Driven by an increased focus on climate change and wider sustainability issues, recent years have seen a significant increase in...

In the spring of 2024, Greenpeace initiated preliminary relief proceedings against the Dutch State regarding the Dutch State’s nitrogen...

On 20 March 2024, the district court of Amsterdam ruled against a Dutch flag carrier in what has been described as the first decision on...

In 2024, Europe is poised to enter a challenging phase where companies will start to implement the new mandatory sustainability reporting...

Sustainability is a key supervisory priority for the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (Autoriteit Financiële Markten, the...

The Dutch government coalition collapsed on Friday 8 July 2023, just before the Dutch Parliament summer recess. With the summer break...

The Irish Government has announced plans to develop up to five new power interconnectors to mainland Europe and the UK. In particular,...

Introduction The Energy ministers of Belgium, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, Norway and the United...

The Dutch Central Bank (De Nederlandsche Bank, “DNB”) expects Dutch financial institutions to have an understanding of the material risks...

Introduction In December of last year, the Council of the EU finalised its position on the European Commission’s Proposal for a Directive...

Introduction The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (Autoriteit Consument en Markt) (“ACM”) earlier announced that “energy &...

Introduction On 30 November 2022, the Dutch government announced through a letter to Dutch parliament that it was working on a...

In 2021, the total installed capacity of offshore wind energy in the Netherlands was around 2.5 gigawatts (GW). By 2023, this should...

As part of the ESG acronym, the “S” does not  always receive the fullest attention. Whether this is the right approach can be debated at...