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Environmental law articles, insights, podcasts, videos and webinars from expert sources across the legal world. Explore insights covering topics such as clean air/pollution, climate change, environmental law and waste management.

There are countless reasons to celebrate and be grateful for our planet. The purpose of Earth Day is to promote positive environmental action that will help protect our planet for as long as possible.

United Kingdom IP

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Boult Wade Tennant

Navigating Nature Risks: What General Counsel And Board Members Need To Know

Nature-related risk has evolved from a specialist environmental concern into a mainstream organisational priority affecting governance, legal compliance, and long-term value.

United Kingdom Environment

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Gowling WLG

Environmental Outcomes Reports - An Update

In March 2023, the previous Government consulted on how a proposed new system of environmental assessment (Environmental Outcomes Reports or EORs) could work as a replacement to the existing Strategic...

United Kingdom Environment

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Risk #4: Five Guidelines For ESG Disclosures In 2026: Choose Your Words Carefully

Never has this been more true than in disclosures about environmental, social and governance matters.

European Union Commercial

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Proskauer Rose LLP

Green Claims Under Scrutiny In Italy: Stricter Rules And Rising Litigation Risks For Businesses

United Kingdom Environment

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McDermott Will & Schulte

Our ESG Annual Report 2024-2025 Has Been Published

United Kingdom Commercial

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Rouse

UK Parliamentary Inquiry Into The Environmental Impact Of Data Centres

United Kingdom Environment

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Gowling WLG

EU Taxonomy Overhaul: Commission Publishes Draft Revisions To Climate And Environmental Delegated Acts

European Union Environment

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

EPC C By 2030: What Real Estate Investors Need To Know About The UK's New Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards

United Kingdom Environment

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Jones Day

Salvaging Sustainability

United Kingdom Environment

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Hunters

ESG Circular - Issue 3 - Staying Ahead Of Emerging Risks And Opportunities

United Kingdom Government

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Travers Smith LLP

UK Formally Adopts ISSB Sustainability Standards

United Kingdom Environment

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Travers Smith LLP

Are You Ready To Empower Consumers For The Green Transition?

United Kingdom Environment

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Lewis Silkin

Introduction: Global Fragmentation, Energy Security, And The Evolving ESG Agenda

United Kingdom Government

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A&O Shearman

Hotels Unpacked - A Glimpse Into The World Of Luxury With Rocco Forte Hotels (Podcast)

United Kingdom Finance

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Macfarlanes LLP

The IP Driven Start-up Podcast | From Lab To Market - The Real Story Of Commercialising University Research

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

Boilerplate Bites: Notices, Termination And Consequences Of Termination (Video)

United Kingdom Commercial

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Travers Smith LLP

The Business Behind Sport: What Makes Sports Sponsorship (Podcast)

United Kingdom Commercial

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Ankura Consulting Group LLC

What Does A Typical Day Look Like For A Case Manager, When Working With CoP Clients? (Video)

United Kingdom Law Performance

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Anthony Gold Solicitors LLP

UK Biodiversity Net Gain: The Requirements, The Context, And What Businesses Need To Know

With the recent launch of a biodiversity credits policy forum at COP 30, the UK's notable steps on biodiversity regulation coincide with heightened global policy attention on this area.

United Kingdom Environment

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A&O Shearman

Sustainability Report 2025: May 2024 – April 2025

Grasping what sustainability means in practice is critical for society and the planet, and vital to our clients, our people and long-term financial success.

United Kingdom Commercial

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Gowling WLG

Fast Permitting: The EU's Climate And Competitive Response To A Fractured Order

Faster permitting for energy transition projects has become a strategic priority for meeting the EU's climate goals. Streamlining permits will likewise bolster European competitiveness...

European Union Energy

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A&O Shearman

Community Engagement For New Renewables Projects: Let's Talk. And Listen

To achieve Scotland's and the UK's net zero goals we will need to build many more renewable energy projects...

United Kingdom Energy

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Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP

Greenwashing Update 2026

United Kingdom Environment

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A&O Shearman

Improving Enforcement Of Environmental Sanctions In England And Wales

United Kingdom Environment

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Gowling WLG

Defra's PFAS Plan Includes Addressing PFAS Through Chemical Regulatory Actions

Worldwide Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

Super Typhoon Odette And Shell: How Climate Science Is Shaping Litigation Risk

United Kingdom Environment

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Travers Smith LLP

United Kingdom Launches Its First National Strategy To Tackle PFAS

Worldwide Environment

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Jones Day

Water Sector Reforms: Key Measures In The "A New Vision For Water" White Paper

United Kingdom Energy

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Gowling WLG

Green Claims Back On The Agenda: CMA Issues New Guidance On Getting Green Claims Right, Across The Supply Chain

United Kingdom Consumer

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Lewis Silkin

Environmental Advertising In The UK

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Lewis Silkin

European Commission Adopts New Measures To Stop Unsold Clothes And Shoes Being Destroyed

United Kingdom Environment

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Lewis Silkin

Energy – Oil & Gas Comparative Guide

United Kingdom Energy

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Bracewell

Green Claims Back On The Agenda: CMA Issues New Guidance On Getting Green Claims Right, Across The Supply Chain

Although the CMA has been focusing on fake reviews and drip pricing in recent months, it is still very interested in green claims. It recently issued new guidance on getting green claims right across the supply chain.

United Kingdom Consumer

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Lewis Silkin

Environmental Advertising In The UK

According to the UK's Climate Change Committee, consumer behaviour must change for the UK to achieve its net zero targets. Sustainability is a factor in consumers' purchasing decisions.

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Lewis Silkin

European Commission Adopts New Measures To Stop Unsold Clothes And Shoes Being Destroyed

Every year in Europe, an estimated 4–9% of unsold textiles are destroyed before being worn. According to the European Commission...

United Kingdom Environment

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Lewis Silkin

Energy – Oil & Gas Comparative Guide

The UK has a well-established upstream oil and gas industry, with commercial production from the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) since the 1960s.

United Kingdom Energy

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Bracewell

PFAS Plan 2026 – Pillars To Curate Change

United Kingdom Environment

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Green Claims Across The Supply Chain

The CMA has published additional guidance (the guidance) on greenwashing for all businesses in the supply chain. The guidance supplements the CMA's Green Claims Code adopted in 2021...

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

UK Government Confirms Switch To CPI Indexation For Renewable Subsidy Schemes From April 2026 But Rules Out A Freeze And Wider Realignment

The UK Government published its response to the separate (but aligned) consultations on changing inflation indexation in the Renewables Obligation ("RO") and Feed-in Tariff ("FiT") schemes on 28 January 2026...

United Kingdom Commercial

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Travers Smith LLP

Threading The Needle: ESG Risk In The Fashion Sector

The fashion industry is under increasing scrutiny for its environmental, social, and governance ("ESG") practices.

United Kingdom Environment

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Travers Smith LLP

'A New Vision For Water' – What The Government's Overhaul Of The Water Sector In England And Wales Really Means

A New Vision for Water introduces reforms that organisations across the water supply chain, industry, agriculture, development and local government need to prepare for.

United Kingdom Energy

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Addleshaw Goddard

Shedding Its Image: Logistics Sector Seeks To Deliver Sustainability

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Jones Day

How Immigration Can Fill Gaps In The UK's Green Energy Sector

United Kingdom Energy

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WestBridge Business Immigration

Why Deregulation Isn't The Answer: Re-focussing The Value Of Good Regulation

United Kingdom Technology

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Gowling WLG

UK's Planning And Infrastructure Act 2025: Planning Aspects

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Jones Day

Water White Paper: Is This The Turning Point We Have Been Waiting For?

United Kingdom Environment

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Community Right To Buy: Abandoned Neglected Or Detrimental Land

United Kingdom Environment

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Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP

UK Environmental Law: 2025 Round‑up And What To Expect In 2026

United Kingdom Environment

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Addleshaw Goddard

Planning And Environmental Law: Modernising Planning Law: Expedited Hearings, Judicial Review Reform, Housing Delivery And CPO's

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Addleshaw Goddard

New Nature Restoration Levy And Environmental Delivery Plans In England And Wales

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Addleshaw Goddard

Environmental Improvement Plan 2025: What Businesses Need To Know

United Kingdom Environment

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Gowling WLG

What A Difference A Letter Makes: UK Government Consults On Changing Renewable Subsidy Inflation From RPI To CPI

United Kingdom Energy

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Travers Smith LLP

Europe Strikes A Deal: Provisional Agreement On The Omnibus I Directive

United Kingdom Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

UK ASA Rules Unqualified "Sustainable" Fashion Google Ads Misleading: What Brands Must Do Now

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Gowling WLG

Risk Resilience-navigating The Storm

United Kingdom Environment

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Burness Paull

Trends In Environmental Litigation And Their Impact On Companies In England & Wales

United Kingdom Environment

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CANDEY

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Mastering TCFD: Your Guide To Ensure Seamless Reporting (Video)

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Travers Smith LLP

Let Us Help You Navigate The Future Of Green Claims In The EU (Video)

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Lewis Silkin

S4:E11 – Beyond The Blueprint - Creating Places That Matter: 'Fear Less, Do More' With Helen Taylor (Video)

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Square One

ESG And The Energy Transition (Video)

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Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP

What Are Property Searches When Buying A House? (Video)

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IBB Law

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