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Welcome to the March edition of the Regulatory update, which pulls together recent developments from across the UK's regulators – to help you navigate the regulatory maze.

In this episode, Brinsley and Geraint examine the ‘will-they, won't they' saga that is the Green Claims Directive. They consider the landscape around green claims in the UK and EU in light of these latest developments...

The UK's housebuilding market faces challenges in response to the introduction of the Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) requirement under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has recently stepped in to recover two giant data centres on green belt sites in Buckingham and Hertfordshire, previously rejected local by councils.

Commercial property landlords in England and Wales now have clarity on future energy efficiency requirements, with the government announcing that buildings over 1,000 square metres must achieve an EPC B rating by 2031.

BREEAM (the ‘Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method’) is widely used in the UK construction industry to assess the environmental performance of new buildings.

The UK government has introduced the Planning and Infrastructure Bill to accelerate the construction of 1.5 million homes and key infrastructure projects.

On September 10, 2025, the European Court of Justice held that the European Commission was entitled to take the view that nuclear and gas-fired...

The Trade and Cooperation Agreement, which was finalized on December 24, 2020, resets the European Union/United Kingdom relationship following the UK's departure from the EU.

The European Commission took a significant step towards the decarbonisation of the European economy in December 2019 with its proposal of a "European Green Deal".

It is almost impossible to talk about ESG without mentioning the importance of data. Christel Dumont authored the chapter "How to deal with data?" in the book "Implementing ESG into Real Estate Contracts". In this third episode, we get to know Christel and her views on ESG, real estate and data.

Another day, another new ESG term. "Green hushing" is the latest expression, describing the trend of companies choosing not to publicise their green ambitions in order to avoid scrutiny/greenwashing claims.

The environment calendar highlights key dates for proposed and existing legislation and policy and closing dates for consultation papers relating to major environment issues in the EU and England.

There are many industries where directly replacing existing fossil fuel technologies such as diesel and petrol engines is far from simple. However, this does not necessarily mean that those industries...

The voluntary carbon market has really taken off in the last few years, with the adoption of the Paris Agreement in 2016 and the Glasgow Climate Pact of 2021.

The EU’s new pesticide rules, if legislated, will reduce crop yields and affect food prices and stock levies. Unfortunately, the UK’s lobbying may not be enough to stop them.