3/6/2025 5:33:06 PM The Sustainability Omnibus - Streamlining Sustainability Regulation By Moira Thompson Oliver Samantha Brady Sabine Dittrich George Murray Helena Campbell Aaron Wu +3 more... Show less On 26 February 2025, the European Commission published its proposals for the first in a series of ‘omnibus’ packages, aimed at...
2/28/2025 5:38:16 PM Clean Industrial Deal: the European Commission sets out new plans to reform competition policy By Alexander Chadd Elizabeth Huang Dr Nele Dhondt Earlier this week, the European Commission (EC) published the Clean Industrial Deal (CID), which sets out a suite of measures designed to...
2/26/2025 2:14:28 PM Atomic Modernisation of the Energy Charter Treaty: Incremental Change or Fundamental Reform? - Part II By Samay Shah Aaron Wu Sofía Hurtado Knaster This blog is the second instalment of a two-part series examining the recent amendments to the Energy Charter Treaty. Dispute...
2/24/2025 10:34:31 AM The Commission Work Programme 2025: What’s Next for the Omnibus? By Sabine Dittrich Aaron Wu Helena Campbell Updates in relation to the EU’s proposed sustainability ‘omnibus’ package seem to be coming thick and fast, although distinguishing...
2/21/2025 9:30:09 PM Climate Litigation: Scottish Court Quashes Consents For North Sea Oil And Gas Fields By Peter Wickham Oliver Moir Hywel Davies Samantha Holland +1 more... Show less The Court of Session in Scotland (Scotland’s supreme civil court) has quashed decisions by the previous UK Government to grant consent...
2/20/2025 4:02:11 PM Atomic Modernisation of the Energy Charter Treaty: Incremental Change or Fundamental Reform? - Part I By Samay Shah Aaron Wu Sofía Hurtado Knaster This blog is the first instalment of a two-part series examining the recent amendments to the Energy Charter Treaty. Introduction The...
2/19/2025 11:40:51 AM Time to rethink the UK’s approach to modern slavery? Parliamentary inquiry into forced labour in international supply chains By Moira Thompson Oliver Daniel Whitham George Murray Mizan Rahman +1 more... Show less On 21 January, the UK Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights (“the Joint Committee”) launched an inquiry into the UK’s legal and...
2/17/2025 5:34:17 PM In House Perspectives on Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence and Reporting By Moira Thompson Oliver George Murray In early February, the Business and Human Rights Lawyers Association brought together lawyers and practitioners from all over the world...
2/4/2025 5:59:05 PM The Omnibus and the Compass: more details emerge of EU plans to simplify sustainability legislation By Harry Hecht Sabine Dittrich Moira Thompson Oliver George Murray +1 more... Show less On 29 January, the European Commission published an official communication on ‘A Competitiveness Compass for the EU’ (‘the Compass’)....
2/4/2025 9:00:57 AM Does antitrust law stand in the way of Net Zero Alliances? By Dr Nele Dhondt Alexander Chadd Caio Rocha At the start of 2025, JP Morgan announced that it was exiting the Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA), a UN- convened group of leading...
2/3/2025 11:52:39 AM The EU’s Gender Balance Directive: Balance in the Boardroom By Moira Thompson Oliver George Murray Viren Shetty The recently transposed EU Gender Balance on Corporate Boards Directive (the Directive) will require large EU-listed companies to ensure...
1/30/2025 6:15:30 PM Timeline of ESG Developments in 2025 By Harry Hecht Samantha Brady Moira Thompson Oliver Helena Campbell +1 more... Show less Sustainability practitioners will be well aware that ESG is a fast-moving, and ever changing area, making keeping on top of developments...
1/30/2025 11:05:37 AM Fuelling the energy transition: North Sea Oil & Gas, and Alternative Fuels By Hywel Davies Oliver Moir Alexander Dustan Aaron Wu +1 more... Show less The blog below is an extract from Slaughter and May’s UK Energy and Infrastructure: What’s to come in 2025 publication. For information...
1/29/2025 2:15:00 PM UK Water sector: A deluge of developments By Isabel Taylor Kathryn Emmett Lisa Sabbage The blog below is an extract from Slaughter and May’s UK Energy and Infrastructure: What’s to come in 2025 publication. For information...
1/28/2025 4:09:12 PM Carbon Markets: Momentum builds towards integrity and expansion By Susan Hughes Samay Shah Aaron Wu Zhen Lim +1 more... Show less The blog below is an extract from Slaughter and May’s UK Energy and Infrastructure: What’s to come in 2025 publication. For information...
1/27/2025 3:49:18 PM Renewables: Doubling down on development By Azadeh Nassiri Kathryn Emmett The blog below is an extract from Slaughter and May’s UK Energy and Infrastructure: What’s to come in 2025 publication. For information...