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ESG and sustainability requirements are becoming more regulated through directives and laws, compliance is transforming into a strategy for managing and mitigating risks rather than focusing solely on business opportunities. ESG is now a key element in building business resilience and ensuring secure continuity. For businesses operating in real estate and infrastructure, the evolving legal and regulatory landscape presents both opportunities and risks.

CMS is working with its clients in the finance, real estate and infrastructure sectors around the world to become more resilient and compliant in the face of climate change, technological disruption, urbanisation and social concerns. We advise clients on all areas of ESG-related law, including reporting and disclosures, future mobility and climate change, the energy transition and its financing, ESG funds and green real estate finance, ESG due diligence and risk assessments, regulatory issues, sustainable supply chains, corporate digital responsibility, green claims, human rights, whistleblowing, and ESG litigation.

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We are making projects happen in new and exciting areas such as carbon capture & storage, battery energy storage, hydrogen and nuclear. There is a wealth of legislation and guidance (new and upcoming) that businesses in the finance, real estate and infrastructure sectors must respond to, and CMS is advising on all of these. Examples include the EU Deforestation Regulation, EU ESG Ratings Regulation, EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation and the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism.

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The European Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) aims to ensure that products imported, sold, or exported from the EU are not linked to deforestation or forest degradation. The EUDR applies to a defined list of commodities strongly associated with deforestation which includes cattle, cocoa, coffee, oil palm, soya, wood and rubber. The EUDR applies to anyone involved in placing these products on the EU market, selling them within the EU, or exporting them from the EU.

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