With Parliamentary elections and a series of national votes in 2024, the EU is entering a pivotal period in its history. In this study, ‘Global business in a changing Europe’, we speak to corporate leaders across the world to...more
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Sustainability
On 17 May 2023, the EU Regulation establishing a carbon border adjustment mechanism (the CBAM Regulation) came into force. The CBAM Regulation will become applicable in phases, with provisions applying from 1 October 2023, 31...more
It’s not easy being green: the European Commission has published its long-awaited proposal for the Green Claims Directive to enhance consumer protection against greenwashing....more
Paving the way to a sustainable business community in the EU.
On 23 February 2022, the European Commission (the EC) published the long-awaited proposal for a Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (the...more
On 21 December 2021, the European Parliament’s (EP) Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (the Committee) published its Draft Report on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the...more
On 15 December 2021 the European Commission published a proposal for a revised Gas Directive1 and a revised Gas Regulation.2 This is the long awaited Gas Package following the proposal of the Fit-For-55-Package earlier this...more
Clean hydrogen is a central piece of Europe’s Green Deal goal of reaching climate neutrality. Beyond the ambitious goals announced by the EU last year, the question now is how to build a common pathway at the Member State...more
What’s behind the new “European Green Digital Coalition”? -
On 19 March 2021, two initiatives emerged as part of the Digital Day hosted by the EU Commission. The online event saw commitments made by European States in a...more
Sustainable battery development and production is key to the EU’s clean energy and climate neutrality objectives, as they are expected to contribute to the uptake of electric vehicles. For this reason, the use of batteries is...more
On 4 March 2020, the European Commission (the Commission) published a draft EU climate law, along with inception impact assessments for an EU carbon border adjustment mechanism and revisions to the Energy Taxation Directive....more
The European Commission has invited stakeholders to comment on issues that should be included in the next update of the Blue Guide on the implementation of EU product rules (the Blue Guide). The invitation can be found here....more
Speed Read -
The French on-shore wind market, one of the most active renewable markets in Europe, will be subject of a new legal framework which aims to allow for a more market driven electricity system in France. Whilst...more