Jul 03, 2024 EU leadership shake-up: implications for business and policy By Natalie Pettinger Kearney Lea Bareil Jimena Gonzalez In the wake of the recent European elections, the EU27 Heads of State and Government have finalised allocating the influential EU top...
Jun 18, 2024 What’s new in greenwashing? The Green Claims Directive on its way to adoption By Tobias Timmann Yulianna Tkach Following the adoption of the Empowering Consumers for the Green Transition Directive (the “Empowering Consumers Directive”) which came...
Jun 05, 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...
May 24, 2024 What to expect from the EU’s CSDDD #2: Civil Liability and Litigation Risks By Moritz Becker Mijke Sinninghe Damsté Jan Henning Buschfeld James Raeside Stefanie Spancken-Monz Elena Engels Boudewijn Renshof +4 more... Show less This blog is part of a series of in-depth overviews of aspects of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), which,...
May 24, 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...
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, 2024 Carbon Capture, Use & Storage: what you need to know By Alon Gordon Vanessa Jakovich Kate Gough Philip Morgan James Chapman Sascha Arnold +3 more... Show less Carbon capture, use and storage (CCUS) is a key technology to help achieve global net zero goals,[1] particularly for hard to abate...
May 02, 2024 Mandatory Net-Zero Regimes By Vanessa Jakovich Deborah Janssens Steffie De Backer Kieran Watkins +1 more... Show less Mandatory Net-Zero Regimes Global efforts to deal with climate change have accelerated in the 30 years since the 1994 United Nations...
May 02, 2024 European Electricity Market Reform By Ulrich Scholz Pascal Cuche Hendrik Wessling Philipp Reinecke, LL.M. Jean-Baptiste Santini +2 more... Show less Due to its economic characteristics - large-scale storage issues, very different cost structures between players, demand that is not very...
May 01, 2024 New mobility – key issues to consider By Juliane Hilf Pascal Cuche Sascha Arnold Jonas Köster Guillemette Burgala Fedor Teselkin Sara Barin Mesut Korkmaz +5 more... Show less Mobility without CO2 emissions Reducing CO2 emissions from the transport sector is one of the key ambitions of policy makers – not just...
Apr 30, 2024 Clean hydrogen – what you need to know By Ulrich Scholz Pascal Cuche Tanguy Bardet Andreas Ruthemeyer James Chapman Olivier Rogivue Hendrik Wessling Louise Bragard +5 more... Show less Opportunities and risks of a clean hydrogen economy Clean hydrogen and its derivatives are widely seen as key enablers for the...
Apr 29, 2024 Enrico Letta on EU competitiveness: an analysis of his key recommendations for a fairer, greener, more digital economy By Jimena Gonzalez Kieran Watkins To much excitement and fanfare, former Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta published his report on strengthening the EU Single Market....