10 Dec, 2024 Milieudefensie v. Shell: Appeal verdict key takeaways By Mijke Sinninghe Damsté Moritz Becker Simon Duncombe Cat Greenwood-Smith Juliane Hilf Dimitri Lecat David Livshiz Elizabeth Forster Stefanie Spancken-Monz +6 more... Show less On 12 November 2024, the Court of Appeal of the Hague (the Court) overturned the landmark 2021 decision of Milieudefensie et al...
02 Dec, 2024 COP29: forward or back? By Jake Reynolds The spectacle of COP is over again. A New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) on climate finance was agreed (albeit at a level decried by...
01 Aug, 2024 Great British Energy’s Founding Statement confirms vision for energy champion By James Chapman Caroline Gregson Charlotte Aspin Myah Popat +1 more... Show less The new Labour government in the UK has delivered a key election manifesto promise by introducing a bill to establish Great British...
28 Jun, 2024 On land and at sea: States’ climate change obligations By Carsten Wendler Alexandra van der Meulen Simon Duncombe Cat Greenwood-Smith Gregorio Pettazzi Domen Tursic +3 more... Show less On 21 May 2024, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) issued an advisory opinion (the Opinion) on the climate change...
28 Jun, 2024 Top 10 sustainability topics for business in the UK election manifestos: Change or status quo? By Vanessa Jakovich Caroline Gregson Kieran Watkins Introduction Government policy on sustainability and decarbonisation will increasingly affect all UK businesses over the next five-year...
24 May, 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...
17 May, 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...
09 May, 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...
25 Apr, 2024 Greenwashing in the spotlight - recent developments in the Netherlands By Mijke Sinninghe Damsté Alvaro Pliego Selie Felix Roscam Abbing Jan-Jaap Koningsveld +1 more... Show less On 20 March 2024, the Amsterdam District Court rendered its judgment in a class action case brought by the Foundation Fossil Free...
22 Apr, 2024 Climate change and human rights: a new chapter for States, NGOs, and businesses? By Christoph H. Seibt Juliane Hilf Moritz Becker Patrick Schroeder Carsten Wendler Jan Henning Buschfeld Stefanie Spancken-Monz Marlen Vesper-Gräske Domen Tursic +6 more... Show less On 9 April 2024, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) issued its first substantive decision on human rights aspects of climate...
17 Jan, 2024 Hydrogen horizons: new developments for a global hydrogen market at COP28 By Marie von Armansperg Ulrich Scholz Hendrik Wessling Philipp Reinecke, LL.M. +1 more... Show less Two goals of the recent COP28 discussions in Dubai in December 2023 were the development of international hydrogen value chains and the...
21 Dec, 2023 Facilitating and protecting sustainable investments: the G20 Compact with Africa By Carsten Wendler Alexandra van der Meulen Alexander Grimm Stephanie Mbonu +1 more... Show less On 20 November 2023, the 5th G20 Compact with Africa (CwA) and the 4th G20 Investment Summit took place in Berlin. The CwA was launched...