11/5/2024 4:31:59 PM 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...
6/28/2024 10:41:26 AM 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...
5/22/2024 5:16:27 PM 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...
5/2/2023 1:57:54 PM 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...
3/29/2023 11:11:39 AM 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...
3/2/2023 9:58:56 AM 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...
12/22/2022 1:35:25 PM 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...
12/15/2022 6:11:39 PM 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...
3/31/2022 7:44:21 AM 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...
9/16/2021 12:42:11 PM 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...
11/30/2020 9:44:25 AM 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...