James Clarke

Feb 27, 2024 | lexology.com | Michael Burns |Dan Brown |Katie Williams |Derk Opitz |Bree Miechel |James Clarke | +3 more

Find out more about Lexology or get in touch by visiting our About page. RegisterTo view this article you need a PDF viewer such as Adobe Reader. If you can't read this PDF, you can view its text here. Go back to the PDF. GlobalFebruary 27 2024The need to rapidly accelerate the transition to cleaner energy is now more important than ever. At last year’s COP28 conference in Dubai, member states agreed a deal that called on all nations to make the transition away from fossil fuels.

Dec 27, 2023 | thewest.com.au | James Clarke

Western Australia is positioning itself as a global player in the clean energy transition, but if we want to realise the true potential of this growing trend and leverage our critical minerals industry, we can’t turn our backs on China. A recent report by the Australia-China Relations Institute, commissioned by the Australia-China Business Council, revealed China was leading the global energy transition, accounting for 91 per cent of total clean energy factory investment in 2022.

Nov 20, 2023 | lexology.com | James Clarke

This tracker is a high-level summary of the measures imposed by Australia following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. In the current circumstances, the status of these measures are subject to change on a daily basis. Certain measures were in place prior to February 2022 and these are not included in this tracker.

Nov 17, 2023 | lexology.com | James Clarke |Anna-Marie Slot |Elena Lambros |Tae Royle |Alyssa Phillips |Tom Cummins

Ashurst's regular briefing on the evolving risk of greenwashing and how to manage itAllegations of greenwashing are widespread. In almost every industry, participants face scrutiny in terms of what they say they are doing about sustainability versus what they actually do. In this briefing, we aim to cut through the noise and draw your attention to key developments in jurisdictions around the world. Greenwashing is a global issue.

Nov 16, 2023 | lexology.com | James Clarke |Anna-Marie Slot |Anna Varga |Tom Cummins |Alyssa Phillips |Elena Lambros

Ashurst's regular briefing on the evolving risk of greenwashing and how to manage it. Welcome to the second issue of Greenwatch, where we look at the risk of greenwashing – and how companies can mitigate it. The European Union leads the way in "green" regulation – its innovative policies affect corporate behaviour beyond the EU's borders. We explore proposed new legislation to police the environmental statements made to consumers and what it will mean in practice.