2/3/2026 3:55:29 PM How to find our ESG materials By Sara Feijao Julia Voskoboinikova Gilly Hutchinson We have a wealth of horizon scanning and other materials covering the full gamut of ESG topics across a number of jurisdictions. Click on...
7/30/2026 3:16:33 PM EU CSRD: EFRAG opens consultation on the sustainability reporting for non-EU companies By Julia Voskoboinikova On 23 July 2026, EFRAG launched a public consultation on the Exposure Draft for the European Sustainability Reporting Standard applicable...
7/29/2026 5:12:07 PM US: CARB Delays 2026 SB 253 Reporting Deadline, Opens Comment Period on Modified Regulation, and Previews 2027 Requirements By Lauren Bachtel Nteboheng Mokuena On July 21, 2026, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) previewed proposed SB 253 regulations for the 2027 reporting cycle, including...
7/28/2026 11:25:15 AM Australia: Modern slavery legal reform - criminal liability and new compliance expectations By Emily Turnbull There has been an important development in Australian modern slavery law for companies with an annual revenue of more than $100 million....
7/28/2026 7:53:49 AM EU ETS: Commission publishes proposal for the revised Emissions Trading System By Chris Staples Prerna Handa Julia Voskoboinikova On 17 July 2026, the European Commission published its proposal for a revised EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), presented alongside a...
7/27/2026 4:05:55 PM CCUS Transition Access Agreement: UK Government publishes Policy Position Statement By Jessica Hargreaves DESNZ has published a Policy Position Statement ("PPS") setting out its minded-to positions on a number of key commercial provisions of...
7/24/2026 2:47:04 PM Sustainability labelling for European data centres By Emma De Koster On 2 July 2026, the European Commission published a revised draft of its Delegated Regulation establishing a mandatory EU-wide...
7/24/2026 2:00:58 PM European Commission publishes Electrification Action Plan to make Europe the “first electro-powered continent” By Pierre-Noé Milcamps On 17 July 2026, the European Commission published its Electrification Action Plan, as part of a wider package that also includes a...
7/22/2026 7:10:44 PM EU Methane Regulation: Commission adopts recommendations on compliance and penalties By Julia Voskoboinikova On 20 July 2026, the European Commission adopted two recommendations to guide EU Member States on compliance solutions and the penalties...
7/16/2026 2:21:38 PM New York Becomes First U.S. State to Impose a Statewide Data Center Moratorium By Lauren Bachtel Andrés Armada On July 14, 2026, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed Executive Order No. 62, establishing the first statewide moratorium on new...
7/15/2026 2:24:48 PM Podcast: PFAs litigation landscape in the US, EU and UK By Sara Feijao In this podcast, Satindar Dogra, Elizabeth Raultson, Anke Krause and Sarah Martin discuss what the PFAs litigation landscape in the US,...
7/15/2026 8:03:44 AM EU Deforestation Regulation: Commission adopts Delegated Act on product scope and Implementing Act on the Information System By Pierre-Noé Milcamps Bruno Garcia da Silva On 13 July 2026, the European Commission adopted a Delegated Act amending Annex I to the EU Deforestation Regulation (“EUDR”) and an...
7/14/2026 3:58:53 PM UK Governance & Risk: A mid-year overview for UK listed and private companies By Wilma Rix We have published the following two guides, which summarise some of the major governance and reporting related developments from the...
7/14/2026 9:43:06 AM UK government proposes mandatory disclosures and financial penalties for modern slavery reporting By Gaura Moodley James Marlow On 30 June 2026, the UK Government introduced the Immigration and Asylum Bill into the House of Commons (the “Bill”). Part 5 of the Bill...
7/13/2026 4:04:22 PM EU Launches T-MED: A Matchmaking Platform for Renewable Energy Cooperation and Clean Tech Investment in the Mediterranean Region By Emma De Koster On 9 June 2026, during the European Sustainable Energy Week, the European Commission launched the Trans-Mediterranean Renewable Energy...
7/10/2026 9:18:27 AM EU: ESAs consult on proposals to simplify EU Taxonomy disclosures By Stephen Clipsham The three European Supervisory Authorities - ESMA, EBA and EIOPA - have launched parallel consultations with proposals designed to reduce...
7/9/2026 12:12:14 PM EU: CPC Network publishes Common Understanding on enforcement of “old stock situations” under the Empowering Consumers for the Green Transition (EmpCo) Directive By Alexia Kaztaridou On 30 June 2026, the Consumer Protection Cooperation (CPC) Network - which is the network of national consumer protection authorities -...