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The EU Deforestation Regulation pushes companies to prove their products are deforestation-free through mandatory traceability, going beyond what voluntary certifications can enforce. Yet complex supply chains, repeated delays, and the risk of trade rerouting elsewhere leave doubts about whether that traceability is truly achievable in practice.
Simplifying sustainability regulation may reduce compliance burdens, but climate litigation can continue to expose energy companies to significant legal, operational and reputational risks across global value chains.
Does Equinor’s net zero ambition represent a genuine transition away from fossil fuels? Or is it primarily a sustainability narrative that allows continued oil and gas production under evolving regulatory expectations?
Governments can tackle the climate crisis more effectively by using what they already have, learning as they go, and addressing many challenges together instead of one by one.
As sustainability is a disputed matter across company law, bankruptcy, antitrust, and financial regulation worldwide, we ask not just whether legal change should happen, but how and why it does.
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