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Climate change is considered by many the biggest threat we are facing today.

The UK Government has published its interim response to consultations on minimum energy efficiency standards for commercial properties, establishing that buildings over 1,000 square metres must achieve an EPC rating of B by 2031.

The devolved UK governments have plans for their RD programmes for the 2007-13 period. But more money is required, and so VM will be used to cover the shortfall.

With set-aside not scheduled for discussion until November, the EU Commission’s recent announcement to fix it at 0% for 2008 came quite unexpectedly.

The UK government will in 2027 introduce a new carbon border adjustment mechanism, called UK CBAM, that will affect manufacturing businesses importing certain goods into the country.

Carbon credits are licences to emit carbon dioxide or “permits to pollute”- and are seen as a vital weapon in the battle against climate change.

With extreme climate events becoming more frequent, there is a growing sense that urgent action is needed to combat the climate crisis.

Antitrust enforcers and policymakers globally are grappling with their approach to sustainability agreements – agreements between competitors that aim to achieve sustainability goals.

On April 21, 2021, the European Commission adopted a comprehensive package of measures to help improve the flow of money toward sustainable activities across the European Union.

Nowadays, a real estate project that doesn't somehow include renewables is unthinkable. Essential in this is getting the contract structure right. In the 6th episode of our series, Sabine Wieduwilt interviews Jan Jakob Peelen, author of the chapter "Energy and renewables" of the book Implementing ESG into Real Estate Contracts.

On 3 October 2022, the European Commission ("Commission") adopted a revised notice on informal guidance ("Revised Notice") that provides an expanded mechanism for businesses...

The European Commission recently published a series of documents in the context of the Green Deal initiative.

Urban centres need new funding models to be in the vanguard of the battle against climate change...

Plans to amend water pollution restrictions for housing developments, which remain in place from the UK's time in the EU, have been announced by the Government.

In June 2015, the Hague District Court ordered the Dutch state to take more action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the Netherlands.

The Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) is the main EU instrument that regulates emissions from industrial installations (including power stations) and came into force on 6 January 2011.

The FCA has published its final rules on the UK's Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) regime.