After it has come into force, companies will have to start the steps needed to ensure fulfillment of the directive’s obligations within the time periods imposed by the European Union. To assist with this task, we share below a chart with the key dates when the obligations for companies will come into force in the…
Just a week ago we celebrated the 22nd anniversary of our accession to the Global Compact. On this noteworthy date, we are presenting the 2023 Garrigues Sustainability Report on the firm’s policies, initiatives, parameters and goals in environmental, social and governance matters relating to the year ended December 2023. The report retains the structure it…
The EU act setting out companies’ obligations in relation to the human rights and environmental impacts of their activities is already a reality. Companies are now well advised to familiarize themselves fully with the obligations, and especially, the liability to be faced by the companies included in its scope (and any that will be indirectly…
The directive regulates companies’ obligations relating to actual and potential adverse human rights and environmental impacts, liability for breaching such obligations and the requirement that companies adopt and put into effect a transition plan to mitigate climate change. In the last plenary session of the ninth legislature held on April 24, 2024, the European Parliament…
In this newsletter we compile the most relevant legal news on ESG matters in Spain, published by Garrigues and G-advisory. READ MORE
In a new edition of our Garrigues Sustainable Dialogs we look at the changing and hugely complex context that the industry is having to face, following the recently approved waste measures, to be able to continue on its path towards a more circular and environmentally sustainable economy. The drinks packaging industry is facing a tsunami of rules…
The European Council has approved the directive on greenwashing, which will ban commercial practices such as greenwashing and early obsolescence, together with increasing the information that will have to be given to consumers. The new law has yet to be published in the Official Journal of the European Union. Final approval was obtained for the…
G-advisory was selected as the sustainability expert hired by General de Alquiler de Maquinaria (GAM) to prepare a second-party opinion on a promissory note program registered at the Spanish Alternative Fixed-Income Market (MARF). The Garrigues group consultants tested this program’s relationship with sustainability by analyzing the offering circular (between GAM and the financial institution), the ambition…
In this newsletter we compile the most relevant legal news on ESG matters in Spain, published by Garrigues and G-advisory. READ MORE
