Oct 26, 2023 UK CMA proposes changes to the law concerning fake reviews, pricing, subscriptions and greenwashing By Andrew Austin Kate Collister Karishma Paun In brief: The flagship Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (the DMCC Bill) is progressing through the Houses of Parliament...
Sep 29, 2023 UK Government publishes long-awaited results of consultation on Zero Emission Vehicle mandate By James Roberts Georgina Bayly Koolanna Momoh The UK Government has now published the results of the consultation on the proposal for a Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) mandate. The...
Apr 11, 2023 UK Government consults on updates to regulation of vehicles’ CO2 emissions allowances By James Roberts Georgina Bayly Emma Franck-Gwinnell On 30 March 2023, the UK Government launched a consultation on a new framework for regulating CO2 emissions of cars and vans made...
Apr 04, 2023 UK government consults on Zero Emission Vehicle mandate By James Roberts Emma Franck-Gwinnell Georgina Bayly On 30 March 2023, the UK Government announced a range of new and updated energy security and net zero transition policies through its...
Nov 23, 2022 Supply chain liability of directors and officers By Nicolas Rücker Moritz Becker Introduction This year’s demand letter to Shell’s board members by the NGO ClientEarth has drawn a lot of attention across corporate...
Oct 05, 2022 ESG and more - BaFin updates its MaRisk By Holger Hartenfels Falko Glasow Jan Struckmann On 26 September 2022, the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht, BaFin)...
Aug 16, 2022 Decarbonising existing assets: how to mitigate risk when repurposing an existing energy asset By Alexia Millett Amani Khalifa Jon Gilbert Vanessa Medina +1 more... Show less Climate change is at the forefront of the international political agenda and decarbonisation of the energy sector has become crucial. The...
Aug 01, 2022 NEC X29: A new tool in the construction industry’s fight against climate change? By Jon Gilbert Vanessa Medina Earlier this year, we considered the use of sustainability provisions in construction contracts as a way to reduce the industry’s carbon...
Jul 06, 2022 Aligning investments to Paris Agreement goals: English court considers trustees’ duties in ESG context By Simon Orton Anthea Bowater Luke FitzGerald The question of how pension funds, charitable trusts and other investment vehicles balance their financial and other objectives, such as...
Jun 17, 2022 The EU’s proposed ban on greenwashing: What businesses need to know By Matthias Hofer Iris Amschl In recent years, the global IP landscape has seen a rapid shift as businesses seek to build and implement strategies aimed at supporting...
Jun 07, 2022 First Hearing in Climate-Related Lawsuits Against German Car Manufacturers By Jan Henning Buschfeld Sarah Hillebrand In autumn 2021, several individuals and representatives of the NGOs Deutsche Umwelthilfe and Greenpeace filed lawsuits at various German...
Mar 03, 2022 European Commission publishes updated draft rules for cooperation between competitors – with new draft guidelines for sustainability agreements By Maria Dreher-Lorje Thomas Lübbig Sarah Jensen On 1 March 2022, the European Commission published for consultation two revised (draft) block exemption regulations (R&D and...