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Sustainability and ESG Advisory Practice Update, October 2024

We are pleased to share the October 2024 issue of Wilson Sonsini's Sustainability and ESG Advisory Practice Update. Each issue combines news, key legal developments, and resources related to sustainability and environmental,...more

Hogan Lovells

UK/EU/International ESG Regulation Monthly Round-Up – September 2024

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This month, amidst the Labour party conference in the UK, we have seen a number of policy initiatives communicated via speeches and followed up with official government announcements, for example announcing the upcoming...more

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CMA Guidance on Environmental Agreements

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KEY TAKEAWAYS - The CMA’s Green Agreements Guidance sets out its approach to applying competition law in relation to agreements between competitors that are aimed at reducing the adverse impact of economic activities on...more

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UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) reminds fashion retailers that it's not so easy to claim you're green

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The UK Competition and Markets Authority ("CMA") has announced that three fashion retailers have signed voluntary undertakings to ensure that consumers have a clearer idea of how green their clothes really are. At the end of...more

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Forging a United Front: UK Regulators Take Steps to Combat Greenwashing

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UK regulators have recently been taking aim at environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, namely ways to approach “greenwashing,” practices where false, misleading, overstated or unsubstantiated environmental material...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Antitrust and Sustainability: EU, UK and US Take Divergent Enforcement Approaches

On October 12, 2023, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) issued its final Green Agreements Guidance (Guidance). The Guidance is designed to help businesses seeking to collaborate on environmental sustainability...more

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Antitrust in focus - October 2023

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The Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) establishes a new regime, enforced by the European Commission (EC), to regulate subsidies granted by non-EU countries to businesses active in the EU that could distort competition in EU...more

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Environmental sustainability agreements: final UK guidance to cooperating competitors

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The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published its final Green Agreements Guidance on how UK antitrust rules apply to green cooperation agreements between competitors (UK Green Guidance). The UK Green Guidance...more

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UK's Advertising Regulator Cracks Down on Greenwashing

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Businesses are increasingly making environmental assertions as they seek to demonstrate their sustainability credentials to consumers. This trend, however, is leading to tougher measures from national regulators as they...more

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The CMA’s Draft Sustainability Guidance - the latest agency to step into the international green competition policy debate

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The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) has published its long-awaited draft guidance on sustainability agreements between competitors (the “Draft Guidance”). In doing so, it acknowledges that collaborations...more

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Greenwashing Landscape: Existing and Forthcoming Legislation in the United Kingdom and European Union

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In Short - The Situation: Both the United Kingdom and European Union have recently announced proposals to introduce new legal instruments which address alleged greenwashing. When implemented, such legislation would...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Focus on Greenwashing: The Latest Regulatory Proposals in the EU and the UK

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The latest proposals show the direction of travel in the increasingly expanding web of consumer protection regulation on sustainable products and initiatives. Background - The European Green Deal, presented by the...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Supporting Net Zero: UK CMA Consults on Draft Sustainability Guidance

On February 28, 2023, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) issued for consultation its long-awaited draft guidance on environmental sustainability agreements (Draft Guidance). The CMA first foreshadowed the...more

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Environmental sustainability agreements: UK guidance to cooperating competitors

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Nearly a year after the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced its Sustainability Taskforce, it has issued for consultation draft guidance to show how businesses can pursue green cooperation without fear of...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

United Kingdom Competition Authority Announces Support for Climate Change Agreements Among Competitors

In a recent speech to the Scottish Competition Forum, Sarah Cardell, newly installed Chief Executive of the UK’s Competition Markets Authority (CMA), laid out her vision for analyzing agreements among competitors that foster...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Truly Green or Emperor’s New Clothes? - The UK CMA Targets Fast Fashion First In Its Investigation of Sustainability Claims

On 29 July 2022, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) launched an investigation into three fashion firms over potentially misleading eco-friendly and sustainability claims about their products....more

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Online Travel Update: Trivago Is Fined for Misleading Room Rates; Travel Influencers Are Under a Legal Microscope; and the U.K....

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We begin this week’s Update with the promised overview of the DOJ’s recent guidance on the ADA and website accessibility. Enjoy....more

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6 Sustainability Takeaways in EU Antitrust & Regulatory - December 2021

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Truly Green? CMA Continues to Evolve Guidance and Metrics for Companies’ Environmental Claims - The Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA’s) Green Claims Code (the Code) and final guidance (the Guidance) on...more

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Truly Green? CMA Continues to Evolve Guidance and Metrics for Companies’ Environmental Claims

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Businesses must review the Green Claims Code and accompanying guidance to determine whether their environmental claims are in compliance. Background: The need for a Green Claims Code - The Competition and Markets...more

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UK clampdown on greenwashing

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As the importance of sustainability and eco-friendliness grows among consumers worldwide, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has concerns that an increasing number of businesses misleadingly market their products...more

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