ESG

  • FESBAL honors Garrigues with the loyalty award at the 2024 Espiga de Oro ceremony

    The Spanish Federation of Food Banks (FESBAL) presented Garrigues with the 2024 loyalty award (Premio Fidelidad 2024) at the twenty-first edition of its Espiga de Oro awards “for its outstanding contribution and generous support to our institution”.

  • The CNMV and the ICAC publish a statement on sustainability reports in the interim before transposition of the CSRD Directive in Spain

    They recommend preparing non-financial information statements in line with the new EU rules, without overlooking the Spanish corporate law rules in force

  • The EU bolsters nature restoration: here is the new legislative framework for 2030 and 2050

    The Nature Restoration Regulation has a particular impact on companies in the food industry, in direct relationship with land and sea ecosystems that could be affected by the restoration obligation due to their degradation.

  • The role of sustainability in institutional investors’ decision-making and what proxy advisors do

    The embedding of ESG factors in corporate governance and the prominent role of proxy advisors were key topics in the seminar How Institutional and Proxy Advisors Approach Sustainability at Listed Companies, organized by Garrigues Sustainable Dialogs.

  • Garrigues collaborates from Mexico and Chile with the Climate Policy Monitor launched by Oxford University

    Oxford University has just presented the Climate Policy Monitor, an exhaustive analysis of the alignment of economic rules with climate goals, in which Garrigues has participated by evaluating the regulatory frameworks of Mexico and Chile in three strategic areas.

  • Spain: The Draft of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Law arrives to the Parliament

    The Council of Ministers has given the green light to the Draft of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Law for the companies’ disclosure of the ESG matters, that will be processed as urgent.

  • CSRD: practical aspects to be borne in mind when preparing the sustainability report

    In a new edition of Garrigues Sustainable Dialogs, we covered the most relevant and complex legal and technical aspects that companies should consider when drafting their sustainability report pursuant to the CSRD Directive. 

  • Garrigues Sustainable Newsletter - October 2024

    In this newsletter we compile the most relevant legal news on ESG matters in Spain, published by Garrigues and G-advisory.

  • Spain: Publication of royal decree governing the management of waste of tobacco products with filters and of filters

    The new legislation develops for this waste stream the extended producer responsibility scheme provided for in the Waste Law and imposes obligations on public authorities and economic operators.

  • Spain: The new regulations on water reuse regulate the production, supply and use of reclaimed water

    The fundamental objectives of the legislation is to guarantee the quality and safety of reclaimed water for the environment, human health and animal health, promote reuse and contribute to meeting water demands in a sustainable manner, reducing pressure on natural water resources.