice on the green transition in the financial services space, sitting on the Financial Markets Law Committee’s ESG scoping forum and the Association for Finance Markets in Europe’s sustainable finance working group. Houët also lectures at Imperial College London’s Centre for Climate Finance & Investment and elsewhere delivers external teaching modules on the EU Taxonomy, ESRS, SFDR and CSRD.