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Sustainability and competition law: CMA publishes new draft guidance for environmental sustainability agreements
13 June 2023
The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published and publicly consulted on draft guidance on the application of Chapter I of the Competition Act 1998 to environmental sustainability agreements. If enacted, the draft guidance could see the CMA take a more permissive view to sustainability benefits arising from agreements between businesses, including direct competitors.
This article was first published by Thomson Reuters, trading as Sweet & Maxwell, 5 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5AQ in the European Competition Law Review as "Sustainability and competition law: CMA publishes new draft guidance for environmental sustainability agreements" in (2023) 44 E.C.L.R., Issue 6 N-144-N146 and is reproduced by agreement with the publishers.
