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...
2/4/2025 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...
7/16/2024 9:00:01 AM What's the right side of the line for green collaboration? Ask the antitrust agencies By Dr Nele Dhondt Alexander Chadd European antitrust agencies have recently given the green light to two sustainability-related collaborations amongst competitors. Coming...
10/12/2023 1:01:57 PM Navigating Green Innovation in EU Merger Control By Slaughter and May The European Commission recognises that DG Competition has a role to play in realising the ambitions set out in the European Green Deal,...
3/31/2023 12:28:52 PM UK competition authority publishes guidance on collaborating on sustainability By Alexander Chadd In February, the Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) published its long-awaited draft guidance on the application of UK antitrust...
1/30/2023 3:40:38 PM “Exploring the possible” – UK competition regulator confirms new guidance will relax antitrust rules for climate change agreements By Niamh Kelly It has been clear for some time that fears of accusations of collusion can prevent businesses from collaborating on initiatives to tackle...
8/3/2022 8:39:33 AM Competition law and sustainability objectives – the waters are still murky By Slaughter and May The Financial Times reported in July that the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA), a UN-convened group of 28 leading insurers and...
3/28/2022 1:56:17 PM The CMA promises new competition guidelines while recommending changes to consumer law to tackle environmental challenges By Maria Bergamasco The Competition and Markets Authority has published advice to the Government on how competition and consumer laws can help meet the UK's...