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After a lengthy legislative process, the new EU Batteries Regulation has finally been published in the Official Journal of the EU,...
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On 29 March 2023, the United Nations General Assembly adopted by consensus a resolution, put forward by the Pacific island of Vanuatu, to...
On 28 March 2023, an expert roundtable with Freshfields and global companies from different sectors met in Brussels with the responsible...
Management decisions around ESG are on the rise as legislators, activists, proxy advisers, and other stakeholders increasingly aim to...
The German Supply Chain Duty of Care Act (Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz; the Act) entered into force on 1 January 2023 for the...
The European Commission, Council and European Parliament reached provisional agreement on the new Deforestation Regulation on 6 December...
Early this year in February, the European Commission proposed its new Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) that would...
With the growing legal significance of ESG topics for corporate management the question arises whether ESG investigations should be...
In this post, we examine the new Modern Slavery Bill announced in the 2022 Queen’s Speech, a recent report published by the UK Financial...
“I firmly believe that life science companies can be part of the cure.” That was the overarching message from Pinder Sahota, the Vice...
What ESG issues should companies be focused on in the year ahead? Our global team explored this question in a recent webinar, ‘ESG...
The High Court has refused a renewed application from Plan B and three UK students for permission to apply for judicial review of the UK...