May 24, 2024 What to expect from the EU’s CSDDD #2: Civil Liability and Litigation Risks By Moritz Becker Mijke Sinninghe Damsté Jan Henning Buschfeld James Raeside Stefanie Spancken-Monz Elena Engels Boudewijn Renshof +4 more... Show less This blog is part of a series of in-depth overviews of aspects of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), which,...
May 24, 2024 EU gas market rules aim to promote hydrogen and decarbonise gas consumption By Ulrich Scholz Philipp Reinecke, LL.M. Kieran Watkins Marie von Armansperg +1 more... Show less The European Parliament has endorsed a provisional deal on the hydrogen and gas markets decarbonisation package, paving the way for new...
May 23, 2024 The OECD Guidelines and the National Contact Points process By Douglas Bryden Cat Greenwood-Smith Boris Kasolowsky Lorand Bartels Iris Hammerschmid +2 more... Show less On 30 April 2024 and 7 May 2024, Freshfields hosted a two-part webinar series on the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises on...
May 22, 2024 The EU’s Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability – The story so far By Sascha Arnold Kieran Watkins Felicitas Weber The EU’s Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability Almost four years have passed since the European Commission published its Chemicals...
May 20, 2024 ESG trends emerging from the UK’s new commitments to tackle AMR By James Smith Harriet Hanks Samuel Kasadha Shaurya Kothari +1 more... Show less Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing threat to public health, globally, with some studies linking it to as many as five million...
May 17, 2024 UK Sustainability Disclosure Requirements: Implementation Update 2024 By Caroline Gregson Charlotte Aspin Lucinda Huntsman Erin Field +1 more... Show less On 16 May 2024, the UK Government published an update on its development of Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR): a framework...
May 09, 2024 Key takeaways from Freshfields' Sustainability Horizon Scanning webinar By Teresa Ko Ninette Dodoo Sebastian Fain Philip Morgan Gordon Palmquist Joaquin Terceño Don Methven Nicola Jones Sam Cheung +6 more... Show less On 24 April 2024, Freshfields’ sustainability experts distilled for our clients the most pertinent global and local developments in key...
May 02, 2024 Carbon Capture, Use & Storage: what you need to know By Alon Gordon Vanessa Jakovich Kate Gough Philip Morgan James Chapman Sascha Arnold +3 more... Show less Carbon capture, use and storage (CCUS) is a key technology to help achieve global net zero goals,[1] particularly for hard to abate...
May 02, 2024 Mandatory Net-Zero Regimes By Vanessa Jakovich Deborah Janssens Steffie De Backer Kieran Watkins +1 more... Show less Mandatory Net-Zero Regimes Global efforts to deal with climate change have accelerated in the 30 years since the 1994 United Nations...
May 02, 2024 European Electricity Market Reform By Ulrich Scholz Pascal Cuche Hendrik Wessling Philipp Reinecke, LL.M. Jean-Baptiste Santini +2 more... Show less Due to its economic characteristics - large-scale storage issues, very different cost structures between players, demand that is not very...
May 01, 2024 New mobility – key issues to consider By Juliane Hilf Pascal Cuche Sascha Arnold Jonas Köster Guillemette Burgala Fedor Teselkin Sara Barin Mesut Korkmaz +5 more... Show less Mobility without CO2 emissions Reducing CO2 emissions from the transport sector is one of the key ambitions of policy makers – not just...
May 01, 2024 Portfolio managers look ahead to the extension of the UK’s Sustainability Disclosure Requirements By Elisabeth Overland Oliver Schonle As part of its wider focus on sustainability and greenwashing, on 23 April 2024, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a...