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Keeping Up With ESG In Australia – June 2025

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Welcome to the June 2025 edition of Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer's Australian ESG bulletin, ‘Keeping Up with ESG'.

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Welcome to the June 2025 edition of Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer's Australian ESG bulletin, 'Keeping Up with ESG'.

Our monthly ESG bulletin provides a targeted snapshot of key developments we see as reflecting the "must know" trends in the Australian market. In this edition, we spotlight recent ESG litigation updates.

ESG litigation update

Peruvian farmer decision to set a precedent in climate change litigation

On 28 May 2025, the German Higher Regional Court of Hamm issued a landmark decision in Liluya v RWE AG 5 U 15/17 OLG Hamm, the long-running climate litigation brought by Peruvian farmer Saúl Luciano Lliuya against Germany's largest coal-burning energy company, RWE AG (RWE).

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