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Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Organisations, especially Group 1 entities, should prepare now, as the reporting period could commence from 2025.
Alvarez & Marsal
As the world confronts climate change, companies, policymakers, and individuals recognise the need for urgent action. Businesses embracing sustainability can gain a competitive edge...
Piper Alderman
A considerable number of environmental reforms promised under the Nature Positive Plan have been delayed.
Belgium
Mayer Brown
On 22 April 2024, the Commission published a much-awaited Communication setting out guiding criteria and principles on the "essential use" concept – a key deliverable of the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability.
Canada
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Draft amendments to the federal Impact Assessment Act (the IAA or the Act) were released on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, as part of a Notice of Ways and Means Motion...
Lawson Lundell LLP
Administrative monetary penalties (AMPs) are one of several enforcement tools available to environmental regulators to incentivize compliance with environmental laws.
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
The Government of Canada recently announced what it characterizes as comprehensive measures to reduce plastic pollution in efforts to move toward a circular economy...
Torys LLP
The Supreme Court of Canada sent ripples across the insolvency waters in 2019 when it granted a regulator a "super priority" environmental remediation claim against a bankrupt...
India
Khaitan & Co LLP
As consumer consciousness of environmental issues grows, businesses have increasingly sought to present their products and services as green or environmentally friendly.
Phoenix Legal
In its February 2024 statement on developmental and regulatory policies, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) explicitly recognised that "climate change can translate into climate-related financial risks".
BTG Advaya
On 28 February, 2024, the Reserve Bank of India ("RBI") released the Draft Disclosure Framework on Climate-related Financial Risks, 2024, for addressing climate-related financial risks...
Luxembourg
DSM Avocats à la Cour
The Law of 21 March 2017 on packaging and packaging waste, as well as the Law of 9 June 2022 amending (1) the Law of 21 March 2012 on waste, as amended...
Nigeria
Stren & Blan Partners
In recent years, Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) has emerged as a crucial method for assessing the sustainability and ethical practices of companies and projects across various industries.
Stren & Blan Partners
The National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC or the "Commission"), in a bid to boost investment and accelerate mini-grid deployment, issued a Mini Grid Regulations in 2016 (2016 Regulations)...
South Korea
Lee & Ko
The "Carbon Dioxide Capture, Usage and Storage Act" proposal has been passed at a plenary session of the National Assembly on January 9, 2024 and is scheduled to come into effect one year after its promulgation.
Switzerland
MME
With the renewed amendment of the CO2 Act, the Swiss parliament has also amended the Unfair Competition Act (UWG). Anyone who makes statements about themselves...
Taiwan
WTW
A Mw7.4 earthquake struck Taiwan's east coast on 3 April 2024. WTW Research Network summarizes key event information and effects so far, including how resilience...
UK
Marks & Clerk
In early April, BE-ST (Built Environment-Smarter Transition) reported further progress in its mission to accelerate the built environment's transition to zero carbon by 2045...
WTW
Explore the environmental risks in aviation: from fuel storage to PFAS chemicals. Learn mitigation strategies and ESG integration in our comprehensive handbook.
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Greenwashing remains at the top of enforcement agendas in 2024. Marketing products and services as "green" and "sustainable" is a common practice and seen as an important way to attract the attention of environmentally conscious customers.
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