ESG

  • Garrigues explains the main non-financial information obligations for companies in Portugal

    Tomás Pessanha and Gonçalo Almeida Garrett prepared the chapter dedicated to Portugal of the annual report on non-financial information (ESG) of Thomson Reuters.

  • The Council of the European Union publishes its Decision on guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States

    Member States will take these guidelines into account in determining their employment policies and reform programs, in line with other initiatives to foster sustainability.

  • Green bonds, an opportunity for fostering sustainable tourism

    Partners from Garrigues met with Meliá and Azora executives to discuss the role green bonds can play in the tourism industry, in the latest Garrigues Sustainable Dialogs encounter.

  • Spain: Order approving job evaluation procedure jobs from a gender perspective is published

    This Order seeks to approve and publicize the procedure for evaluating jobs from a gender perspective provided for in Royal Decree 902/2020, of October 13, 2020, on equal pay for men and women, in order to ensure that the principle of equal treatment and nondiscrimination between women and men is applied effectively in relation to retribution.

  • Spain ratifies Additional Protocol to European Social Charter providing for a system of collective complaints to the Council of Europe

    This protocol provides for a system of collective complaints and allows the reporting of unsatisfactory application of the Charter by the States in relation to social and employment matters.

  • The European Directive regulating minimum wages is published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU)

    The directive establishes procedures for the adequacy of statutory minimum wages, promotes collective bargaining on wage-setting and improves effective access to statutory minimum wage protection for those workers who are entitled to such protection under applicable national laws.

  • Financial Times highlights Garrigues’ sustainability strategy among the most innovative projects in the European legal market

    Garrigues was once again among Europe’s most prestigious and successful law firms.

  • Garrigues Sustainable Newsletter - October 2022

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

  • The European Council approves EU law to improve gender balance on company boards

    The directive lays down that at least 40% of directors of listed companies should be members of the underrepresented sex.

  • Non-financial information statements: Here are the legal requirements to be considered for 2023

    Before the end of the year, organizations would be well-advised to familiarize themselves with the new legislation that will have a bearing on the obligation to prepare the non-financial information statement (NFIS) for 2022 together with the future sustainability reporting landscape.