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KEY TAKEAWAYS - The CMA’s Green Agreements Guidance sets out its approach to applying competition law in relation to agreements between competitors that are aimed at reducing the adverse impact of economic activities on...more
The UK Competition and Markets Authority ("CMA") has announced that three fashion retailers have signed voluntary undertakings to ensure that consumers have a clearer idea of how green their clothes really are. At the end of...more
The Learned Concierge - Welcome to your monthly legal insights on the trends impacting the Retail, Hospitality, and Food & Beverage Industries....more
Collaboration within an industry can only go as far as competition law will permit. In practice, where the application of competition law is unclear, collaboration will often only go as far as is comfortable for the most...more
UK regulators have recently been taking aim at environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, namely ways to approach “greenwashing,” practices where false, misleading, overstated or unsubstantiated environmental material...more
On October 17, 2023, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced that it had opened an investigation into a distributor of heating and insulation products, following allegations that it had made misleading claims...more
On October 12, 2023, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) issued its final Green Agreements Guidance (Guidance). The Guidance is designed to help businesses seeking to collaborate on environmental sustainability...more
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published its final Green Agreements Guidance on how UK antitrust rules apply to green cooperation agreements between competitors (UK Green Guidance). The UK Green Guidance...more
In Short - The Situation: Both the United Kingdom and European Union have recently announced proposals to introduce new legal instruments which address alleged greenwashing. When implemented, such legislation would...more
The UK’s Competition Markets Authority (CMA) has issued a proposed rule, subject to public comment through April 11, 2023, that would provide guidance on the application of UK competition law to agreements between or among...more
The UK’s Competition Markets Authority (CMA) issued a press release on January 26, 2023 announcing a potentially wide ranging investigation into the “accuracy of ‘green’ claims made about household essentials – such as food,...more
In a recent speech to the Scottish Competition Forum, Sarah Cardell, newly installed Chief Executive of the UK’s Competition Markets Authority (CMA), laid out her vision for analyzing agreements among competitors that foster...more
‘Greenwashing’ is the practice of a company providing information on its environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) policies, or its products and practices, with the intent to present an environmentally responsible...more
On 29 July 2022, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) launched an investigation into three fashion firms over potentially misleading eco-friendly and sustainability claims about their products....more
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations continued to play a key role in the first six months of 2022, with geopolitical circumstances resulting in a reexamination of a number of ESG beliefs. In our 11...more
Welcome to our H1 2022 Energy and Infrastructure Round-up. Here we share our assessment of key legal and transactional developments in the energy and infrastructure market including: •Market Activity- •Market...more
In this alert, we provide a round-up of the latest developments in ESG for UK corporates. This alert provides updates on new developments including: The new UK Environment Act and impact on supply chains; UK and EU...more
The 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), wrapped up earlier this month in Glasgow, Scotland, after two weeks of negotiations. While attention was focused on national pledges to reduce...more
In November 2020, the UK government published a road map (the Roadmap) towards mandatory climate-related disclosures across all sectors of the UK economy aligned with the recommendations of the Taskforce on Climate-related...more