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What's In Scope? OPRED's New Guidance On Scope 3 Emissions Issued

Supplementary guidance has been issued by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) for assessing the effects of downstream scope 3 emissions on climate from offshore oil and gas projects.

United Kingdom Environment

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Burness Paull

European Union Proposes Reduction In Climate Reporting Obligations

Last week, significant revisions were proposed to the European Union's ESG reporting rules, which reflect a major simplification and reduction in reporting obligations.

European Union Environment

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Mintz

From Paris To The Hague: The ICJ Redefines Climate Obligations

The ICJ's advisory opinion clarifies states' legal obligations to combat climate change, potentially increasing climate-related litigation and regulatory scrutiny for businesses...

Worldwide Environment

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Addleshaw Goddard

ICJ Issues Landmark Opinion On Climate Change

On 23 July 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued its landmark Advisory Opinion on Obligations of States in Respect of Climate Change, a defining moment in the legal response to the climate crisis.

European Union Environment

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Withers LLP

Climate Change And Property Law: How Changes Impact Real Estate

United Kingdom Environment

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Teacher Stern

Administrative Court Reaffirms Environmental Assessment Duties Post-Finch

United Kingdom Environment

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

It's "Lights Out And Away We Go" For Aramco, As ASA Decides Not To Uphold Environmental Claims Complaint

United Kingdom Environment

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Lewis Silkin

Which? Study Finds Widespread Breaches Of CMA's Green Claims Code

United Kingdom Environment

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Lewis Silkin

Hannah Solel Explores The Future Of Land Use Policy And Legal Implications For Advisers In IFA Magazine

United Kingdom Environment

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Hunters

The Pioneers: Financial Times Interview With Robert Koenigsberger

Worldwide Environment

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Withers LLP

The Pioneers: Financial Times Interview With Ben Goldsmith

Worldwide Environment

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Withers LLP

Court Of Appeal Emphasises That Environmental Rule Of Law Is Not Concerned With Merits Of Energy Policy

United Kingdom Environment

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Biodiversity Net Gain: Guidance For Successful Onsite Delivery

United Kingdom Environment

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Gowling WLG

The Expanding Reach Of Environmental Criminal Law

United Kingdom Environment

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Devonshires

Requirements For Skilled Worker Visa Settlement (Video)

United Kingdom Immigration

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Latitude Law

The NHS And AI Scribes

United Kingdom Privacy

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Spencer West

S5:E10 – Kate Rose: Seeing The Beauty In Everything With TUTTI & CO (Video)

United Kingdom Commercial

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Square One

Proposed Changes To ILR: What UK Businesses Need To Know

United Kingdom Immigration

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Richmond Chambers Immigration Barristers

Upcoming Immigration Rule Changes From July 2025: What You Need To Know (25 June 2025)

United Kingdom Immigration

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Duncan Lewis & Co Solicitors

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UK FCA Plans To Streamline UK Sustainability Reporting

Following a multi-firm review of sustainability reporting, the FCA has announced that it is considering how to streamline and enhance the UK's sustainability reporting framework by simplifying disclosures...

European Union Commercial

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K&L Gates LLP

Independent Water Commission Report: Understanding Key Recommendations

The Independent Water Commission (IWC) has published its final report following a comprehensive review of the water sector.

United Kingdom Energy

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Browne Jacobson

Legal Project Management: A Cornerstone In Operational Delivery Of Inquiries

In light of the recent government initiative to pilot locally-led inquiries into child grooming gangs, the role of legal project management (LPM) becomes increasingly...

United Kingdom Strategy

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Browne Jacobson

What's In Scope? OPRED's New Guidance On Scope 3 Emissions Issued

United Kingdom Environment

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Burness Paull

Potter Clarkson Launches Landmark Patent Landscape Analysis Of The SynBio Revolution

United Kingdom IP

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Potter Clarkson

Can CRISPR And RNAi Help Us Develop New And More Sustainable Fruits And Vegetables?

United Kingdom Healthcare

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Potter Clarkson

UK Sustainability Disclosure – Key Developments

United Kingdom Commercial

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Davis Polk & Wardwell

EU Commission Proposes Amendments To Simplify EU CBAM In The Omnibus Proposal

United Kingdom Energy

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Downstream From The North Sea: EFTA Court Aligns With UK On Need To Consider "Downstream" GHG Emissions

United Kingdom Energy

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

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EU & Regulatory Law

Government Undecided On Company Reporting Of GHG Emissions

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.

United Kingdom Environment

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CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang

CRC Simplification Consultation Launched

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.

United Kingdom Energy

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CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang

Evolution Not Revolution For The Water White Paper Says Lawyer

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.

United Kingdom Government

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Bircham Dyson Bell LLP

Streamlining The CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme

United Kingdom Environment

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Mayer Brown

The Government Reliance On Market Mechanisms To Meet Carbon Emission Reduction Targets Is Too Narrow An Approach For These Critical Times, Says Lawyer

United Kingdom Environment

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Bircham Dyson Bell LLP

EU Procurement Rules Not To Blame For Lack Of Thameslink Contract Says Lawyer

United Kingdom Environment

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Bircham Dyson Bell LLP

Agricultural Bulletin - Summer 2011

United Kingdom Environment

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Smith & Williamson

Europe Signals Transformational Change: Transport 2050

United Kingdom Transport

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CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang

The Budget 2011: Clean Energy And Environment Incentives

United Kingdom Environment

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CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang

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Climate Change

UK FCA Plans To Streamline UK Sustainability Reporting

Following a multi-firm review of sustainability reporting, the FCA has announced that it is considering how to streamline and enhance the UK's sustainability reporting framework by simplifying disclosures...

European Union Commercial

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K&L Gates LLP

UK Sustainability Disclosure – Key Developments

Against the backdrop of increased global focus on climate-related disclosures, there have been several recent developments in the UK's sustainability reporting landscape.

United Kingdom Commercial

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Davis Polk & Wardwell

HMRC Publishes Draft Primary Legislation For UK CBAM

On 24 April 2025, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) published draft primary legislation for the UK Carbon Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), alongside a policy update and a technical consultation.

United Kingdom Energy

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

How Does Article 6 Of The Paris Agreement Regulate Carbon Markets?

United Kingdom Energy

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

European Union Proposes Reduction In Climate Reporting Obligations

European Union Environment

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Mintz

Inter-American Court Of Human Rights Takes A Landmark Step In Climate And Human Rights Jurisprudence: Implications For States And Private Actors

Worldwide Government

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

From Paris To The Hague: The ICJ Redefines Climate Obligations

Worldwide Environment

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Addleshaw Goddard

ICJ Issues Landmark Opinion On Climate Change

European Union Environment

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Withers LLP

Climate Change And Property Law: How Changes Impact Real Estate

United Kingdom Environment

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Teacher Stern

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Clean Air / Pollution

The Pioneers: Financial Times Interview With Kimin Tanoto

'By embracing sustainability and focusing on lower-carbon steel processes, Kimin Tanoto is boldly reinventing his family's steel production company'.

Worldwide Energy

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Withers LLP

Plastics: Next Steps For The UN Global Plastics Treaty And Key UK And EU Regulatory Developments

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...

United Kingdom Tax

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Addleshaw Goddard

The Expanding Reach Of Environmental Criminal Law

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

United Kingdom Environment

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Devonshires

The Parent Trap: When UK Companies Face Liability For Overseas Harm

United Kingdom Commercial

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Herrington Carmichael

Winning Off the Pitch with vPPAs

United Kingdom Environment

TRAction

Energy And Infrastructure - Carbon Capture & Storage (Video)

United Kingdom Environment

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Travers Smith LLP

Updates To EU CBAM: Balancing Climate And Competitiveness

United Kingdom Environment

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Travers Smith LLP

PFAS 'Forever Chemicals': The Unseen Challenge In Your Supply Chain?

United Kingdom Environment

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WTW

Brewing A Sustainable Future: We Are Morrow Coffee's Innovative Approach To Eco-Friendly Coffee

United Kingdom Healthcare

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Marks & Clerk

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Latest Videos

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Energy And Infrastructure - Carbon Capture & Storage (Video)

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Travers Smith LLP

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

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Square One

COP28 Insights Mini-Series – Part 1 (Video)

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Mayer Brown

[Video 4] Habitat And Biodiversity Management Pt.2: Key Recommendations (Video)

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Walker Morris

How To Manage Environmental Risks Facing The Construction Industry (Video)

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WTW

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