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In R (on the application of Friends of the Earth Ltd) v Secretary of State for International Trade/UK Export Finance (UKEF) [2023] EWCA Civ 14, the Court of Appeal rejected Friends of the Earth’s appl...
Author(s): Jonathan Isted, Catherine Greenwood-Smith, Anthea Bowater, Emma Franck-Gwinnell
A mere 12 months ago, sustainable finance was the name of the game. The year 2021 had seen a record of more than $1 trillion of sustainable bonds (which include green, social, sustainability, and sust...
Author(s): Joe Amann
Yesterday, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced that it is investigating ‘green’ claims made about various fast moving consumer goods (FMCG), including food and drink, cleaning and...
Author(s): Rachel Duffy, Andrew Austin
The goal is ambitious: according to the latest German Renewable Energy Act (Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz, EEG), electricity from renewable sources is supposed to make up at least 80 per cent of the Ger...
Author(s): Ulrich Scholz, Marie von Falkenhausen, Hendrik Wessling, Philipp Reinecke, LL.M., Mirko Masek
On 5 January 2023, the long awaited Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) has come into force throughout the European Union. The CSRD establishes sustainability reporting obligations for...
Author(s): Christoph H. Seibt, Juliane Hilf, Sascha Arnold, Marlen Vesper-Gräske, Felicitas Weber, Désirée Höwing
Management decisions around ESG are on the rise as legislators, activists, proxy advisers, and other stakeholders increasingly aim to push boards to implement measures that go beyond financial interes...
Author(s): Christoph H. Seibt, Dr. Farid Sigari-Majd, Simon Schwarz, Philip Denninger, Marlen Vesper-Gräske, Dora Rendessy
Volkswagen AG (VW) is facing legal action by institutional shareholders concerning information on its corporate climate lobbying. The shareholders tried to include climate lobbying as an agenda item a...
Author(s): Sarah Hillebrand, Stefanie Spancken-Monz, Timo Piller
The German Supply Chain Duty of Care Act (Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz; the Act) entered into force on 1 January 2023 for the first companies with more than 3,000 employees in Germany. It obli...
Author(s): Christoph H. Seibt, Marlen Vesper-Gräske