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sustainability regulation

Governments around the world are taking urgent action to address climate change. In the EU, this includes a raft of policies designed to improve environmental efficiency and establish a circular economy.

For companies in the ICT sector, environmental regulation has complex implications. It pressures them to improve their own performance, while creating opportunities for them to deploy digital solutions to help organisations in other sectors work in a more environmentally-friendly way.

Our sustainability service deciphers the complexity of environmental regulation and makes it easy to understand how interrelated EU policies affect your organisation. Start your personal demo today and find out what our independent, expert insight could do for you.

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general topics covered

EU environmental policy

Stay up to date on EU environmental policies. Our sustainability service provides clarity, insight and commentary on the key aspects of the European Green Deal, including the Fit for 55 package and Circular Economy Action Plan. Topics covered include:

  • European Climate Law
  • Renewable energy and energy efficiency policy
  • Corporate sustainability reporting
  • Waste and recycling
The impact on the ICT sector

Many aspects of environmental policy have a direct or indirect impact on the ICT sector. Our sustainability service explores the rules and their implications for ICT companies, covering topics such as:

  • Environmental impacts of digitisation and innovation
  • Actions taken by ICT sector regulators
  • Rules and best practices for data centres
  • Transparency and reporting rules
Government and industry initiatives

Keep track of government and industry plans and targets, and understand the context behind them. We provide coverage on the steps taken by governments, regulators and ICT companies to improve sustainability. Topics covered include:

  • National environmental targets
  • Company environmental targets
  • Initiatives to improve environmental performance
The bigger picture

Climate change is a global issue. Our independent reporting and analysis covers major environmental developments on the world stage, including:

  • IPCC assessments and reports
  • COP meetings and their outcomes
  • Major policy shifts from key players

latest intelligence

European Commission considering accelerated rollout of alternative fuels infrastructure
08 April 26 Peter Dunn

The European Commission is calling for inputs until 20 April 2026 for a review of the Regulation on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure (AFIR). The review will assess the appropriateness of the AFIR and its targets, in particular whether the targets or other aspects of the regulation need to be adjusted.

Commission draft delegated act sets out rules for the labelling of data centres
07 April 26 Bianca Sofian

The European Commission published a draft regulation to help define a common EU scheme for rating the sustainability of data centres. The draft regulation represents the second step for establishing the rating scheme, setting out rules on how to use the information collected for the rating of data centres.

European sustainability developments – 1Q 2026 update
02 April 26 Bianca Sofian

This report provides a summary of the main developments on environmental policy and regulation in Europe in the three months from January to March 2026.

European Commission holds first workshop on study to develop minimum performance standards for data centres
27 March 26 Emilie Degand

The Directorate-General for Energy of the European Commission has held its first stakeholder workshop on its study on the development of minimum energy and sustainability performance standards (MPS) for data centres. The study will contribute to the development of a possible proposed regulation establishing the MPS, which the Commission should publish by the end of 2026 or early 2027.

Rapid growth of European data centres expected to increase environmental footprint
16 March 26 Emilie Degand

BEREC published an external study on the current state of data centres, outlining their main environmental impacts and measures to mitigate them.

Monitoring tests show that the display of smartphone energy labels needs improvement
12 March 26 Bianca Sofian

A monitoring activity of e-commerce platforms presented whether energy labels and the product information sheet were made available on specific product pages as well as on all other pages where the products are displayed (e.g. the main page, list view and basket page).

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For more information about our sustainability service, please contact:

Peter Dunn phone: +32 2 73 87 200 peter.dunn@cullen-international.com