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For many years the health and beauty industries have had to comply with legal restrictions relating to claims that extol the health benefits of a particular product or cosmetic. A similar approach is now being taken to advertisements that use such terms as "green", "carbon neutral", "environmentally friendly", "eco", "renewable" and "sustainable".

Significant challenges have arisen in recent years with the exponential rise of planning related judicial review challenges, at a time when there has never been a greater urgency to deliver...

ESMA has voiced ongoing concerns around the risk of greenwashing arising from the use of ESG or sustainability-related terms in the names of funds which fail to meet sustainability...

The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) applies to certain large EU companies and non-EU companies operating within the EU.

The European Council and Parliament have agreed to update the lists of ground and surface water pollutants under the Water Framework Directive, Environmental Quality Standards Directive and Groundwater Directive...

The package proposes to streamline safety assessments of chemicals across EU legislation by optimising the work of EU agencies involved and creating a common data platform on chemicals.

Green loans and sustainability linked loans are becoming increasingly common in the loan markets. In this briefing, we analyse recently published guidance...

The National Biomethane Strategy, published in May 2024, sets out the policy framework for an agri-led biomethane sector.

The demand for investments with strong ESG credentials is ever increasing, with global ESG assets under management (AUM) on track to exceed $53 trillion by 2025.

There is a growing acceptance that business has a role to play in combatting climate change. The desire to accelerate a transition to a low-carbon economy is real and is shaping transformation...

The European Council has agreed to a proposal to set a binding target of a 90% reduction in net greenhouse gas emissions compared to 1990 levels by 2040.

The provisionally agreed text of the EU Green Bond Standard (EU GBS) Regulation is now available. Next steps are formal ratification by both the EU Council and the European Parliament...

Just six weeks before the application of the regulatory technical standards ("RTS") adopted under the Sustainable Finance Disclosures Regulation ("SFDR") on 1 January 2023...

For HR practitioners interested in driving strategic change within their organisations and cementing HR's role as a strategic business partner, an understanding of the potential impact...

It will come as little surprise to those with experience of the Irish construction sector that environmental and sustainability factors and regulations...

Stakeholders in the Irish offshore renewable energy sector received a boost late last week with the long-awaited publication of Ireland's proposed new regulatory regime for offshore development.