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Zoé Bertrand

Zoé Bertrand is an associate in the Sustainability and Life Sciences Practice Groups, where her practice covers ESG, sustainability, environmental, food, and pharmaceutical regulation. She has experience in a wide range of regulatory and compliance issues with a focus on EU, Belgian, and French regulatory advice.

She advises on compliance with EU ESG regulations, encompassing the CSRD, the CSDDD, and the EUDR, covering aspects as scope, timeline, implementation, and enforcement. As part of her practice, Zoé also covers environmental matters including the urban wastewater treatment directive, extended producer responsibility, chemicals regulations, and greenwashing.

Zoé also assists clients with the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol and the access and benefit sharing rules of a number of jurisdictions. Zoé closely follows international developments on biodiversity.


On July 7, 2025, the European Commission presented its Roadmap Towards Nature Credits, setting the blueprint for biodiversity certification in the EU. The Communication was also accompanied by a Q&A and a call for feedback by 30 September 2025.

Nature Credits: Practical Uses Across Sectors

In short, nature credits

Continue Reading An EU Biodiversity Market by 2027?  The new EU’s Roadmap towards Nature Credits

The European Union has just published a new (recast) Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (“UWWTD”) in the EU’s official journal.  The UWWTD imposes important new Extended Producer Responsibility (“EPR”) obligations that will have a significant financial and administrative impact on companies marketing human medicines and cosmetic products in the

Continue Reading The EPR Obligations of the New Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive: Key Questions and Next Steps for Member States

Today, the European Parliament approved a new (recast) Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (“UWWTD”) that will impose new additional costs on producers marketing pharmaceutical and cosmetic products in the European Economic Area by the end of 2027.  Some studies suggest that the costs that producers would have to collectively pay could

Continue Reading New EU Wastewater Treatment Fees on Producers of Pharmaceutical and Cosmetic Products

The European Union has adopted various new rules for emergency situations relating to public health.  These new measures build on the experience gained from the COVID-19 pandemic and give new powers to the European Commission, in close cooperation with the Member States. 

The new rules create a complex public health

Continue Reading EU Health Emergency Mechanisms: Impact on Medical Devices