25 Jul, 2024 California climate reporting laws may be delayed for two-years By Pamela Marcogliese Sam Houshower Ian Good Andres Calzada +1 more... Show less Headline: California climate reporting laws may be delayed for two-years California Governor Newsom has proposed amendments to Senate...
08 Jul, 2024 French Competition Authority publishes first informal guidance in the animal nutrition sector following Sustainability Notice By Charlotte Colin-Dubuisson Sara Gil Garcia On 27 May 2024, the French Competition Authority (FCA) published a notice to help companies align their sustainability initiatives with...
28 Jun, 2024 New landmark decision on greenwashing in Germany By Tobias Timmann Nicolai Fornoff As European legislators commence the regulation of environment-related advertising, the German courts are doing their part to progress...
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...
12 Jun, 2024 A (late) comeback for CCUS in Germany? By Sascha Arnold Hendrik Wessling Oliver Neuner On 29 May 2024, the German government adopted a draft bill to amend the existing Carbon Dioxide Storage Act of 2012 (Draft CCUS Bill) and...
05 Jun, 2024 What to expect from the EU’s CSDDD #3: key takeaways from Freshfields’ CSDDD webinar By Christoph H. Seibt Juliane Hilf Moritz Becker Mijke Sinninghe Damsté Marlen Vesper-Gräske Valentin Weigel +3 more... Show less On 22 May 2024, our global ESG group hosted a webinar discussing the key aspects of the new EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence...
22 May, 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...
20 May, 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...
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...