Abstract This article presents the results of a review of over 70 jurisdictions worldwide, conducted to determine whether competition authorities have decided to adopt specific guidelines for assessing the so-called sustainability agreements. While the emergence of such guidelines in several jurisdictions suggests elements of convergence, the research also reveals continued fragmentation across regions in both substance and enforcement. These agreements aim to facilitate collaboration among entrepreneurs focused on achieving environmental goals, such as reducing gas emissions, improving air and water quality, eliminating plastics, and more. Normally, under national (or EU) competition law, such collaboration between competitors could be questioned and considered prohibited. The article aims to summarize the current quasi-legislative activities of national competition authorities regarding their approach to sustainability agreements and then, based on the research findings, to answer whether the achievements of individual authorities provide a basis for asserting that a common global approach to sustainability agreements from the perspective of competition law has been launched.
Jurkowska-Gomulka et al. (Mon,) studied this question.