What is COP30? COP stands for Conference of the Parties, referring to the countries that have signed up to the United Nations Framework...

The International Organisation of Securities Commission (IOSCO) has published its final report on ESG indices as benchmarks.  Similar to...

Further to our previous post (here), on 25 July 2025 the Commission’s Communication establishing non-binding guidelines for pre-issuance...

On 28 October 2025, the European Court of Human Rights (“ECtHR”) delivered its judgment in Greenpeace Nordic and Others v. Norway...

The UK government has laid before Parliament the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (ESG Ratings) Order 2025....

On 23 October 2025, the Paris Judicial Court (Tribunal judiciaire de Paris) issued a long-awaited judgment in a greenwashing case brought...

On 21 October 2025, the European Commission published its 2026 Work Programme. As usual, it includes a Communication and a set of...

The EU Directive on Empowering Consumers for the Green Transition aims to promote sustainable consumption by:  tackling unfair commercial...

The EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) is about to be fully implemented. Designed as a climate mitigation instrument to prevent...

On 16 October 2025, the European Commission adopted an Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/2071 recognising, for the first time, a supply...

The Requirements proposal (which makes substantive amendments to the CSRD and CSDDD) today experienced a significant procedural setback...

On 21 October 2025, the European Commission published a proposal for targeted changes to the EU Deforestation Regulation (“EUDR”) – see:...

ESG remains firmly on the agenda for the real estate sector—with investors and lenders worldwide navigating ever-evolving laws and...

ESMA has published its Final Report on technical standard under the ESG Rating Regulation (“ERR”). These will be important RTS for any...

On 13 October 2025, the Legal Affairs Committee of the European Parliament (also known as the JURI Committee) approved its report on the...

Extended rulemaking timeline  On 14 October 2025, the California Air Resources Board (“CARB”) posted a notice “proposing an updated...