Unlocking environmental collaboration: making competition law fit for the sustainability challenge Dentons Business Bites

Offering food for thought in the current situation, the Business Bites series continues to ask what ingredients can create the best recipes to help navigate the challenges and opportunities posed by the new dynamic.

Starting with the Paris Agreement in 2015, continuing with the ambitious goals set forth by the EU in its proposed Green Deal, the world is waking up to the urgency of climate change and the preservation of biodiversity. The current pandemic has also generated further debate about the need to take action.

In the latest Business Bite, partners Jean-Nicolas Maillard and Yves Botteman and business development manager Grace Smouter, each with a focus on EU competition law, discuss how antitrust policy and enforcement should adapt to foster ambitious industry collaborations aimed at tackling climate change and biodiversity.

Interested in continuing the discussion? Then why not join our upcoming series of virtual roundtables hosted by Yves and Jean-Nicolas to foster more dialogue and between industry and regulators? The series will include discussions on perceived conflicts between EU sustainability goals and antitrust enforcement; changes to product and production processes; codes of conduct initiated by trade associations; as well as industry cooperation around innovation and the circular economy.