On April 9, 2024, the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), a significant organization focused on aligning corporate environmental sustainability actions with global targets to limit climate change, announced plans to expand the use of environmental attribute certificates, such as emissions
On April 23, 2024, the European Parliament approved the EU Forced Labour Regulation, which contains rules prohibiting the import, sale, and export from the EU market of goods produced by forced labor.
On April 23, 2024, the European Parliament approved the
On April 12, 2024, the European Council approved the revision of the Industrial Emissions Directive (“IED”) and the regulation for the establishment of the Industrial Emissions Portal (“IEP”), two complementary legal frameworks aimed at regulating and monitoring the environmental impact
On March 28, 2024, the Paris Judicial Court dismissed a lawsuit filed by TotalEnergies, one of France’s largest oil and gas companies, against an environmental non-governmental organization (“NGO”) and a consulting firm. The lawsuit, based on allegations of disseminating misleading
The UK government has announced that the UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (“UK CBAM”) will be implemented by 2027, one year after the European Union Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (EU CBAM) becomes fully operational in 2026. The UK CBAM implementation
The European Council announced on April 12, 2024, the official adoption of the revised Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) across the European Union (EU), aiming to reduce energy consumption and emissions from buildings throughout the EU, including targets for