25 Apr, 2024 Greenwashing in the spotlight - recent developments in the Netherlands By Mijke Sinninghe Damsté Alvaro Pliego Selie Felix Roscam Abbing Jan-Jaap Koningsveld +1 more... Show less On 20 March 2024, the Amsterdam District Court rendered its judgment in a class action case brought by the Foundation Fossil Free...
23 Apr, 2024 New climate disclosure requirements for Hong Kong-listed companies: top tips for how issuers can adapt By Teresa Ko Last Friday (19 April 2024), the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (‘HKSE’) published consultation conclusions: to bring in new climate-related...
22 Apr, 2024 Climate change and human rights: a new chapter for States, NGOs, and businesses? By Christoph H. Seibt Juliane Hilf Moritz Becker Patrick Schroeder Carsten Wendler Jan Henning Buschfeld Stefanie Spancken-Monz Marlen Vesper-Gräske Domen Tursic +6 more... Show less On 9 April 2024, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) issued its first substantive decision on human rights aspects of climate...
22 Apr, 2024 What to expect from the EU’s CSDDD #1: Enforcement mechanism By Marlen Vesper-Gräske Valentin Weigel Per our kick-off blog on the EU’s new CSDDD (here), we are now providing a series of more in-depth overviews of aspects of the directive....
12 Apr, 2024 Singapore Competition and Consumer Commission publishes Guidance Note on environmental cooperation agreements By Kaori Yamada Edward Dean Hitoshi Nakajima Background Sustainability initiatives and the green transition have led companies to query whether cooperation with competitors is...
11 Apr, 2024 JFTC proposes revisions to the Environmental Sustainability Guidelines By Kaori Yamada Edward Dean Hitoshi Nakajima Background On 15 February 2024, the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) published revised draft “Guidelines Concerning the Activities of...
08 Apr, 2024 Comparison of SEC Final Rules on Climate-Related Disclosures against Other Climate-Related Disclosure Regimes By Elizabeth Bieber Juliane Hilf Vanessa Jakovich Teresa Ko Pamela Marcogliese Sascha Arnold Sam Houshower Marlen Vesper-Gräske Charlotte Aspin Ian Good Heather Kellam Zo Khalid Prince Kudolo Jordan Phelan +11 more... Show less On March 6, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) finalized its long-awaited climate-related disclosures rules (the...
02 Apr, 2024 Oral hearings in appeal of landmark Shell judgment commence By Moritz Becker Simon Duncombe Cat Greenwood-Smith Juliane Hilf Jonathan Isted Mijke Sinninghe Damsté +3 more... Show less Today is an important day for climate litigation, marking the beginning of a series of oral hearings in the appeal proceedings of the...
26 Mar, 2024 Sustainable global supply chains: EU’s CSDDD finally adopted by Council By Christoph H. Seibt Juliane Hilf Mijke Sinninghe Damsté Julia Förster Marlen Vesper-Gräske Lea Bareil Iris Hammerschmid Valentin Weigel +5 more... Show less After a lengthy and unusual period of intense political activity, the Council of the European Union has finally voted in favour of the...
26 Mar, 2024 What to expect from the new European Forced Labour Regulation By Hannah Meyer Elena Engels Annabelle Duramé The European co-legislators have reached a provisional agreement on the Forced Labour Regulation, which has since been adopted by the...
21 Mar, 2024 ESG dispute risk for financial institutions: A global picture By Sharon Grennan Climate litigation and other ESG risks are on the rise around the world for corporates and financial institutions. In the EU and UK a...
18 Mar, 2024 UPDATE: US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Stays the SEC's Final Rules on Climate-Related Disclosures By Pamela Marcogliese Elizabeth Bieber Zo Khalid Heather Kellam Jordan Phelan +2 more... Show less On Friday, March 15, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (the “Fifth Circuit”) stayed the Securities and...