A New Chapter for UK Sustainability Reporting: Government Consultations Open
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13 August 2025
Introduction On 11 August 2025, the High Court handed down its decision in Wikimedia Foundation and Another v Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology ([2025] EWHC 2086 (Admin)). This case marks one of the first significant legal challenges to the Online Safety Act 2023 (“OSA 2023”), a statute that has already provoked widespread…
Read more7 August 2025
The Review of Electricity Market Arrangements (REMA) Programme was announced by the Government in 2022 to identify reform for electricity market arrangements with the overarching objective of decarbonising and achieving a “fair, affordable and secure power system.” On 10 July 2025, the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) published an important REMA Update…
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Background and objectives: Ofgem has launched a wide-ranging Energy System Cost Allocation and Recovery Review (opened July 2025) to re-examine how the costs of Britain’s evolving energy system are shared across consumer bills. Current system overview The costs of delivering energy to consumers in the UK fall into four broad categories: Wholesale costs: the market…
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Recently in the world of information governance, the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has put freedom of information in the shade somewhat. However, on the 23 July 2025, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) was back in the spotlight when the Supreme Court ruled on the approach to aggregating public interest arguments when applying exemptions…
Read more28 July 2025
The UK’s journey to net zero relies on the development of additional renewable energy infrastructure. Hydrogen UK’s latest report entitled “Driving Demand” makes one thing clear: low-carbon hydrogen is indispensable for the country’s decarbonisation ambitions, especially in traditionally hard to abate sectors. A few members of the Energy Team at Sharpe Pritchard had the pleasure…
Read more28 July 2025
The Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has issued an important judgment under the Subsidy Control Act 2022, rejecting a challenge to two development loans made by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) to local developer Renaker. The decision is the first to interpret the commercial market operator (CMO) principle under the Act, providing key direction for…
Read more25 July 2025
The government has this week issued a long-awaited interim response to the consultation relating to the expansion of the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS) to the waste sector. The intention is that energy from waste (EfW) and waste incineration facilities will enter the UK ETS fully from 2028, when operators will be obliged to…
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