On 12 February 2021, the UK Supreme Court handed down its decision in Okpabi v Royal Dutch Shell Plc in favour of the claimants, allowing...
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The climate change emergency is driving governments and companies around the world to set increasingly ambitious sustainability targets –...
On 29 January 2021, the Hague Court of Appeal (‘the Court’) issued a decision holding Shell’s Nigerian subsidiary liable for causing oil...
After several months of intra-governmental discussions, a first official legislative proposal on a Human Rights Supply Chain Duty of Care...
Governments are increasingly using tax structuring methods to encourage companies to achieve more ambitious sustainability goal. In this...
The UK Government has issued guidance to UK companies with business links in Xinjiang, where human rights violations are reportedly...
On February 3, 2021, the Paris administrative court ruled on the named Trial of the Century, regarding the climate inaction of the French...
On 9 February 2021, the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) will hear a request for a preliminary ruling...
On 28 January 2021, the Netherlands Consumer and Markets Authority (Autoriteit Consument & Markt – ACM) published its final “Guidelines...
Sustainability has been rising up the corporate agenda in recent years. Business leaders are recognising both their responsibility to...
Competition authorities in the Netherlands and the UK have staked out their positions in what continues to be one of the hottest topics...