Last Thursday, Britain voted to leave the EU. Whilst some saw the chance to reclaim sovereign powers from Brussels, others witnessed the real risk of being left out from the single market. How to make the most out of Brexit? At the moment, the results of the EU referendum are merely advisory and not legally binding. Hence, the UK Parliament needs to ratify the referendum results to start the withdrawal process. Once this is done, the Prime Minister should invoke Article 50 of

The European Commission has published a consultation on methodology for reporting non-financial information with the aim to assist listed companies, banks, insurers and other public-interest entities with CSR reporting. The results of this consultation will feed into a reporting guidance document that the European Commission is preparing ahead of the implementation of the CSR Directive – due in 2017. The Commission’s consultation enquires about a series of issues, ranging fro

On 3 December, in a bid to help businesses and citizens to make the transition to a more “circular economy” where as little as possible is wasted, the European Commission presented the Circular Economy Action Plan. Despite being branded as less ambitious than its predecessor, the plan focuses on “closing the loop” of product the lifecycle, from production and consumption to waste management, through greater recycling and re-use. The main actions outlined in the Action Plan in