On 9 April 2024, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) issued its first substantive decision on human rights aspects of climate...
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The EU institutions have reached a provisional compromise and are continuing final technical negotiations for the legislative text of the...
On 28 March 2023, an expert roundtable with Freshfields and global companies from different sectors met in Brussels with the responsible...
The German Supply Chain Duty of Care Act (Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz; the Act) entered into force on 1 January 2023 for the...
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...
The renewable energy sector is booming. Fueled by increasing government incentives and private sector demands towards energy transition,...
Picking up the most recent developments in France, Germany and the Netherlands, this blog post discusses the emergence of International...
On Tuesday 26 October 2021, an audience of more than 120 government and private sector legal advisers, international law practitioners...
The adopted German Supply Chain Duty of Care Act ('the Act') has attracted a lot of attention from the legal and business worlds. What...
With the final deliberations of the German Bundesrat on 25 June 2021, the German Supply Chain Duty of Care Act (the Act) has officially...
In 2020 the European Commission conducted a comprehensive review of the Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD). Then in April this...