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Mamo TCV Advocates - Maritime transport is a large, and growing, source of greenhouse gas emissions.

ESG: Emissions Trading in the Maritime Sector Environmental, Social and Governance Shipping, Yachting and Transport

ESG: Emissions Trading in the Maritime Sector

Maritime transport is a large, and growing, source of greenhouse gas emissions. As a result, from 1 January 2024, the European Union (‘EU’) extended its Emissions Trading System (‘ETS’) to also cover carbon dioxide emissions from large ships of 5000 gross tonnage entering EU ports, regardless of the flag that they fly. The EU’s ETS - How Does it Work? Set up in 2005, the ETS operates via a cap and trade principle. The EU has placed a cap on the amount of greenhouse gases that can be emitted by operators falling within the ETS and this limit is reduced…

Laura Spiteri23rd April 2024

European Parliament and Council in Agreement to Regulate ESG Rating Providers Environmental, Social and Governance

European Parliament and Council in Agreement to Regulate ESG Rating Providers

In recent years, the corporate world has witnessed a notable paradigm shift, moving away from the traditional pursuit of growth and profit maximisation to embracing a more sustainable business model. This evolved approach acknowledges the significance of business profitability while integrating it with societal objectives related to sustainable development, including but not limited to, environmental conservation, human rights protection and good governance. The notion of sustainable development within the corporate landscape is intimately intertwined with the relatively recent notion of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) criteria. These criteria demand that companies not only mitigate their negative effects but also actively…

Klara Cachia and Christine Calleja26th March 2024

measures adopted to combat the negative effects plastic waste

Plastic Waste: What’s on the Horizon? Antitrust, Competition and Trade Environmental, Social and Governance

Plastic Waste: What’s on the Horizon?

Over the past few years, a number of measures were adopted to combat the negative effects plastic waste is having on the environment and on human health. To name a few, a deposit refund scheme was introduced in Malta in 2022, the supply of lightweight plastic carrier bags for distribution, consumption, or use was prohibited as from 2022, and as from 2021 the placing on the market certain the single-use plastic products – such as plastic straws, food containers made from expanded polystyrene, beverage containers/cups made of expanded polystyrene – was banned. To continue tackling the wasteful use of plastic…

Laura Spiteri7th March 2024

Packaging and Packaging Waste – at the Dawn of a New Era in Regulation Antitrust, Competition and Trade Environmental, Social and Governance

Packaging and Packaging Waste – at the Dawn of a New Era in Regulation

Packaging and packaging waste has been regulated by the European Union (“EU”) since 1994. As consumers, we all know that most goods are sold in packaging, and that there may be various packaging at the several stages of the product’s life. Packaging comes in a diversity of material (glass, paper, cardboard, metal, plastics, wood, corks, textile, ceramics or porcelain…) and items (cans, tubes, boxes, films and bags). In 2018, when the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (94/62/EC) (PPWD) was last amended, the packaging industry in the EU had a turnover of EUR 355 billion. Notwithstanding the Packaging and Packaging Waste…

Annalies Muscat18th January 2024

Ensuring Equality and Diversity in the Workplace Employment and Industrial Relations Environmental, Social and Governance Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Ensuring Equality and Diversity in the Workplace

The European region of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA-Europe)’s yearly benchmarking instrument, the Rainbow Map and Index, ranks 49 European countries with respect to the level of protection afforded to LGBTIQ+ individuals from a legal and policy perspective. Malta, the host for EuroPride 2023, has secured the highest ranking on the Rainbow Europe Map for 8 consecutive years. Despite such a high ranking, it is important to note that from a legal standpoint, LGBTIQ+ individuals were not always afforded the highest level of protection against discrimination. In fact, prior to 2014, the supreme law of…

Christine Calleja, Klara Cachia and Maria-Lisa Buttigieg7th September 2023

Mamo TCV Advocates Continues Supporting the National Blood Transfusion Service Environmental, Social and Governance News

Mamo TCV Advocates Continues Supporting the National Blood Transfusion Service

Blood donation plays a critical role in healthcare, and with the continuous increase of the Maltese population, staff blood donation is becoming all the more important. Malta relies heavily on blood donations to meet the needs of its healthcare system. While voluntary blood donation is always encouraged, staff blood donation can help spur those who would otherwise be hesitant about donating blood or who might even have never donated blood before. In this way, staff blood donation contributes towards fulfilling the ever-increasing needs of the Maltese healthcare system. Employees from Mamo TCV Advocates regularly support the National Blood Transfusion Service…

Mamo TCV Advocates9th August 2023

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