Environment, Climate, and Sustainability
The legal landscape for environment, climate and sustainability is becoming increasingly complex. Companies must comply with a growing body of regulatory requirements while at the same time positioning themselves for long-term value creation. Wikborg Rein has a dedicated team of highly experienced lawyers who work exclusively with environment, climate and sustainability.
Our team helps private and public actors navigate complex and rapidly evolving climate and environmental regulations. We support compliance, risk management, and business opportunities, covering strategy, regulatory engagement, reporting, and climate-related disputes.
We advise across sectors on emissions, circular and resource-efficient solutions, and reporting obligations, with particular expertise in industry, maritime, and waste/recycling, including EU ETS and FuelEU Maritime. Our sector knowledge ensures practical and implementable solutions.
We offer
- Climate and environmental law: interpretation and compliance
- Supervision, inspections and orders from public authorities
- Crisis management and investigation of acute pollution incidents
- Climate and environmental disputes
- Due diligence assessments and risk mapping
- Internal control and compliance systems
- Climate risk assessments
- Sustainability reporting (CSRD, taxonomy and SFDR,)
- Greenwashing prevention
- Purchase and sale of climate credits
- ESG due diligence in transactions
- Green financing
- Teaching and training
Our services
WR ESG Alerts
Wikborg Rein's monthly ESG alerts will cover key developments on topics of relevance under the ESG umbrella.
Compliance Update
In our Compliance Update we provide our readers with information and updates on current topics in ethics, compliance and crisis management. Enjoyable reading!
