Publications - ESG
2024 European Commission Work Programme adopted
The programme includes proposals to simplify the current sustainability reporting framework.
Garrigues Sustainable Newsletter - October 2023
En esta 'newsletter' recopilamos las novedades legales más relevantes en materia ESG en España, publicadas por Garrigues.
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.
Eighth anniversary of the adoption of the SDGs: UN turns on a rescue plan for people and planet
On the eighth anniversary of the approval of the 2030 Agenda and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the 2023 SDG Summit, which has been held in New York on 18-19 September, starts up a new phase of accelerated progress towards their…
Chile: Publication of Law No. 21.592, which establishes a whistleblower protection statute
The law conceives access to protection as a right of any whistleblower who reports irregularities within organisations and guarantees their personal integrity and that of their property, as well as the preservation of their living and working…
The European Commission approves the first set of sustainability reporting standards to be used by companies
In compliance with the mandate given in the corporate sustainability reporting directive (CSRD), the European Commission has approved a delegated act adopting the first set of reporting standards.
Garrigues Sustainable Newsletter - July 2023
In this newsletter we compile the most relevant legal news on ESG matters in Spain, published by Garrigues.
The European Parliament approves its position on the Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence
With this vote, the European Parliament has taken another step in the approval of the Due Diligence Directive (known by the acronyms CS3D/CSDD), aim of which is to ensure that companies operating in the internal market adopt measures to identify,…
ESG ratings: sustainability ratings move forward in tandem with credit ratings
Two analysts, one from a credit agency and another from a sustainability rating agency, analyze, together with Garrigues, the keys to assessing ESG factors at companies
The challenges that Spain must tackle to be a leader in the production and storage of green hydrogen in Europe, which everyone foresees
Spain must resolutely tackle technological, production-related and transportation challenges, as well as deep changes in industry and the need to implement a legal and financing framework that is safe and scalable.
The EU addresses in depth the principles of transparency and equal pay between men and women and the promotion of genuine equality of persons with disabilities
The directive to strengthen the application of the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value between men and women through pay transparency and enforcement mechanisms has been published. In addition, a resolution of the European…
Spain: The public consultation period has begun for the draft bill regulating the corporate reporting framework on environmental, social and governance issues
The Council of Ministers agreed, on 3 May 2023, to initiate this procedure, which will be available until 25 May, to ensure that those interested in the text of the preliminary draft can make their contributions.