Duty of Care Also in Germany: The Impending Mandatory Due Diligence Legislation
At the beginning of March, German ministries published the government draft of a mandatory supply chain due diligence law (“Sorgfaltspflichtengesetz”, “Lieferkettengesetz”), which now needs to be passed by the German...
New CO2-pricing in Germany – Significance and consequences for your company
Since January 1rst, 2021, in Germany a new CO2 pricing on fuels has been in force. It demands that from now on, a distributor will have to pay a fixed amount of 25 euros per ton of CO2 emitted through the combustion of...
The Green Deal and the Circular Economy
This blog post contains the topic of the Circular Economy in the context of the Green Deal.You will learn how Circular Economy is integrated into the Green Deal, what this involves and what this can mean for your...
How does Brexit affect you?
The planned transitional period will run until 31 December 2020. After the end of the transition period, EU legislation will no longer apply directly to the UK. If your business is in any way affected, you will have to...
Mandatory Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence in Europe: Coming to a Country Near You
The European Union plans to introduce legislation requiring companies to undertake human rights and environmental due diligence in 2021. On which legal predecessors would such a law be based? And how could the planned...
Increasing material profitability with MFCA in low-loss production
ifu Hamburg, Member of iPoint Group, and Umwelttechnik BW (State Agency for Environmental Technology and Resource Efficiency in Baden-Wuerttemberg) advised different companies on material efficiency within the funding...