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James Fernyhough

London

Sustainability Editor at POLITICO Europe

Sustainability Editor at POLITICO Europe. Previously Bloomberg, FT and The Australian Financial Review - get in touch at [email protected]

Articles

  • 1 week ago | politico.eu | James Fernyhough

    This article is part of the Europe's looming water crisis special report. The herring-rich Baltic Sea has fed Sweden's appetite for surströmming since the Middle Ages. The putrid-smelling fermented dish can only properly be made using herring caught in the brackish waters of the world's youngest sea, as they are smaller than their Atlantic cousins. But now much of the Baltic Sea is quite literally dying — and herring numbers are plummeting.

  • 2 weeks ago | politico.eu | Max Griera |James Fernyhough

    Emmanuel Macron is on a collision course with his own allies in Brussels after he called for ethical supply chain rules to be scrapped — a cause first championed by the far right. On Monday, the French president stunned many when he said he wanted to repeal the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, a European Union law that requires companies to monitor their entire global supply chain for human rights abuses and environmental damage.

  • 2 weeks ago | politico.eu | Giorgio Leali |Paul de Villepin |James Fernyhough

    Emmanuel Macron may have just sounded the death knell for one of Europe’s most controversial green laws. In a speech at Versailles on Monday, the French president called for abolition of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, a law that requires companies to monitor their global suppliers for human rights and environmental abuses. Many businesses loathe it.

  • 3 weeks ago | politico.eu | James Fernyhough

    It was once set to be Ursula von der Leyen's political legacy. Now the Green Deal is so politically toxic that her own party made its support for a Parliament text conditional on stripping out those two words.

  • 1 month ago | scientificamerican.com | James Fernyhough

    CLIMATEWIRE | BRUSSELS — Textiles, furniture, tires and mattresses will be subject to much stricter design standards to ensure they last longer, as the EU aims to stamp out wasteful consumption, the European Commission confirmed Wednesday. Steel and aluminum will also be included in the first wave of regulations under the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR), along with a range of electronic goods from mobile phones to fridges and washing machines.

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James Fernyhough
James Fernyhough @JamesFernyhough
16 Sep 24

Professional update - I’ve joined @POLITICOEurope as Sustainability Editor - covering all EU-related environmental and related topics. Looking for scoops, intel, insight and general chats - so please get in touch if this is your area! [email protected]

James Fernyhough
James Fernyhough @JamesFernyhough
25 Jul 24

RT @esg_investor: Political pressures in US have prompted fund outflows, #greenhushing and fall in support for shareholder resolutions – bu…

James Fernyhough
James Fernyhough @JamesFernyhough
29 May 24

RT @esg_investor: The UK is one of the only countries in the world to have privatised water - now the system is collapsing with investors w…