Publications - Sustainability
In a judgment that sets a very important precedent for climate litigation, the court concluded that the government’s inaction violated the European Convention on Human Rights.
La nueva Directiva europea sobre ‘greenwashing’ o blanqueo ecológico busca acabar con la ecoimpostura y la obsolescencia temprana. La mayoría de las obligaciones que establece ya son sancionables a través de las normas existentes en materia de…
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…
In a recent binding ruling, the DGT has relaxed its position and allowed environmental credits to be claimed within the maximum application period of 15 years, even where the investments were made in years that have already been inspected.
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…
In this newsletter we compile the most relevant legal news on ESG matters in Spain, published by Garrigues and G-advisory.
EFRAG, the European Commission’s independent technical advisory body for preparation of the sustainable reporting standards, launched a public consultation on the first implementation guidance documents and the standards for SMEs. Furthermore, the…
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 new European regulation, which aims to prevent unfair commercial practices, will have to continue its process before the Council of the EU for its final approval and its subsequent publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
The law, which proposes new requirements for all actors in the food chain, aims to encourage the efficient use of food and promote good practices.
The document, which affects various economic sectors, sets a series of emission reduction targets for 2030.
This proposal transposes into Spanish law the European directive on improving the gender balance among directors of listed companies and related measures, although it is more demanding in its scope than the provisions in the EU act.