Environmental Law

In March 2025, as part of the Omnibus Package, the European Commission formally requested the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) to provide its technical advice on revising the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) by 31 October 2025.

The American electricity industry is undergoing a profound transformation, with major shifts in both supply and demand trends. In this rapidly evolving environment, energy and process (E&P) companies are uniquely positioned to enter the power generation market.

The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal in Andrew Boswell, R (on the application of) v The Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero & Anor [2025] EWCA Civ 669...

The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal in Andrew Boswell, R (on the application of) v The Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero & Anor [2025] EWCA Civ 669...

A packed audience gathered in the Lowland Hall at the Royal Highland Showground on Friday 20th June for the annual rural business breakfast briefing hosted by Shepherd and Wedderburn and Bidwells.

Across Greater China, the food production landscape is undergoing a dramatic transformation due to the volatility of global supply chains, climate change and increasingly complex regulations.

The latest round of negotiations on the development of the UN Global Plastic Treaty will commence in Geneva, Switzerland, in August, aiming to deliver the first legally binding treaty tackling plastic pollution...

Think breaching a Tree Preservation Order is just a planning issue? Think again.

In recent years, English courts have clarified that UK-based companies can, in certain circumstances, be held liable for wrongdoing by their overseas subsidiaries or business partners.

On 27 March 2011 the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) laid a report before Parliament on company reporting of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

On 27 March 2012 the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) published long awaited proposals to simplify the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme (CRC), the mandatory UK-wide scheme in respect of carbon emissions.

John Hurdley, Partner at Bircham Dyson Bell LLP believes that The Secretary of State has played a careful hand and taken sensible measures with regard to the plan for managing and harnessing the increasingly scarce but vital resource of water - set out in the Water White Paper.