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The EU's Deforestation Regulation: Will There Be Further Changes?

The EU's Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), designed to ensure that no products that contribute to deforestation are sold in, or exported from, the EU, continues to be criticized...

European Union Environment

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Jones Day

New Hungarian Rules On Waste Management Fines

July 2025 – On 23 June 2025 the Government Decree 156/2025. (VI. 23.) on the amount of waste management fines and on the detailed rules...

Hungary Environment

K

Kinstellar

Exploring The Legal Requirements For Moving And Recycling Hazardous And Non-Hazardous Waste In Northern Ireland And The Republic Of Ireland

As trusted legal advisers to one of Ireland's leading recycling companies Metcollect we in Spencer West Northern Ireland have had to get to grips with all of the legal requirements for a business...

Ireland Environment

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Spencer West

Trust, But Verify - The Cost Of Green Lies For Investors, Businesses And Consumers

As sustainability becomes a strategic imperative for modern businesses, so too does the risk of overstating green credentials.

Cyprus Environment

EN

Elias Neocleous & Co LLC

The European Commission Moves To Scrap The EU Green Claims Directive

European Union Environment

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Plesner

ESG Newsflash: Green Claims Directive Heading Towards Its End?

European Union Environment

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Loyens & Loeff

EU Pharma Package: Key Legal And Practical Implications For Malta's Pharmaceutical Sector

Malta Environment

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Camilleri Preziosi Advocates

Horizon Scanner ICE: June 2025 - Environment & Planning

Ireland Environment

AC

Arthur Cox

The Role Of Cyprus In Promoting Green Shipping And Sustainability

Cyprus Environment

I. Frangos & Associates LLC

New Rules For Fertilizers: Order On End-of-Waste Status Published

Portugal Environment

AA

Abreu Advogados

Horizon Scanner ICE: June 2025 - State Aid

European Union Environment

AC

Arthur Cox

Ant Smugglers Sentenced

Belgium Environment

AA

Adams & Adams

Legal Flash – Environmental Focus: New Obligation For SMEs Concerning The The R.E.N.T.R.I. System (National Electronic Register For Waste Traceability)

Italy Environment

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Withers LLP

Climate Lawsuit Against German Energy Company Dismissed By Court

Germany Environment

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Mintz

IP Quick Tip: How To Protect UPC Patent Litigation With An Anti-Anti-Suit Injunction (2025) (Video)

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

The Principle Of Legality And The State's Duty To Remedy Its Own Unlawful Acts: A Note On Appeal 171/20 Before The Supreme Constitutional Court Of Cyprus

Cyprus Litigation

Phoebus, Christos Clerides & Associates LLC (Clerides Legal)

European Commission Proposes Further Prohibitions Of Territorial Restrictions On Branded Products

European Union Anti-trust

JD

Jones Day

Cryptocurrency Short Series: How Cyprus Taxes Cryptocurrencies (Part I) (Video)

Cyprus Technology

CA

CYAUSE Audit Services Ltd

Future Of Work By 2030: Skills, Automation, Job Creation & Workforce Strategy

Cyprus Technology

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Eurofast

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Environment and Climate Regulation

Environmental Law

The EU's Deforestation Regulation: Will There Be Further Changes?

The EU's Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), designed to ensure that no products that contribute to deforestation are sold in, or exported from, the EU, continues to be criticized...

European Union Environment

JD

Jones Day

Irish Incorporated Companies Listed In The US March 2025 - Sustainability Reporting & ESG

On 26 February, the European Commission published an ‘Omnibus' package, including proposals to simplify obligations under the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive...

Ireland Commercial

AC

Arthur Cox

New Hungarian Rules On Waste Management Fines

July 2025 – On 23 June 2025 the Government Decree 156/2025. (VI. 23.) on the amount of waste management fines and on the detailed rules...

Hungary Environment

K

Kinstellar

ESMA Publishes Report On The Integration Of Sustainability Risks

Ireland Commercial

AC

Arthur Cox

EU Taxonomy: Simplification Measures Adopted

Ireland Commercial

AC

Arthur Cox

ESG Update: Green Claims Directive Is Here To Stay?

Netherlands Commercial

LL

Loyens & Loeff

The Intersection Of Privacy And Corporate Sustainability & ESG: What Every Business Should Know

Finland Commercial

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Hannes Snellman Attorneys Ltd

Exploring The Legal Requirements For Moving And Recycling Hazardous And Non-Hazardous Waste In Northern Ireland And The Republic Of Ireland

Ireland Environment

SW

Spencer West

Offshore Renewable Energy: Ireland's Second Support Scheme Auction

AC

Arthur Cox

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Climate Change

EU 2040 Climate Target And Carbon Credits—what's Changing?

Today, the European Commission proposed an amendment to the EU Climate Law reviewing the 2040 climate targets that first enshrined climate neutrality by 2050...

European Union Energy

AO

A&O Shearman

Trust, But Verify - The Cost Of Green Lies For Investors, Businesses And Consumers

As sustainability becomes a strategic imperative for modern businesses, so too does the risk of overstating green credentials.

Cyprus Environment

EN

Elias Neocleous & Co LLC

Climate Lawsuit Against German Energy Company Dismissed By Court

Last week, a long-running lawsuit brought against a major German energy company by a Peruvian farmer for alleged damages stemming from climate change was dismissed by an appellate court in Germany.

Germany Environment

M

Mintz

Energy - Horizon Scanner Infrastructure, Construction, Energy: May 2025

AC

Arthur Cox

Climate Action Plan 2025

M

Matheson

Refurbishment Rising: Ireland's Push Towards Circular Construction

Ireland Real Estate

RL

RDJ LLP

ESG (Eenvironmental, Social, And Corporate Governance) In Real Estate

Poland Real Estate

KB

KBiW Kurpiejewski Budzewski i Wspólnicy

Family Businesses In The New Era

Cyprus Commercial

Ki

KPMG in Cyprus

The Evolving Role Of ESG In Real Estate: Trends For 2025

Poland Real Estate

P

Penteris

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Clean Air / Pollution

Environment & Planning - Horizon Scanner Infrastructure, Construction, Energy: May 2025

he European Water Resilience Strategy will develop a cross-sectoral plan for water and aquatic ecosystems...

Ireland Environment

AC

Arthur Cox

ESG (Eenvironmental, Social, And Corporate Governance) In Real Estate

The threat posed by climate change, degradation of natural environment and intensive consumption of natural resources (fossil fuels, water) becomes more and more noticeableperceptible.

Poland Real Estate

KB

KBiW Kurpiejewski Budzewski i Wspólnicy

New Carbon Removal Certification Framework In Europe

On November 27, 2024, the European Union ("EU") adopted Regulation (EU) 2024/3012 establishing a Union certification framework for permanent carbon removals...

European Union Environment

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Jones Day

The New European Regulation On The Voluntary Carbon Market

European Union Environment

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PLMJ

A Guide To The International Maritime Organization (IMO) & The International Labour Organization (ILO)

Cyprus Transport

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AGPLAW | A.G. Paphitis & Co. LLC

Environment & Planning - Horizon Scanner: Infrastructure, Construction, Energy, October 2024

Ireland Environment

AC

Arthur Cox

Commission Delegated Regulation On Sustainability Disclosures For STS Securitisations Enters Into Force

Luxembourg Finance

CL

CMS Luxembourg

Bodembescherming Onder De Omgevingswet

Netherlands Environment

Wijn & Stael Advocaten N.V.

Environmental Crime Directive: EU Introduces New Offences And Penalties

European Union Environment

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Linklaters

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Waste Management

New Hungarian Rules On Waste Management Fines

July 2025 – On 23 June 2025 the Government Decree 156/2025. (VI. 23.) on the amount of waste management fines and on the detailed rules...

Hungary Environment

K

Kinstellar

Exploring The Legal Requirements For Moving And Recycling Hazardous And Non-Hazardous Waste In Northern Ireland And The Republic Of Ireland

As trusted legal advisers to one of Ireland's leading recycling companies Metcollect we in Spencer West Northern Ireland have had to get to grips with all of the legal requirements for a business...

Ireland Environment

SW

Spencer West

Trust, But Verify - The Cost Of Green Lies For Investors, Businesses And Consumers

As sustainability becomes a strategic imperative for modern businesses, so too does the risk of overstating green credentials.

Cyprus Environment

EN

Elias Neocleous & Co LLC

Green Technology Innovations: Patents And The Ecological Transition

European Union IP

NG

Novagraaf Group

Unlocking Opportunities On Northern Ireland's Path To Net Zero

AC

Arthur Cox

New Rules For Fertilizers: Order On End-of-Waste Status Published

Portugal Environment

AA

Abreu Advogados

Horizon Scanner ICE: June 2025 - State Aid

European Union Environment

AC

Arthur Cox

Legal Flash – Environmental Focus: New Obligation For SMEs Concerning The The R.E.N.T.R.I. System (National Electronic Register For Waste Traceability)

Italy Environment

WL

Withers LLP

Climate Action Plan 2025

M

Matheson

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Latest Videos

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Climate Transition Planning: The Why And How (Video)

TS

Travers Smith LLP

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