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Germany's climate law has set out the framework to achieve net zero emissions by 2045, with an agenda of phasing out coal and ensuring that 80% of all electricity...

On 26 July 2023, the German government published the update of the National Hydrogen Strategy (NWS 2023).

In part one of The ESG Collection covering current themes and topics high up on the ESG agenda for businesses, we're focusing on the environmental pillar of ESG.

Moore spielen für den natürlichen Klimaschutz eine wichtige Rolle. Im natürlichen Zustand beheimaten sie seltene Tier- und Pflanzenarten, speichern große Mengen Wasser in der Landschaft und gehören zu den effektivsten Kohlenstoffspeichern der Erde.

Ende des letzten Jahres ist das Energieeffizienzgesetz (EnEfG) in Kraft getreten. Das neue Gesetz zählt zu mehreren aktuellen Gesetzesnovellen aus dem Bereich der Energiewende: So hat der

Am 06. Juni 2023 hat das Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz (BMWK) das erste vorbereitende Verfahren im Rahmen der neuen Förderrichtlininie Klimaschutzverträge eröffnet.

Germany's business climate remains resilient amidst global economic shifts, underpinned by its reputation as a stable and innovative market. Politically, the country is navigating post-Merkel era dynamics, with a new coalition government emphasizing green policies and digitalization.

Germany is poised to fundamentally transform its corporate liability regime by quadrupling maximum fines and, for the first time, codifying statutory sentencing criteria that expressly recognize internal investigations and compliance measures as mandatory mitigating factors. The reforms, embedded within an EU environmental directive implementation, will apply across all corporate offenses and establish clear legal requirements for how companies must respond to suspected misconduct.

This decision concerns an invention that relates to an electronic trading system.

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues have gained a great deal of popularity. For human resources (HR) management, the question arises as to what role HR can or must play in this context...

As we noted in our previous CSRD briefing, 2024 saw a dizzying number of changes for companies in scope of this landmark sustainability reporting regulation.

On May 5, 2025, the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) and the Christian Social Union (CSU) entered into a coalition agreement (Coalition Agreement) with the Social Democratic Party of Germany...

The European Union's new Regulation on packaging and packaging waste has fundamentally transformed compliance requirements for companies placing packaged goods on the EU market, replacing decades-old directive-based frameworks with directly applicable product-law rules. While promising regulatory harmonization across member states, the reality presents a complex dual-compliance landscape where businesses must navigate both EU-wide packaging standards and diverging national implementation approaches.

Die EU-Verpackungsverordnung (PPWR) entfaltet seit August 2026 unmittelbare Rechtswirkungen in allen EU-Mitgliedstaaten. Die Europäische Kommission hat mit ihrer zweiten FAQ-Auflage wichtige Klarstellungen zur Rollenzuordnung, Erzeugerverantwortung bei Eigenmarken und Transportverpackungen sowie zum behördlichen Vollzug geliefert. Unternehmen müssen ihre Position in der Wertschöpfungskette präzise bestimmen und die damit verbundenen Compliance-Pflichten erfüllen.

The EU's sustainability reporting and due diligence landscape is in flux following the European Commission's adoption of its highly anticipated Sustainability Omnibus package in late February 2025.

The German Federal Constitutional Court Orders the German Legislator to Set Clear CO2 Emission Reduction Goals Beyond 2030.