Nov 30, 2023 Germany’s revision of the Energy Industry Act: a highway for hydrogen? By Philipp Reinecke, LL.M. Ulrich Scholz Mirko Masek Hendrik Wessling Marie von Armansperg +2 more... Show less Following Germany’s recent revision of the Energy Industry Act (Energiewirtschaftsgesetz – EnWG), the legislator significantly...
Nov 29, 2023 Too little, too late? Challenges to deploying CCUS at scale By Selina Pope As we continue to face a global climate crisis, there is an urgent need to decarbonise all sectors of the economy. Ambitious global...
Nov 24, 2023 A new corporate responsibility era? Climate plan obligations under the draft CSDDD By Elena Engels Theresa Schumacher In 2018, when the Dutch NGO Milieudefensie/Friends of the Earth Netherlands requested Royal Dutch Shell’s CEO to formulate a climate...
Nov 21, 2023 Road to COP28: Presidency announces its Net Zero Transition Charter – a catalyst for more transition planning? By Jake Reynolds Charlotte Aspin This year’s COP in Dubai, like previous ones, will focus on country level commitments to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and...
Nov 20, 2023 California Adopts “Climate Accountability Package” By Elizabeth Bieber Juliane Hilf Vanessa Jakovich Teresa Ko Pamela Marcogliese Sascha Arnold Sam Houshower Marlen Vesper-Gräske Charlotte Aspin Ian Good Prince Kudolo +8 more... Show less California's new "Climate Accountability Package" is set to expedite the timeline for U.S., and possibly global, emissions and...
Nov 20, 2023 Germany’s revision of the Energy Industry Act: a paradigm shift for gas and electricity grid regulation (Part 1) By Ulrich Scholz Sascha Arnold Philipp Reinecke, LL.M. Hendrik Wessling Marie von Armansperg +2 more... Show less On 10 November 2023, the German parliament (Bundestag) adopted a major amendment to the Energy Industry Act (Energiewirtschaftsgesetz -...
Nov 14, 2023 Road to COP28: Climate change - business and the just transition By Deba Das Jake Reynolds Marlen Vesper-Gräske Elizabeth Forster +1 more... Show less Introduction As the global response to climate change gathers pace, the policies and practices we put in place to enable transition...
Nov 10, 2023 Nature and biodiversity reporting – live legal risks By Maisie Stewart Anthea Bowater James Raeside Vanessa Jakovich Simon Duncombe +2 more... Show less On 2 November, the inaugural TNFD & Biodiversity Risk Reporting Conference took place in London. The conference brought together...
Nov 08, 2023 ESG and tax transparency: the next frontier of tax disputes? By Sarah Bond Alison Dickie Laura Western The importance of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues to businesses cannot be underestimated, with investors, lenders,...
Nov 08, 2023 How does tax fit into the ESG landscape and what does this mean for businesses? By Katharina Kubik Georg Roderburg Alison Dickie Environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues are continuing to be a key consideration in corporate boardrooms. The range of ESG...
Nov 07, 2023 Road to COP28: Climate finance - unlocking private capital to beat climate change By Joe Amann Jake Reynolds Peter Allen Reena Parmar Anthea Bowater Luke FitzGerald +3 more... Show less At COP28, finance is (once again) at the heart of the policy agenda. COP28 President Dr. Sultan Al Jaber has stated that “transforming...
Nov 07, 2023 Final nail in the coffin for governance reforms? By Rós Ní Dhubháin Brock Dahl Timothy Howard Andrew Bulovsky Nabeel Yousef Stephanie Corbiere Regina Erie Jordan Salzman +5 more... Show less It is what was missing from the King’s Speech that is getting our attention today. Specifically, the lack of any reference to audit and...