The EU "Fit for 55" package, if adopted, will significantly reshape environmental regulation in Europe, with impact beyond the EU's borders. In this alert, we focus on developments in two of the most impactful files, the...more
7/8/2022
/ Carbon Emissions ,
Carbon Taxes ,
Climate Change ,
Emissions Trading System ,
Environmental Policies ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Imports ,
Popular ,
Supply Chain
The Paris Agreement approved by the 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ("UNFCCC") aims to (i) hold the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 °C...more
The UK has left the EU but there remains a vast array of operational and legal issues for businesses to address. See below for our perspectives on the key challenges and opportunities that Brexit presents for different...more
Brexit: Fresh Perspectives -
The UK has left the EU but there remains a vast array of operational and legal issues for businesses to address. See below for our perspectives on the key challenges and opportunities that...more
The UK has left the EU but there remains a vast array of operational and legal issues for businesses to address. See below for our perspectives on the key challenges and opportunities that Brexit presents for different...more
As part of the EU Green Deal, existing EU legislation on batteries will be modernized so that all batteries on the EU market will be "sustainable, high-performing and safe all along their entire life cycle". This initiative...more
Over April 22nd and 23rd, the Biden administration hosted 40 world leaders in a climate summit coinciding with Earth Day. The leaders announced a variety of pledges and ambitions relating to curbing greenhouse gas emissions...more
4/28/2021
/ Air Pollution ,
Biden Administration ,
Clean Air Act ,
Climate Change ,
Earth Day ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Oil & Gas ,
Paris Agreement ,
Regulatory Agenda
It has now been a year since the UK exited the EU and a matter of months since the transition period came to an end. For the most part, there have not been major changes to environmental regulation in the UK. Instead, the UK...more
The European Commission has published a proposal to revise the EU's Aarhus Regulation that, if adopted, would expand the possibilities for NGOs to challenge EU administrative acts and omissions on the basis that they...more
Competition regulators have shown their ability to act quickly and decisively in order to help allay the worst impacts of the coronavirus outbreak. Could these responses provide a template for achieving environmental and...more
9/22/2020
/ Collaboration ,
Competition ,
Competition Authorities ,
Consumers ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Environmental Policies ,
European Commission ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Germany ,
Grocery Stores ,
Health Care Providers ,
Netherlands ,
No-Action Letters ,
Operators of Essential Services ,
Public Safety ,
Sustainability ,
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) ,
UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) ,
United Nations
What businesses need to know for a strategic approach -
Benchmarks focus on human rights, labor rights, political rights, “digital rights” (human rights in the Internet era) and wider sustainability efforts. They...more
1/13/2020
/ Benchmarks ,
Corporate Governance ,
Digital Rights ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Human Rights ,
Labor Policies ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Sustainability