The clock starts ticking for companies following approval of the corporate sustainability due diligence directive
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The clock starts ticking for companies following approval of the corporate sustainability due diligence directive

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…

Final approval for the European directive on greenwashing, requiring greater information to consumers
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Final approval for the European directive on greenwashing, requiring greater information to consumers

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…

GAM hires G-advisory as advisor in its sustainable financing process
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GAM hires G-advisory as advisor in its sustainable financing process

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…

Reflecting sustainability criteria in pay is key to achieving ESG goals

Reflecting sustainability criteria in pay is key to achieving ESG goals

An increasing number of companies are taking sustainability criteria into consideration not only in executive and director pay, but also in the pay of their staff as a whole, in order to better achieve their ESG goals. We addressed this dynamic in the Garrigues Sustainable dialogs. “Companies that make the effort to consider sustainability criteria create…

Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and reporting standards: are companies and assurance providers ready?
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Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and reporting standards: are companies and assurance providers ready?

We analyze the challenges and opportunities of the new regulation for companies and assurance providers. The EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), of December 14, 2022 (the transposition of which into Spanish law is already at the preliminary bill stage) marks a material change in the sustainability information to be provided by many companies in…

The European Union bans the use of microplastics
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The European Union bans the use of microplastics

To protect the environment and human health, the Commission has decided to restrict the use of synthetic polymer microparticles intentionally added to products. The European Commission has approved Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/2055 of 25 September 2023, published in the Official Journal of the European Union on September 27, 2023, amending Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No…