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21 March 2023 News Mills & Reeve advises on $26m climate analytics investment We've advised on $26m Series B funding round for climate analytics firm, Risilience Bookmark this page 2 min read
17 March 2023 Insight Are you ready to sell biodiversity units? If you are a land manager, whether a landowner, farmer, land agent or local authority (and this list is by no means exhaustive) you may be able to sell off-site biodiversity units. The market for these is emerging and the buyers are anticipated to be from a range of developers who are unable to meet in full the requirement for biodiversity net gain on a development site. The statutory requirement to do so comes into force in November 2023. Bookmark this page 4 min read
16 March 2023 Insight Natural capital matters: stacking and bundling Mills & Reeve recently hosted a webinar on the topical subject of stacking and bundling environmental units. Our guest speaker was Kate Russell from Tellus Natural Capital who gave an informative introduction to the open question posed: how can a landholding deliver more than one element of a variety of ecosystem services? Bookmark this page 2 min read
15 March 2023 Insight How businesses can co-operate on environmental goals - new CMA guidance On 28 February 2023, the Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) published their long-awaited draft guidance concerning the application of competition laws to environmental sustainability agreements between competitors or potential competitors (the “Guidance”) . The Guidance was announced by Sarah Cardell, CEO of the CMA, in her speech to the Scottish Competition Forum in January 2023 and builds on the environmental sustainability advice that the CMA provided to the Government in March 2022. Bookmark this page 8 min read
14 March 2023 Insight SLAPPs – defamation, privacy, public participation and reform Rachael Somerset and Alexandra Ranaghan look at the impact of Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation on society, politics and the legal profession. Bookmark this page 7 min read
9 February 2023 Webinar In-house in Focus webinar series A series of webinars for in-house lawyers looking for practical and commercial advice. Bookmark this page 1 min read
13 January 2023 Insight Greenwashing - what are the risks? Rarely out of the headlines, the issue of greenwashing is high on the agendas of companies, investors and regulators alike. With increasing scrutiny and legal actions on the rise, we consider below key risks for companies and financial services firms. Bookmark this page 4 min read
5 January 2023 Insight Competition and Markets Authority consults on strategic priorities for 2023/2024 On 15 December 2022, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) launched a consultation on its draft annual plan for 2023 to 2024. The draft annual plan sets out the CMA’s areas of focus within the context of the organisation’s purpose, ambition and proposed medium-term priorities for the next 3 years. It therefore provides businesses and organisations with a steer on the key areas and sectors in which the CMA is likely to be active. Bookmark this page 4 min read