Apr 24, 2023 UN General Assembly seeks ICJ guidance on climate-related state obligations By Jonathan Isted Moritz Becker Cat Greenwood-Smith Emma Franck-Gwinnell Amy Allison +2 more... Show less On 29 March 2023, the United Nations General Assembly adopted by consensus a resolution, put forward by the Pacific island of Vanuatu, to...
Apr 18, 2023 Law and Politics in Brussels: Discussing the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive By Christoph H. Seibt Lea Bareil Marlen Vesper-Gräske Natalie Pettinger Kearney +1 more... Show less On 28 March 2023, an expert roundtable with Freshfields and global companies from different sectors met in Brussels with the responsible...
Apr 17, 2023 Decarbonizing the Future: Are Carbon Contracts for Difference the Key to a Green Industry? By Marie von Armansperg Philipp Reinecke, LL.M. Ulrich Scholz Merit Olthoff Hendrik Wessling +2 more... Show less As part of its goal to reach climate neutrality by 2045, the German government is seeking to transform energy-intensive industries...
Apr 04, 2023 ECB turns up the heat on banks to tackle climate risks (Part 2) By Falko Glasow Daniel Klingenbrunn Elisabeth Schemmer This part continues our blog on how the ‘ECB turns up the heat on banks to tackle climate risks (Part 1)’. It assesses the results of the...
Apr 04, 2023 Draft rules on 'green' claims and rights to repair published by European Commission By Kieran Watkins Rachel Duffy On 22 March 2023, the European Commission published two long-awaited legislative proposals which form a key part of its Circular Economy...
Apr 03, 2023 ECB turns up the heat on banks to tackle climate risks (Part 1) By Falko Glasow Daniel Klingenbrunn Elisabeth Schemmer This is the first part of a two-part series on the ECB's efforts to address climate-related and environmental risks (C&E risks) in the...