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Apr 6, 2024 | 
globalcompliancenews.com | Mario Cigno |William-James Kettlewell |Maritje Weydemann |Elisabet Cots
In briefAs part of the European Union (EU)’s European Green Deal, one of the areas of EU law that has developed most rapidly and profoundly is that relating to corporate sustainability governance. Most recently, the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (“CS3D”), has been provisionally agreed at a political level in December 2023, and confirmed by COREPER in a revised version in March 2024. An overview of this text is available here.
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Mar 27, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Mario Cigno |William-James Kettlewell |Elisabet Cots |Irene Villora Esteve |Franz Kaps |Laila Kouchi | +1 more
In brief As part of the European Union (EU)’s European Green Deal, one of the areas of EU law that has developed most rapidly and profoundly is that relating to corporate sustainability governance. Most recently, the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (“CS3D”), has been provisionally agreed at a political level in December 2023, and confirmed by COREPER in a revised version in March 2024. An overview of this text is available here.
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Jun 8, 2023 | 
bakermckenzie.com | Christopher Jones |William-James Kettlewell
Following the launch of the RePowerEU package, the European Commission continues to develop the regulatory framework applicable to renewable fuels of non-biological origin (RFNBO, mainly renewable hydrogen). Two draft Delegated Acts that will have a significant impact on the hydrogen market have been published for public consultation under the Renewable Energy Directive recast (REDII, Directive (EU) 2018/2001).
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Jun 8, 2023 | 
bakermckenzie.com | Christopher Jones |Klaus-Dieter Borchardt |William-James Kettlewell
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On 1 February 2023, the European Commission ("Commission") released its communication on a "Green Deal Industrial Plan for the Net-Zero Age" ("Communication"). This Communication outlines the actions that the Commission intends to take to stimulate investment in the "net-zero industry" within the EU.
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Mar 24, 2023 | 
globalcompliancenews.com | Christopher Jones |William-James Kettlewell |Maher Haddad |James O'Brien
Upcoming Webinar | 19 April 2023 – 3:00 PM GMTClean hydrogen plays a critical role in net zero strategies of the world’s leading economies. The US and the EU have already taken significant steps to position themselves at the forefront of the global race to net zero by launching state support packages on an unprecedented scale. Both packages include measures aimed at establishing commercial demand, increasing the scale of deployment, reducing costs and stimulating investment into clean hydrogen.
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Mar 22, 2023 | 
globalcompliancenews.com | Christopher Jones |Klaus-Dieter Borchardt |William-James Kettlewell
In brief On 10 February 2023, the European Commission finally adopted the Additionality Delegated Act, which outlines conditions under which hydrogen, hydrogen-based fuels or other synthetic fuels can be considered as renewable fuels of non-biological origin (RFNBOs), and the Methodology Delegated Act, which provides the methodology for calculating life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions for RFNBOs, which is necessary to determine whether or not they comply with the EU’s GHG emissions thresholds...
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Mar 22, 2023 | 
globalcompliancenews.com | Christopher Jones |Philip Thomson |Klaus-Dieter Borchardt |William-James Kettlewell
In brief On 10 February 2023, the European Commission finally adopted the Additionality Delegated Act, which outlines conditions under which hydrogen, hydrogen-based fuels or other synthetic fuels can be considered as renewable fuels of non-biological origin (RFNBOs), and the Methodology Delegated Act, which provides the methodology for calculating life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions for RFNBOs, which is necessary to determine whether or not they comply with the EU’s GHG emissions thresholds...
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Mar 20, 2023 | 
bakermckenzie.com | Christopher Jones |William-James Kettlewell |Maher Haddad
Clean hydrogen plays a critical role in net zero strategies of the world's leading economies. The US and the EU have already taken significant steps to position themselves at the forefront of the global race to net zero by launching state support packages on an unprecedented scale. Both packages include measures aimed at establishing commercial demand, increasing the scale of deployment, reducing costs and stimulating investment into clean hydrogen. But how exactly do they work and compare?
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Feb 7, 2023 | 
lexology.com | Christopher Jones |Klaus-Dieter Borchardt |William-James Kettlewell
In briefEnergy transition is the biggest change that the world is undergoing right now. The EU is taking significant steps to position itself at the forefront of the global race to net zero. The EU has a legally binding target to achieve net zero by 2050. EU countries also already have very advanced plans for achieving net zero and energy security, accompanied by financial state support packages on an unprecedented scale.
