Sustainability and competition policy in Europe: recent developments

In the last year or so, further progress has been made integrating sustainability considerations into competition policy and enforcement in Europe. On sustainability co-operation agreements we have seen more guidelines being published (notably the UK with its 'more permissive approach' to 'climate change agreements') with many competition authorities providing quick, light touch, informal guidance for specific projects. Conversely, anti-competitive arrangements harmful to a sustainable future have been punished as cartels or an abuse of dominant position. This survey looks at the emerging thinking on sustainability and abuse of dominance