03 Feb, 2023 Netherlands: greenwashing in the spotlight of Dutch authorities By Gijs Smit Bas van Niekerk Introduction The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (Autoriteit Consument en Markt) (“ACM”) earlier announced that “energy &...
30 Dec, 2022 UK Electricity Generator Levy By Gitanjali Shankar Following on from its announcement of an electricity generator levy as part of the Autumn Statement 2022 (see here), on 20 December 2022,...
28 Dec, 2022 Netherlands: status of implementation of market revenue cap for electricity generators By Gijs Smit Joris Knoll Introduction On 30 November 2022, the Dutch government announced through a letter to Dutch parliament that it was working on a...
20 Dec, 2022 EU: Commission publishes additional FAQs on the Climate Delegated Act and Article 8 Delegated Act By Sara Feijao The European Commission published two draft FAQs on the EU Taxonomy on 19 December 2022: Interpretation and implementation of the Climate...
19 Dec, 2022 EU: CSRD published in the Official Journal By Sara Feijao The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) on 16 December...
14 Dec, 2022 UK: CFRF publishes third set of guides to help financial industry manage climate financial risks By Sara Feijao The Climate Financial Risk Forum (CFRF), which is chaired jointly by the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Financial Conduct...
13 Dec, 2022 FCA reminds companies of TCFD-aligned climate disclosure rules and sets out next steps in Primary Market Bulletin 42 By Sara Feijao The FCA has published its Primary Market Bulletin 42. This sets out (among other things) a useful reminder and clarification of the rules...
08 Dec, 2022 Political agreement reached on EU Deforestation Due Diligence Proposal By Claudia Harper Kim Rybarczyk The European Parliament and Council have reached political agreement on a new Regulation aimed at minimising the risk of deforestation...
05 Dec, 2022 EU: CSRD adopted by Council and Parliament, and EFRAG submits first set of reporting standards to the Commission By Julia Voskoboinikova CSRD and draft reporting standards The European Parliament and the Council have finally adopted the Corporate Sustainability Reporting...
02 Dec, 2022 NGO ClientEarth withdraws lawsuit against ECB’s quantitative easing programme By Guillaume Croisant Charlotte Peiffer Bruno Garcia Da Silva As we reported in our previous posts (here and here), ClientEarth filed in April 2021 legal proceedings in Belgium against the central...
30 Nov, 2022 EU: Part 2 of Circular Economy Package published By Bolko Ehlgen Julia Grothaus Mirjam Erb Lisa Bauer +1 more... Show less Following up on its first package that has been released in March (read more in our blog post), the EU Commission published its second...
30 Nov, 2022 EU: Acceleration of deployment of renewable energy By Julia Voskoboinikova During COP27 climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, the European Commission’s President Ursula von der Leyen said that the European Union...
30 Nov, 2022 COP27 – A just transition: viewpoint from Southeast Asia By Gilly Hutchinson As has been well documented in the press over this month, a major focus at this COP27 was on the divide between the developed and...
30 Nov, 2022 The Hong Kong Stock Exchange publishes analysis of corporate ESG disclosure practices By Gilly Hutchinson Terri Poon On 25 November 2022, the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the Exchange) published its 2022 Analysis of ESG Practice Disclosure (the...
29 Nov, 2022 EU: Platform on Sustainable Finance publishes supplementary report on TSC for other four environmental objectives under Taxonomy Regulation By Sara Feijao Background The Platform on Sustainable Finance (PSF) is advising the European Commission on the technical screening criteria (TSC) for...
29 Nov, 2022 COP27 - A just transition: viewpoint from South Africa By Paula-Ann Novotny We have now entered the realm of a new sustainable development agenda, known as "climate resilient development". The United Nations’...