5 results Developments in green bonds: On 21 December 2024 the EU Green Bond Regulation starts to apply In this blog, Marieke Driessen and Niek Groenendijk of our Financial Markets team discuss the EU green bonds regulation which will start applying in 2024. Nieuwe hernieuwbare energierichtlijn: wijzigingen inzake garanties van oorsprong, vergunningen en RFNBO’s Op 20 november 2023 trad richtlijn (EU) 2023/2413 tot herziening van de Hernieuwbare Energierichtlijn (EU) 2018/2001 (“RED III”) in werking. De lidstaten krijgen 18 maanden om RED III om te zetten. Greenwashing in the EU financial markets: sustainable finance status update The European financial markets feature numerous financial products with characteristics such as ‘green’, ‘ESG’, ‘sustainable’, ‘climate’, ‘transition’, ‘impact’ or similar. But when is it fair to name or label financial products as such? PFAS in Walloon and Brussels law Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), known as “forever chemicals” due to their persistence in the environment and very low degradability, have been the subject of several major scandals in Europe in recent years. Les PFAS dans le droit wallon et bruxellois Les substances per- et polyfluoroalkylées (PFAS), surnommées "polluants éternels" en raison de leur persistance dans l’environnement et leur très faible dégradabilité, ont fait l'objet de plusieurs scandales majeurs en Europe ces dernières années.
Developments in green bonds: On 21 December 2024 the EU Green Bond Regulation starts to apply In this blog, Marieke Driessen and Niek Groenendijk of our Financial Markets team discuss the EU green bonds regulation which will start applying in 2024.
Nieuwe hernieuwbare energierichtlijn: wijzigingen inzake garanties van oorsprong, vergunningen en RFNBO’s Op 20 november 2023 trad richtlijn (EU) 2023/2413 tot herziening van de Hernieuwbare Energierichtlijn (EU) 2018/2001 (“RED III”) in werking. De lidstaten krijgen 18 maanden om RED III om te zetten.
Greenwashing in the EU financial markets: sustainable finance status update The European financial markets feature numerous financial products with characteristics such as ‘green’, ‘ESG’, ‘sustainable’, ‘climate’, ‘transition’, ‘impact’ or similar. But when is it fair to name or label financial products as such?
PFAS in Walloon and Brussels law Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), known as “forever chemicals” due to their persistence in the environment and very low degradability, have been the subject of several major scandals in Europe in recent years.
Les PFAS dans le droit wallon et bruxellois Les substances per- et polyfluoroalkylées (PFAS), surnommées "polluants éternels" en raison de leur persistance dans l’environnement et leur très faible dégradabilité, ont fait l'objet de plusieurs scandales majeurs en Europe ces dernières années.