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PracticalESG

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Keeping you in-the-know on environmental, social and governance developments

Eco-Business recently covered a landmark case about carbon emissions, renewable fuels and deforestation, where the World Trade Organization (WTO)

“… found fault with the way the European Union decided against accepting palm oil as a source of renewable energy. Although the international trade governance body agreed that it was valid for the EU to establish rules against crop-based fuels like palm oil due to the deforestation and emissions risks of indirect land use change (ILUC), it argued that the bloc had developed and implemented these rules in a way that constituted ‘arbitrary or unjustifiable discrimination’ against trading partner Malaysia…

Malaysia, the world’s second largest producer of palm oil after Indonesia, argued that the EU had violated international trade rules when it decided on a cap and phase-out designed to limit the use of palm oil as a biofuel under the bloc’s second version of its Renewable Energy Directive (RED II).”

WTO’s report is here. Given Malaysia’s win here, will there be further attacks on EU policies that are intended to advance climate solutions? It wouldn’t surprise me.

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The Editor

Lawrence Heim has been practicing in the field of ESG management for almost 40 years. He began his career as a legal assistant in the Environmental Practice of Vinson & Elkins working for a partner who is nationally recognized and an adjunct professor of environmental law at the University of Texas Law School. He moved into technical environmental consulting with ENSR Consulting & Engineering at the height of environmental regulatory development, working across a range of disciplines. He was one… View Profile