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Australia
Herbert Smith Freehills
Major changes to the environmental protection regime in NSW have passed Parliament unopposed and entered into force, doubling maximum penalties for environmental crime and substantially...
Brazil
Arnold & Porter
As our colleague Whitney Debevoise discussed in his article in the first edition of Latin Lawyer's The Guide to Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance, carbon markets ...
Tauil & Chequer
Beginning April 2024, companies registered in Brazil's Federal Technical Registry of Potentially Polluting Activities (CTF/APP) will begin to pay the Environmental Control and Inspection...
Canada
Alberta Court Of Appeal Confirms Scope & Application Of Redwater Outside Of Formal Bankruptcy Regime
MLT Aikins LLP
In a landmark decision, the Alberta Court of Appeal (the Court) clarified the non-applicability of Redwater‘s environmental contamination principles to disputes between landowners outside insolvency proceedings.
MLT Aikins LLP
The move to low carbon technology and technological developments is spurring global demand for critical minerals – leading to predictions of long-term shortages of minerals that are essential components for clean energy and other green technologies.
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
On November 21, 2023, the 2023 Fall Economic Statement (Fall Economic Statement) was tabled in the House of Commons. The Fall Economic Statement can be found here.
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
On November 30, 2023, Bill C-59 received first reading in the House of Commons and the Department of Finance released detailed Explanatory Notes.
Miller Thomson LLP
The Government of Ontario recently proposed modifications to the Environmental Assessment Act[1] (the "EAA") through Bill 162, Get It Done Act, 2024 aimed at making it faster and easier...
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
On March 13, the Canadian Sustainability Standards Board (CSSB) released Canadian Sustainability Disclosure Standards (CSDS) for public consultation.
Luxembourg
MOLITOR Avocats à la Cour
Les paillettes, idéales pour un make-up festif, voient leur éclat s'obscurcir dans l'Union Européenne. Si les paillettes ajoutent un peu d'éclat à notre vie, ces pépites scintillantes sont extrêmement...
MOLITOR Avocats à la Cour
While glitter may be perfect for festive make-up and adds a bit of shine to our lives, these sparkles are extremely harmful to the environment. Regulations governing cosmetics in the European Union...
Malta
KPMG Malta
We are witnessing several megatrends that are transforming our lives.
Netherlands
Spotlight On Sustainability: The European Directive For Consumer Empowerment In The Green Transition
Taylor Wessing
Sustainability continues to be in the spotlight. In March 2022 the European Commission proposed a directive to amend the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive (2005/29/EC) ("UCPD")...
Nigeria
Etoile Partners
As the former UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon, said ‘'Saving our planet, lifting people out of
poverty, advancing economic growth…these are one and the same fight''.
Serbia
Schoenherr Attorneys at Law
The EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (the "CBAM") was established by the CBAM Regulation (EU) 2023/956 (the "CBAM Regulation"), which came into force...
Switzerland
Vischer AG
On March 15, 2024, the National Council and the Council of States adopted an amendment to the Environmental Protection Act (EPA, SR 814.01).
Turkey
BDO TURKIYE (DENET YEMINLI MALI MUSAVIRLIK A.S.)
Çevre, Şehircilik ve İklim Değişikliği Bakanlığı tarafından 20/02/2024 tarihli ve 32466 sayılı Resmi Gazete'de yayımlanan "Mimarlık ve Mühendislik Hizmet Bedellerinin Hesabında...
UK
Marks & Clerk
Every so often I hear an interesting news story about a clued-up beach goer discovering thousands of pounds worth of ambergris washed up on the beach.
Herbert Smith Freehills
The High Court has determined questions of case management and disclosure following on from its previous ruling (considered here) that group claims against Shell Plc and its Nigerian subsidiary...
Travers Smith LLP
In recent years, there has been an increasing trend for claims to be brought in the English Courts on behalf of large groups of claimants seeking redress for environmental damage suffered in overseas jurisdictions.
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