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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...

As Earth Day (22 April) approaches, environmental certification organisation Planet Mark has published a timely article on the problem of greenwashing. Planet Mark provides a brief overview of greenwashing and some of its consequences, and then offers some tips on what organisations can do to avoid falling into the greenwashing trap. Read the article below:

On 22 March 2023, the European Commission put forward two proposals which share a common objective: the promotion of sustainable consumption. The Right to Repair Directive will...

Regulation, regulation, regulation One of the biggest talking points among brands and retailers at the Drapers Sustainable Fashion Conference revolved

Recently, climate-related disputes in the UK focused on challenges to government decision-making and policy through the judicial review mechanism.

To help organizations stay on top of the main developments in European digital compliance, Morrison Foerster’s European Digital Regulatory Compliance team reports on some of the main...

Organizations have a critical part to play in combating climate change through more sustainable supply-chains, the source of approximately 70 percent of business carbon emissions. Not only will this prevent them from being caught off-guard in the short and long term, but it will also be significant for laying out the companys green future. Failure to do so could see businesses alienate customers, lose sales and become irrelevant in an eco-driven world. Businesses in the UK must wake up -- its ti...

With greenwashing cases on the rise Bureau Veritas has published fresh guidance for businesses on how to avoid the misleading marketing practice

Spring and Autumn Fair has partnered with Products of Change to create sustainability support tools to assist businesses

On 25 January 2023, the new CEO of the UK Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”), Sarah Cardell, set out one way in which the CMA will seek to…