Mar 31, 2022 Sustainable products: the European Commission's ambitious plans to redesign consumer products By Kieran Watkins As part of its ambitious European Green Deal growth strategy to make the EU climate neutral by 2050, the European Commission has unveiled...
Mar 30, 2022 Competition law supporting Net Zero: CMA publishes advice to Government on how competition law can support the UK’s sustainability and net zero goals By Sarah Jensen Rory Jones Kirsty Brown On 14 March 2022, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published its advice to Government on how the competition and consumer...
Mar 30, 2022 UK consumer law supporting Net Zero: CMA publishes advice to the Government on how consumer law can support the UK’s sustainability and net zero goals By Rachel Duffy Owen Jack On 14 March 2022, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published its advice to the Government on how it believes existing...
Mar 29, 2022 New LMA guidance on green, social and sustainability-linked loans – what does this mean for corporate borrowers? By Rosemary Lobley Alice Dawson-Loynes Martin Hutchings On 10 March 2022, the LMA, APLMA and LSTA published two new guidance documents relating to ESG and sustainable finance: the 'Guidance for...
Mar 22, 2022 Constitutional complaints against German states’ climate legislation unsuccessful By Stefanie Spancken-Monz Theresa Schumacher On 18 January 2022, the German Federal Constitutional Court decided not to admit for decision several climate-related constitutional...
Mar 21, 2022 Four things to consider in a green Hydrogen Purchase Agreement By Philipp Reinecke, LL.M. Hendrik Wessling Kieran Watkins Mirko Masek Ulrich Scholz +2 more... Show less Hydrogen is arguably the energy sector’s rising star commodity. The hydrogen market is developing rapidly, and industry is seeking to...
Mar 18, 2022 No IPO without ESG By Stephan Pachinger Sabrina Kulenkamp Benedikt Graf In IPO processes, ESG plays an increasingly important role. This development is coupled with a growing number of legal and regulatory...
Mar 09, 2022 The year ahead in ESG By Timothy Wilkins What ESG issues should companies be focused on in the year ahead? Our global team explored this question in a recent webinar, ‘ESG...
Mar 03, 2022 European Commission publishes updated draft rules for cooperation between competitors – with new draft guidelines for sustainability agreements By Maria Dreher-Lorje Thomas Lübbig Sarah Jensen On 1 March 2022, the European Commission published for consultation two revised (draft) block exemption regulations (R&D and...
Mar 01, 2022 Risks associated with new technology on renewable energy projects By Tom Hutchison Matt Evans As part of our series of blogs on disputes and risk mitigation in energy transition projects, we consider the disputes that might arise...