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The Dutch ministry of economic affairs has revealed its 2009 feed-in tariff scheme, setting a large, approximated 1000MW, cap for renewable energy sources, from which 830MW for onshore wind and also including mini-hydro in its regime for the first time.

In its Rendac and Amercentrale rulings, the Administrative Law Division of the Council of State (the Division) applied a new, stricter assessment framework for internal offsetting.

Ondernemingen staan vandaag de dag voor steeds complexere uitdagingen als het gaat om Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG).

Green leases are a hot topic and food for thought among landlords and tenants. In the Netherlands, green leases are not legally defined, giving parties flexibility but also some uncertainty as market practice is established.

With a strong emphasis on sustainable practices and responsible investment strategies, emergent ESG regulations have placed new demands on companies, investors and regulators alike.

On 20 March 2024, the District Court of Amsterdam delivered a judgment in a case between Stichting ter bevordering van de Fossielvrij-beweging...

The Dutch Ministry of Housing, Regional Development and the Environment engaged the Dutch Institute for Construction Law at the end of 2009 to draft a proposal for a technical revision of the 1989 Uniform Administrative Conditions for the Execution of Works ("UAV 1989").

B Corps (Benefit Corporations) are companies with a for-profit motive. However, it is not the interests of shareholders that are prioritised; these companies have an explicit focus on the interests of all stakeholders.

Erwin Noordover en Rieneke Jager schreven het artikel Regulering van milieueffecten van windturbines, nu en onder de Omgevingswet.

As infrastructure capacity becomes a limiting factor for development, spatial planning is shifting from asking what we want to build to what our physical systems can actually support. Energy grids, water availability, and soil quality now determine whether projects are feasible, fundamentally changing how we approach sustainable development in the built environment.

On May 19 2005 the first wave of requirements under the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) Annex VI - environmental regulations imposing global and regional limits on air emissions from ships - came into force.

On 1 October 2023, the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism ("CBAM") entered its transitional period. In December 2023, the European Commission published information...

Erwin Noordover en Welmoed Willemsen bespreken het ontwerpbesluit voor het wijzigen van het Besluit bouwwerken leefomgeving met als doel om op daken van gebouwen maatregelen te kunnen nemen in het kader van duurzaamheid.

The regulations and directives adopted by the EU, as discussed in our previous ESG real estate related blogs, have been complemented by several private-sector initiatives in respect...

This year, ESG-related legislation and initiatives significantly evolved. We have compiled a few of the latest updates on ESG-related topics up to June 2024 which are of relevance for the financial sector.

The Corporate Social Responsibility Directive (CSRD), an EU legislation, requires large companies to disclose non-financial and diversity information in their annual reports, including environmental matters, social and...

Veel bedrijven zien de ESG-normen en de richtlijn voor duurzaamheidsverslaglegging CSRD als een administratie last. Maar het biedt ook kansen, vertellen ESG-expert Vincent Wanders en Paul Josephus Jitta...