Jan 16, 2023 Advertising “climate neutral” products: Latest German case law By Bolko Ehlgen Julia Grothaus Lisa Bauer Mirjam Erb +1 more... Show less While non-profits such as the German Agency to Combat Unfair Competition (Wettbewerbszentrale) continue to challenge product...
Dec 05, 2022 EU Council reaches compromise on CSDDD By James Marlow After lengthy consideration and many discussions, the Council of the EU has now finalised its position on the Commission's draft of the...
Nov 30, 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...
Oct 27, 2022 German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act: new guidelines on complaint procedures By Julia Grothaus Kathrin Bauwens Mirjam Erb Lucas Marlow +1 more... Show less With every week, German and foreign in-scope companies push ahead with their preparations for the new, far-reaching obligations under the...
Oct 18, 2022 German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act: Authority publishes questionnaire on reporting obligations By Julia Grothaus Kathrin Bauwens Lucas Marlow The new German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (“Supply Chain Act”, “Act”) will enter into force in January 2023, and many German and...
Sep 15, 2022 EU proposal for a regulation to ban products made with forced labour - “Human rights are not for sale – at any price” By Bruno Garcia Da Silva Guillaume Croisant Jennifer Granado Aranzana On 14 September 2022, the European Commission (the “Commission”) published its long-awaited proposal for a regulation prohibiting...
Aug 18, 2022 New guidelines for risk analyses under the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act By Julia Grothaus Kathrin Bauwens Mirjam Erb The new German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act will enter into force in 2023, and many German and foreign in-scope companies are currently...
Apr 08, 2022 EU Commission proposes ban on greenwashing and new consumer rights to promote sustainable products By Bolko Ehlgen Julia Grothaus Kathrin Bauwens Lisa Bauer Mirjam Erb Sara Feijao +3 more... Show less On 30 March 2022, the EU Commission published the first part of its Circular Economy Package to make sustainable products the norm (read...