News & Analysis as of August 3, 2025

UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)

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Goodwin Antitrust & Regulatory Shorts: Fashion Faux Pas; Misleading Green and Social Responsibility Claims

Goodwin on 7/2/2025

In recent years, legislative initiatives have increasingly reflected the green agenda and sustainability objectives of the European Commission (the Commission)....more

CMA Guidance on Environmental Agreements

Mayer Brown on 9/24/2024

KEY TAKEAWAYS - The CMA’s Green Agreements Guidance sets out its approach to applying competition law in relation to agreements between competitors that are aimed at reducing the adverse impact of economic activities on...more

UK Advertising Standards Authority Publishes Updated Guidance on Greenwashing Claims

Latham & Watkins LLP on 6/29/2023

The ASA conveyed a sense of urgency, as it believes influencing consumer behaviour will be an important part of meeting UK net zero targets. On 23 June 2023, the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) published an...more

The CMA’s Draft Sustainability Guidance - the latest agency to step into the international green competition policy debate

BCLP on 5/9/2023

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) has published its long-awaited draft guidance on sustainability agreements between competitors (the “Draft Guidance”). In doing so, it acknowledges that collaborations...more

ESG Regulation Watch: UK Developments

King & Spalding on 4/16/2021

In November 2020, the UK government published a road map (the Roadmap) towards mandatory climate-related disclosures across all sectors of the UK economy aligned with the recommendations of the Taskforce on Climate-related...more

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