Freshfields Sustainability

1/29/2026 7:03:47 PM

The Bonaire Climate Case: Dutch State ordered to comply with reduction obligations and to adopt a climate adaptation plan

By Mijke Sinninghe Damsté Moritz Becker Simon Duncombe +7 more...

On 28 January 2026, the District Court of The Hague (the Court) delivered its long-awaited judgment in the climate case brought by...

11/28/2025 2:27:05 PM

By Juliane Hilf Marlen Vesper-Gräske Iris Hammerschmid

This week, the 14th UN Forum on Business and Human Rights (the Forum) convened in Geneva, addressing the central topic, “Accelerating...

11/20/2025 3:43:39 PM

By Juliane Hilf Douglas Bryden Vanessa Jakovich +5 more...

The European Parliament (EP) has agreed its position on the sustainability Omnibus 1, paving the way for the last phase of the...

9/3/2025 2:13:06 PM

By Juliane Hilf Christoph H. Seibt Marlen Vesper-Gräske +2 more...

Today, the German Government adopted a draft bill to reduce bureaucracy while maintaining core due diligence obligations. The German...

8/8/2025 3:04:09 PM

By Douglas Bryden Simon Duncombe Charlotte Aspin +1 more...

A major new Parliamentary report on Forced Labour has found that UK law is failing to prevent goods tainted by forced labour from...

6/25/2025 2:53:29 PM

By Juliane Hilf Douglas Bryden Vanessa Jakovich +6 more...

The Council of the European Union has reached a highly anticipated agreement on the content part of the sustainability-related Omnibus...

2/27/2025 4:02:45 PM

By Léa Bareil Douglas Bryden Juliane Hilf +5 more...

The European Commission (EC) has published its highly anticipated sustainability-related Omnibus simplification package (Omnibus...

12/19/2024 9:18:22 PM

By Moritz Pellmann Federico Mercuri Cristina Hajek Gross

Internal investigations serve as a fundamental tool for companies to detect, stop and remediate non-compliance incidents within their...

9/10/2024 1:21:46 PM

By Anthea Bowater Maisie Stewart Ella Cox

An application has been filed against National Australia Bank (NAB) in which a shareholder is seeking disclosure of the circumstances in...

6/5/2024 2:10:45 PM

By Christoph H. Seibt Juliane Hilf Moritz Becker +3 more...

On 22 May 2024, our global ESG group hosted a webinar discussing the key aspects of the new EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence...

5/9/2024 4:14:23 PM

By Teresa Ko Ninette Dodoo Sebastian Fain +6 more...

On 24 April 2024, Freshfields’ sustainability experts distilled for our clients the most pertinent global and local developments in key...

4/25/2024 9:57:15 AM

By Mijke Sinninghe Damsté Alvaro Pliego Selie Felix Roscam Abbing +1 more...

On 20 March 2024, the Amsterdam District Court rendered its judgment in a class action case brought by the Foundation Fossil Free...