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BLOG: Atomic Modernisation of the Energy Charter Treaty: Incremental Change or Fundamental Reform? - Part II The amendments introduce several procedural refinements to increase legal certainty and procedural efficiency in investment disputes. The modernised ECT now introduces narrower definitions of an ‘investor’ and ‘investment’. This amendment aims to pre... BLOG: Clean Industrial Deal: the European Commission sets out new plans to reform competition policy Earlier this week, the European Commission (EC) published the Clean Industrial Deal (CID), which sets out a suite of measures designed to transform decarbonisation into a driver of growth for European industries. Ursula von der Leyen had previously p... BLOG: The Sustainability Omnibus - Streamlining Sustainability Regulation On 26 February 2025, the European Commission published its proposals for the first in a series of ‘omnibus’ packages, aimed at streamlining the EU’s sustainability and value chain due diligence legislation. The proposals hope to reduce sustainability repo... BLOG: Court of Appeal’s decision in Gunfleet Sands: a boost to the UK government’s infrastructure drive The Court of Appeal published their decision in Gunfleet Sands on 17 March 2025, upholding the taxpayers’ appeal on the availability of capital allowances for predevelopment expenditure on offshore windfarms. This case has previously been referred to as G... BLOG: The Employment Rights Bill: Seven Questions for Employers The Employment Rights Bill (ERB) has been hailed by the Prime Minister as “introducing the biggest upgrade to workers’ rights in a generation”. It is the most significant piece of employment legislation in decades, and includes 28 different reforms f... BLOG: EU Clean Industrial Deal: Energy policy plays a leading role The EC recognises that high energy costs mean that existing industries may choose to relocate, or new investments may take place outside of the EU. The Action Plan on Affordable Energy (APAE) (adopted in February) is at the heart of CID proposals to addre... BLOG: EU Clean Industrial Deal: Commitments to competitiveness and decarbonisation The European Commission (EC) Clean Industrial Deal (CID), published on 26 February 2025, outlines the European Union’s plan to accelerate industrial decarbonisation whilst securing the future of EU manufacturing in the face of high energy costs and f... BLOG: The ESG and DEI Discussion - from Brussels to Washington In this podcast, Harry Hecht, Philippa O’Malley and Moira Thompson Oliver sit down with Michael Arnold, Partner at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, to revisit how ESG has been increasingly caught up in the electoral cycle on both sides of the Atlantic, wi... BLOG: SBTi Consults on Revised Corporate Net-Zero Standard: Greater Flexibility for Scope 3 Targets but Tight Control of Carbon Credits The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), a corporate climate action organisation that develops standards, tools and guidance which allow companies to set science-based greenhouse gas emissions reductions targets, has published an initial draft of its ... BLOG: UK Spring Statement 2025: No fiscal event, but some developments of interest The UK’s Spring Statement delivered on 26 March 2025 did not include further tax increases and the Chancellor stuck to her commitment to one fiscal event per year – which is going to be the Autumn Statement. Yet, there were more than a few interesting tit...