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...
12 Apr, 2024 Singapore Competition and Consumer Commission publishes Guidance Note on environmental cooperation agreements By Kaori Yamada Edward Dean Hitoshi Nakajima Background Sustainability initiatives and the green transition have led companies to query whether cooperation with competitors is...
11 Apr, 2024 JFTC proposes revisions to the Environmental Sustainability Guidelines By Kaori Yamada Edward Dean Hitoshi Nakajima Background On 15 February 2024, the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) published revised draft “Guidelines Concerning the Activities of...
08 Mar, 2024 Stocktake on the EU and UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms By Vanessa Jakovich Martin McElwee Lorand Bartels Hendrik Wessling Francesca Triggs Charlotte Aspin Marie von Armansperg Fabian Bickel +5 more... Show less Stocktake on the EU and UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms (CBAMs) Just as the first reporting period for the EU carbon border...
29 Feb, 2024 Building a greener tomorrow: strategies for decarbonising the built environment in the UK By Hannah Etim-Gorst Tom Wallis Shiyao Zhu Lydia Kent-Smith Jake Reynolds Holly Housden +3 more... Show less With approximately 40 per cent of carbon emissions arising from the built environment, countries across the world are coming together in...
16 Feb, 2024 ESG regulation and litigation in 2024: what’s on the horizon for UK financial institutions? By Simon Orton Anthea Bowater Maisie Stewart Luke FitzGerald +1 more... Show less ESG continues to be a priority for financial services firms in the UK this year, both at a strategic level when forward-looking decisions...
07 Feb, 2024 Navigating the new scope of the German Supply Chain Act and looking ahead for the EU By Moritz Pellmann Cristina Hajek Gross The German Supply Chain Act (LkSG) now applies to business entities in Germany with over 1,000 employees. This new broader scope (since 1...
17 Jan, 2024 Hydrogen horizons: new developments for a global hydrogen market at COP28 By Marie von Armansperg Ulrich Scholz Hendrik Wessling Philipp Reinecke, LL.M. +1 more... Show less Two goals of the recent COP28 discussions in Dubai in December 2023 were the development of international hydrogen value chains and the...
08 Jan, 2024 Reforms for Level 2 of the European sustainability disclosure framework: ESAs publish final report on revision of SFDR RTS By Theresa Kreft Falko Glasow Elisabeth Schemmer On December 4, 2023, the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) released their final report, focusing on a comprehensive review of the...
22 Dec, 2023 Road to CRD 6 – ESG takes center stage in financial regulation By Elisabeth Schemmer Jan Struckmann Falko Glasow Initially proposed by the EU Commission in 2021, the EU Banking Package is now taking its final shape since the co-legislators have...
12 Dec, 2023 FCA consults on anti-greenwashing guidance By Simon Orton Sarah Robinson Luke FitzGerald Sonia Zheleznyakov +1 more... Show less On 28 November 2023, alongside a policy statement on Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) and investment labels, the FCA...