Germany must transpose the EU Environmental Crime Directive into national law by 21 May, 2026. The Environmental Crime Directive primarily aims to expand and intensify corporate liability. Companies should therefore conduct a...more
8/25/2025
/ Compliance Management Systems ,
Corporate Liability ,
Criminal Sanctions ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Environmental Crimes ,
Environmental Liability ,
EU ,
EU Directive ,
Germany ,
New Legislation ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Management
Recent years have seen an ever increasing density of ESG regulation on the national, European and global level. With significant regulations already or about to enter into force, enforcement actions on different levels,...more
2023 has seen a rise of a range of ambitious ESG regulations especially in the EU. Due to the ongoing transition from a soft law to a hard law environment cast in national and supranational laws and regulations,...more