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Miller Thomson LLP
Sustainability and Canada's environmental impact has been emerging as a growing priority for all industries and business across Canada, including the transportation and logistics industry.
Fasken
On the eve of the fourth session of the United Nations Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (or INC-4) on Plastic Pollution in Ottawa, the Federal Government announced the creation...
Clark Wilson LLP
Our Forestry Law Chair, Jessica Anderson, was a contributing editor to the recent 2024 Re-Issue of the Forestry Chapter in Halsbury's Laws of Canada.
McMillan LLP
On April 20, 2024, the Government of Canada published the final notice for the establishment of the Federal Plastics Registry (the "Notice") under section 46(1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 ("CEPA").
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
On April 12, 2024, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that the Blood Tribe's treaty land entitlement claim seeking additional reserve land and damages...
McMillan LLP
The Ontario Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks has again amended the On-site and Excess Soil Management regulations under the Environmental Protection Act, which regulates the reuse of excess soil in Ontario.
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...
Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP
Since the release of the International Sustainability Standards Board's (ISSB) two international environmental-related disclosure standards last year (IFRS S1 and IFRS S2)...
Pallett Valo LLP
In March, the Canadian Sustainability Standards Board (CSSB), an organization formed to advance the adoption of sustainability disclosure standards in Canada...
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
On March 6, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") adopted S7-10-22 – The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors (the "U.S. Rules").
DLA Piper
Greenwashing, a deceptive marketing tactic where companies overstate or misrepresent their ‎environmental commitments, is a growing area of concern in Canada.
Fasken
On April 4, 2024, less than one month after their release, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") final climate disclosure rules (the "Rules") have been put on hold.
McMillan LLP
The British Columbia Supreme Court's decision in Cordy Environmental Inc v Obsidian Energy Ltd ("Cordy Environmental") opens the door for contractors to pursue former owners and operators...
Bennett Jones LLP
This week's highly anticipated decision of the Alberta Court of Appeal in Qualex-Landmark Towers Inc v 12-10 Capital Corp, 2024 ABCA 115 [Qualex]...
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
Europe's highest human rights court recently found that the Swiss government violated the rights of its citizens by failing to do enough to combat climate change.
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