Environmental criminal-law protection: breakthroughs under EU Directive 2024/1203 - The article by Andrea Puccio and Teresa Aiossa published on Energia e Mercato

Environmental criminal-law protection is being strengthened through the drafted legislative decree implementing EU Directive 2024/1203, which was approved for preliminary examination on 20th January 2026 by the Council of Ministers. 

In an article published on Energia e Mercato, Andrea Puccio and Teresa Aiossa analyse the main developments introduced by the new regulatory framework, spotlighting the evolution of the “environment” concept, the introduction of new criminal offences, and the update of the list of predicate offences under Legislative Decree No. 231/2001.

More specifically, the article highlights how the tightening of the sanctions regime and the expansion of liability scenarios make the prevention of environmental crimes a pivotal issue for companies, through effective compliance systems.

 What are the new criminal and organisational risk profiles for companies under the renewed framework for environmental protection?

 To learn more, the full article is available here.