19 Sep, 2024 No excuse for non-compliance! New CMA greenwashing guidance for the fashion industry in the UK By Kim Rust Alexandra Zachmann Helen Crossley The ambitious approach to tackle greenwashing in the fashion industry taken by the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) continues,...
09 Jan, 2024 Meet our ESG team: James Marlow By James Marlow We are delighted to highlight the inspiring journey of James Marlow, a Managing Associate in the ESG team. Early in James’ career, his...
04 Oct, 2023 Green Deals: Can EU Merger Control support the bloc’s wider policy objectives? By Jonathan Ford Emma Cochrane Last week, the European Commission published its latest competition merger brief, setting out the views of staff in its Directorate...
30 May, 2022 Environment Audit Select Committee launches inquiry into finance and the UK’s transition to net zero By Omar Salem The House of Commons Environment Audit Committee (EAC) has launched an inquiry into the role of the financial sector in the UK’s...
28 Jan, 2022 ESMA proposes burdensome “sustainability preferences” revisions to its Suitability Guidelines By Vanessa Havard-Williams Peter Bevan Silke Bernard Raza Naeem Benjamin Maconick Terry Yiangou +3 more... Show less With the integration of sustainability preferences into MiFID II suitability requirements effective from August this year, ESMA has today...
12 Nov, 2021 Could a ‘right to repair’ help fix tech aftermarkets? By Linklaters The market power of Big Tech software in the digital age (and the competition debate about how to regulate it) has taken central stage...
13 Oct, 2021 New California laws aim at plastics recycling and greenwashing By Menaka Nayar On October 5, 2021, California Governor Newsom signed into law a suite of state environmental bills aimed at plastics and recycling....
19 Nov, 2020 Sustainability: taking a step back By James Marlow As developments continue to come thick and fast in the ESG and sustainability space, reading this article made me take a step back and...
15 Oct, 2020 EU call for contributions on how competition policy can promote the Green Deal By Sima Ostrovsky On 13 October 2020, the European Commission called for contributions from various stakeholders on how the EU competition rules can be...
02 Oct, 2020 One step closer to a global set of sustainability reporting standards? By Dearbhla Cantwell On 30 September 2020, the International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation (the "Foundation") published a consultation paper that...