29 Jun, 2021 Financing the green transition: how will the EU support industry? By Jonas Levermann Merit Olthoff Christiaan Smits €350bn. Every year. According to the recently published draft of the revised Climate, Environmental Protection and Energy Guidelines...
28 Jun, 2021 Greener Litigation in England and Wales By Sarah Parkes Today marks the launch of the Greener Litigation Pledge, and I am delighted that Freshfields is one of the founding signatories. The last...
23 Jun, 2021 Sustainable finance – helpful evolution of the Green Bond Principles and Social Bond Principles in response to market feedback By Reena Parmar The market for green, social and sustainable finance has rapidly evolved into a mainstream source of finance for corporates. The Green...
18 Jun, 2021 Belgium’s ‘climate case’: Court finds Belgian state at fault but offers no guidance on how to reduce GHG emissions By Nathalie Colin Dimitri Lecat Emmanuelle Brunelle Jonathan Isted Cat Greenwood-Smith +2 more... Show less The French-speaking Court of First Instance in Brussels (‘the Court’) has decided that the Belgian public authorities had failed to...
18 Jun, 2021 Curbing 'greenwashing': the Loan Market Association tightens its guidance on sustainability-linked loans By Verity Stevens Karen Robinson On 27 May 2021, the Loan Market Association published a significantly revised set of sustainability-linked loan principles (SLLPs) and...
14 Jun, 2021 First steps towards taxonomy to address greenwashing of investments in the UK By Holly Conyers Emma Rachmaninov Anthea Bowater Last week, HM Treasury announced the establishment of a new independent group, the Green Technical Advisory Group (GTAG), to advise on...
14 Jun, 2021 State aid unchained – the EU Commission publishes its proposal for Guidelines on State aid for climate, environmental protection and energy (CEEAG) By Andreas von Bonin Merit Olthoff Jonas Levermann Mariya Serafimova +1 more... Show less The European Commission (Commission) has recently tabled a proposal for “Guidelines on State aid for climate, environmental protection...
07 Jun, 2021 Is ESG the opportunity GCs have been waiting for? By Timothy Wilkins With global ESG assets at more than $30tn and expected to grow further, ESG will help define the future for business and society. General...
04 Jun, 2021 Dutch court orders Shell to reduce its carbon emissions - a ground-breaking decision By Jonathan Isted Simon Duncombe Jeroen Van Hezewijk Rebecca Butt Cat Greenwood-Smith Ulrike Verboom +3 more... Show less On 26 May 2021, the Hague District Court ruled that Royal Dutch Shell (RDS) has an obligation to reduce the CO2 emissions of the Shell...
04 Jun, 2021 When might a sustainability claim be misleading? The UK Competition and Markets Authority publishes draft guidance By Jonathan Isted Simon Duncombe Cat Greenwood-Smith Flavia Williams +1 more... Show less The growing importance of how businesses approach sustainability presents itself in many different ways. In terms of our spending...
04 Jun, 2021 Event Note: Freshfields hosted Business and Human Rights Thought-Leaders Roundtable on 'Mandatory Supply Chain Due Diligence across Europe' By Boris Kasolowsky Marlen Vesper-Gräske This year marks the 'International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour'. In recognition of this, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer...
02 Jun, 2021 Sustainability disclosure: roundtable on standardised international reporting By Teresa Ko Vanessa Jakovich While the pandemic was an unexpected addition to GC workloads over 2020/21, how to deal with environmental, social, and corporate...