Nov 05, 2024 PFAS ban – will the universal restriction see the light of day? By Michael Ramb Sascha Arnold Moritz Becker Nathalie Colin Mijke Sinninghe Damsté Simon Duncombe Katharina Shingler +4 more... Show less The EU’s proposed PFAS ban Since five EU Member States submitted a proposal to restrict the use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances...
Jun 28, 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...
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 02, 2023 Microplastics: the EU’s macro step to halt micro particles By James Raeside Kieran Watkins Vicky Vanderstichele Last week Member State representatives in the European Commission’s REACH Committee voted to adopt a proposal to ban intentionally added...
Mar 29, 2023 Banning PFAS chemicals in the EU – Consultation launched By Kieran Watkins Sascha Arnold The European Chemical Agency (ECHA) has launched a public consultation on a proposal to ban PFAS, marking the next step in what is...
Mar 02, 2023 COP15 – how does the new global biodiversity framework impact businesses? By Jake Reynolds James Raeside Chris Bellringer Elena Engels Theresa Schumacher +2 more... Show less COP15, the UN Biodiversity Conference, was held between 7 and 19 December 2022 in Montreal, Canada and, after lengthy debate and...
Dec 22, 2022 The new EU deforestation regulation and its international scope – is your business affected? By James Raeside Kieran Watkins Marlen Vesper-Gräske Simon Duncombe +1 more... Show less The European Commission, Council and European Parliament reached provisional agreement on the new Deforestation Regulation on 6 December...
Dec 15, 2022 COP15: the importance of biodiversity and what it means for your businesses By James Raeside Jake Reynolds Simon Duncombe Last week marked the start of COP15, the UN Biodiversity Conference, which runs from 7-19 December 2022. Just like other Conferences of...
Mar 31, 2022 Sustainable products: the European Commission's ambitious plans to redesign consumer products By Kieran Watkins As part of its ambitious European Green Deal growth strategy to make the EU climate neutral by 2050, the European Commission has unveiled...
Sep 16, 2021 Fit for 55: what the EU’s 2030 decarbonisation plan means for the hydrogen and ammonia industries By Hendrik Wessling Mirko Masek Ulrich Scholz The EU aims to become carbon neutral by 2050. As an intermediate step, in July 2021, the European Commission agreed a package of measures...
Nov 30, 2020 EU Commission announces new Chemicals Strategy By Sascha Arnold Katharina Reinhardt The Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability The EU Commission recently announced its “Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability”. This new...