From 27 September 2026, twelve environmental claims are misleading in all circumstances. What you may still say, what you may not, and what it means for your packaging and advertising.
After the Omnibus package the CSRD applies only from 1,000 employees and EUR 450 million turnover, with first reporting on financial year 2027. What does that mean for your company?
ESG reporting in practice: CSRD, ESRS, double materiality, data, the auditor and voluntary reporting for SMEs.
Objection to an environmental permit: standard or extended procedure, who qualifies as an interested party, the six-week deadline and the route to appeal.
Supply chain due diligence is, in 2026, primarily a matter of European law. The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) requires very large companies to carry out risk-based due diligence on human rights and the environment in their chain of activities. The Omnibus I package, which entered into force in March 2026, cut the scope […]
The Taxonomy Regulation is the European classification system that determines when an economic activity is environmentally sustainable. It sets out six environmental objectives and four cumulative conditions. The Regulation does not require you to act sustainably: it requires you to be transparent about the extent to which your activities meet the criteria. The Omnibus I […]
In 2022 the European Commission brought certain natural gas and nuclear energy activities within the EU taxonomy, subject to conditions. It did so not by amending the Taxonomy Regulation itself but through a complementary delegated act. That choice shaped both the substance and the procedure. On 10 September 2025 the General Court of the European […]
The EU Deforestation Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2023/1115, is law in force. It entered into force in June 2023, but the obligations on companies only start to apply from 30 December 2026. For micro and small undertakings the date is 30 June 2027. Anyone who places seven commodities, or products derived from them, on the EU […]
European waste law rests on two pillars: the Waste Framework Directive and the sector-specific rules for particular streams. For packaging, the old directive has been replaced by the Packaging Regulation (EU) 2025/40. That regulation has direct effect and sets requirements on design, composition and documentation. On top of that, the Netherlands operates a system of […]
The Farm to Fork strategy of May 2020 was the food chapter of the European Green Deal. Part of what it announced has become law; another part has fallen away. The framework law on sustainable food systems was never tabled. The proposal on plant protection products has been withdrawn. Binding rules do now apply to […]
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