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...
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 25, 2022 EU: Austria files legal challenge in CJEU against the Commission for inclusion of nuclear and natural gas in the Taxonomy By Julia Voskoboinikova The EU Taxonomy Complementary Climate Delegated Act covering certain nuclear and natural gas activities came into force on 4 August 2022...
Sep 15, 2022 German court dismisses climate change action against Mercedes-Benz By Alexandros Chatzinerantzis Mirjam Erb Florian Kolodziej Dominik Schramm +1 more... Show less This week, the Regional Court of Stuttgart dismissed a climate lawsuit against Mercedes-Benz, which aimed at obliging the company not to...
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...
Apr 07, 2022 EU: Part 1 of Circular Economy Package to make sustainable products the norm By Sara Feijao Vanessa Havard-Williams Rachel Barrett Guillaume Croisant Kathrin Bauwens Mirjam Erb +3 more... Show less On 30 March 2022, the European Commission published a package of proposals to make sustainable products the norm in the EU (see press...