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11/27/2025 4:17:58 PM

English court finds BHP liable for Brazilian dam collapse

By Francesca Scott Heloisa Bettiol Ben Ball

On 14 November 2025 the English High Court handed down judgment in Município de Mariana v BHP. The court ruled in favour of the claimants...

11/27/2025 3:11:41 PM

EU Council and Parliament adopt their negotiating positions on the revision of the Deforestation Regulation

By Pierre-Noé Milcamps

On 19 November and 26 November 2025, the EU Council and the European Parliament, respectively, adopted their negotiating positions on the...

11/25/2025 4:09:29 PM

COP30: what was decided and what does it mean in practice for business?

By Sara Feijao Julia Voskoboinikova Gilly Hutchinson

COP30, the United Nations annual climate summit, took place in in Belém, at the mouth of the Amazon in Brazil on 10 to 22 November 2025. ...

11/25/2025 2:54:37 PM

SFDR 2.0: What you need to know

By Raza Naeem Michelle Ko Anisha Galli +1 more...

On 20 November 2025, the European Commission adopted its final proposal for a set of amendments to overhaul the Sustainable Finance...

11/20/2025 4:34:27 PM

EU: Changes to CSRD and CSDDD under Omnibus I: Trilogues have commenced. What are the starting positions of the parties?

By Jon Tan Julia Voskoboinikova

The Requirements Proposal forms part of the Omnibus I package and will make substantive changes to the Corporate Sustainability Reporting...

11/18/2025 2:21:03 PM

Webinar recording: SFDR 2.0 - Overview of the Commission's legislative proposal

By Stephen Clipsham

Following leaked-drafts, the European Commission published its final proposal for a set of amendments to overhaul the Sustainable Finance...

11/17/2025 1:57:35 PM

COP30: first results after week 1

By Gilly Hutchinson Sara Feijao Julia Voskoboinikova

COP30, the United Nations climate summit, started in Belém, at the mouth of the Amazon in Brazil on 10 November 2025 and will run until...

11/14/2025 4:30:48 PM

English High Court rules in claimants’ favour in Brazilian dam liability judgment

By Ben Ball

On 14 November 2025, Mrs Justice O’Farrell in the High Court of England and Wales handed down judgment (available here) in favour of over...

11/13/2025 5:24:24 PM

ICMA publishes new guidance for Climate Transition Bonds

By Erin McKeown

On 6 November 2025, the International Capital Markets Association (ICMA) released new guidance for Climate Transition Bonds at the 11th...

11/13/2025 4:40:48 PM

EU Omnibus I: Parliament agrees its negotiating position on changes to the CSRD and CSDDD

By Julia Voskoboinikova

On 13 November 2025, after months of intense and often unpredictable negotiations, the European Parliament adopted its position on the...

11/13/2025 4:39:40 PM

Next steps on ISSB nature standard and other recent developments

By Orla Hughes Claudia Harper

ISSB nature disclosure standard In November 2025, the International Sustainability Standards Board ("ISSB") announced that it is...

11/13/2025 4:33:16 PM

TNFD two years on: progress on nature-related disclosures

By Orla Hughes Claudia Harper

To mark the two-year anniversary of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (“TNFD”) recommendations, the TNFD released its...

11/13/2025 3:48:59 PM

EU: Parliament agrees its negotiating position on new 2040 climate target

By Sara Feijao Julia Voskoboinikova

On 13 November 2025, the European Parliament agreed its negotiating position on the Commission's proposal for a new 2040 climate target...

11/12/2025 2:03:02 PM

EU Commission FAQs on EU Green Bond Regulation

By Catherine Wade Erin McKeown

On 6 November 2025, the European Commission published a Commission Notice on the interpretation and implementation of certain legal...

11/11/2025 4:03:25 PM

GHG Protocol consults on changes to Scope 2 emissions reporting

By Jon Tan

On 20 October 2025, the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol) launched a consultation to update its Scope 2 emissions reporting...

11/11/2025 11:27:45 AM

EBA publishes final guidelines on environmental scenarios analysis