Sustainability

4/23/2025 12:48:15 PM

European Commission Publishes Updated EUDR Guidance, FAQs, and a Draft Delegated Act, in a Bid to Provide Further Simplifications

By Moira Thompson Oliver Gabriel Forrest-Lim Helena Campbell

This month, the European Commission published updated guidance, FAQs, and a draft Delegated Act for consultation, in order to “[provide]...

4/14/2025 9:29:20 AM

EU Agrees Sustainability Omnibus ‘Stop-the-Clock’ Directive and Consultation Launched on the European Sustainability Reporting Standards

By Sabine Dittrich Helena Campbell

On 14 April 2025, the European Council formally adopted the “stop-the-clock” Directive.[1] This follows on from the European Parliament...

4/8/2025 9:56:01 AM

The CMA issues informal guidance on environmental cooperation in the UK construction industry under ‘open door’ policy

By Alexander Chadd Elizabeth Huang Dr Nele Dhondt

On 28 March 2025, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published its latest piece of informal guidance under its ‘open door’...

3/30/2025 8:03:22 PM

Modern Slavery Act 2015: Home Office Updates Statutory Guidance

By Moira Thompson Oliver George Murray Natalie Goodman

On 24 March, the Home Office published updated guidance (the Guidance) for companies producing modern slavery statements as required by...

3/25/2025 10:37:58 AM

SBTi Consults on Revised Corporate Net-Zero Standard: Greater Flexibility for Scope 3 Targets but Tight Control of Carbon Credits

By Samantha Brady Helena Campbell

The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), a corporate climate action organisation that develops standards, tools and guidance which...

3/6/2025 5:33:06 PM

The Sustainability Omnibus - Streamlining Sustainability Regulation

By Moira Thompson Oliver Samantha Brady Sabine Dittrich +3 more...

On 26 February 2025, the European Commission published its proposals for the first in a series of ‘omnibus’ packages, aimed at...

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...

2/20/2025 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 +1 more...

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 +1 more...

On 29 January, the European Commission published an official communication on ‘A Competitiveness Compass for the EU’ (‘the Compass’)....

12/20/2024 11:52:43 AM

The Government’s Response to the House of Lords Modern Slavery Committee Report

By Moira Thompson Oliver Helena Campbell Connie Day

This week, the Government published its response to the House of Lords Select Committee’s (the Committee) report on the impact and...

12/17/2024 5:10:15 PM

EUDR Delay Formally Agreed by the European Parliament and Council

By Harry Hecht Samantha Brady Remi Pfister +1 more...

The European Parliament and Council have formally confirmed their agreement to the Commission’s proposal to delay the implementation of...

12/12/2024 4:16:26 PM

The Forced Labour Regulation is now finalised – how can companies start to prepare?

By Moira Thompson Oliver George Murray Sabrina Lethenyey

The Forced Labour Regulation (the “Regulation”)[1] has been published in the EU's Official Journal and will start to apply three years...

12/5/2024 3:52:02 PM

The Sustainability ‘Omnibus’ - what is it, and what does it mean for companies?

By George Murray Sabine Dittrich Moira Thompson Oliver

The President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen created a bit of a stir recently at an informal meeting of heads of state...