12 Apr, 2024 Singapore Competition and Consumer Commission publishes Guidance Note on environmental cooperation agreements By Kaori Yamada Edward Dean Hitoshi Nakajima Background Sustainability initiatives and the green transition have led companies to query whether cooperation with competitors is...
11 Apr, 2024 JFTC proposes revisions to the Environmental Sustainability Guidelines By Kaori Yamada Edward Dean Hitoshi Nakajima Background On 15 February 2024, the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) published revised draft “Guidelines Concerning the Activities of...
31 Jan, 2024 Antitrust & sustainability – takeaways from our recent debate By Martin McElwee Sarah Jensen Marianne Wood Francesca Triggs +1 more... Show less Fresh in the wake of trailblazing new “green” guidance in a number of jurisdictions, and rising anti-ESG litigation in others, we were...
14 Nov, 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...
18 Oct, 2023 Antitrust & ESG: UK CMA issues final guidance on environmental sustainability agreements By Sarah Jensen Angus Reston Francesca Triggs The CMA’s newly released “Green Agreements Guidance” provides welcome clarity and comfort to businesses, trade associations and NGOs...
13 Mar, 2023 EU State aid for the green transition: the floodgates are open By Andreas von Bonin Merit Olthoff Florian Reiter-Werzin Jonas Levermann +1 more... Show less On 9 March, the European Commission (Commission) significantly amended its State aid framework to support the economy following Russia’s...
01 Mar, 2023 Antitrust and sustainability – UK CMA consults on new guidance for businesses entering into environmental sustainability agreements By Alastair Chapman Sarah Jensen Kasia Bojarojc Angus Reston Emma Roberts Pablo Lopez-West +3 more... Show less On 28 February 2023, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published draft guidance on its intended approach towards business...
07 Nov, 2022 Collaborating towards sustainability goals and navigating antitrust risk across regions By Rory Jones Florian Reiter-Werzin Sarah Jensen Maria Dreher-Lorje +1 more... Show less With COP27 in Egypt now taking place, we’re focusing on one of the four key themes of the Egyptian presidency, “collaboration”, and...
03 Nov, 2022 The Energy Transition: Recent Developments in Trade and Competition Law By Martin McElwee Merit Olthoff Thomas McGrath Sarah Jensen Lorand Bartels Bola Ajayi +3 more... Show less World leaders and legislators, particularly in the EU and UK, have set ambitious goals as they seek to combat climate change. Similarly,...
11 Oct, 2022 ESG & supply chains: a practical outlook on opportunities and challenges under antitrust law By Maria Dreher-Lorje The call for more environmental, social and governance (ESG) awareness by business, and specifically in relation to improvement of global...
06 Oct, 2022 COP27 - Turning Pledges Into Action By Timothy Wilkins Joe Amann For two weeks in November, world leaders will gather in the Egyptian town of Sharm El-Sheikh for the 2022 UN Climate Change Conference,...
30 Mar, 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...