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10/15/2025 3:17:42 PM

EU: Parliament JURI Committee approves its negotiating position on Omnibus changes to CSRD and CSDDD

By Julia Voskoboinikova James Marlow Jon Tan

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

10/15/2025 1:28:33 PM

California Climate Disclosure Laws: California Air Resources Board publishes draft guidance and reporting template for GHG emissions

By Kim Rybarczyk Victoria Costa

Draft guidance and reporting template On 10 October 2025, the California Air Resources Board (“CARB”) published, for purposes of public...

10/9/2025 11:54:30 AM

European Commission delays Level 2 acts in sustainable finance legislation

By Julia Voskoboinikova Sara Feijao Erin McKeown +1 more...

On 6 October 2025, the European Commission published a letter from the Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services...

10/3/2025 9:47:46 AM

California Climate Disclosure Laws: CARB publishes draft guidance on climate-related financial risk reporting and preliminary list of reporting/covered entities

By Kim Rybarczyk Victoria Costa

Draft guidance On 2 September 2025, the California Air Resources Board (“CARB”) published draft guidance on the Greenhouse Gases:...

10/1/2025 4:26:12 PM

EU: Revised Waste Framework Directive to cater for food and textile waste published in the OJEU

By Julia Voskoboinikova Sara Feijao

The EU is making changes to the 2008 Waste Framework Directive to cater for waste from the food and textile sectors. Directive (EU)...

10/1/2025 11:05:28 AM

Additional new quick guides on key sustainability disclosure regimes

By Sara Feijao Gilly Hutchinson Julia Voskoboinikova +1 more...

We have published the following new quick guides on key sustainability disclosure regimes: Transition plansEU Taxonomy Regulation:...

9/23/2025 5:09:24 PM

Spain requires large companies to report their carbon footprints and develop GHG emissions reduction plans

By Mercedes Agreda

In June 2025, Royal Decree 214/2025 of 18 March 2025 creating the carbon footprint, compensation and carbon dioxide absorption projects...

9/23/2025 12:33:04 AM

Hong Kong Monetary Authority publishes “Phase 2A prototype” of its sustainable finance taxonomy for public consultation

By Gilly Hutchinson

On 8 September 2025, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) launched a public consultation on Phase 2A prototype of the Hong Kong...

9/19/2025 9:11:36 AM

EU: What does the 2025 State of the Union say about sustainability?

By Julia Voskoboinikova

Each autumn, the President of the European Commission delivers the State of the Union address to the European Parliament to share their...

9/17/2025 10:58:26 AM

EU: ESAs 2025 report shows greater effort from firms’ disclosure of principal adverse impacts under SFDR

By Premlata Fagan Stephen Clipsham

The European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) have published their fourth annual report on the extent of voluntary disclosure of principal...

9/12/2025 8:43:31 AM

EU General Court upholds Commission’s classification of nuclear energy and natural gas under the EU Taxonomy

By Bruno Garcia Da Silva Pierre-Noé Milcamps

On 10 September 2025, the EU General Court dismissed Austria’s challenge against the inclusion of nuclear energy and natural gas in the...

9/10/2025 12:26:07 PM

UK: FCA proposes clarifications to SDR rules

By Premlata Fagan

In its latest quarterly consultation (quarterly consultation paper No 49), the FCA has proposed a few helpful clarifications to the SDR...

9/10/2025 11:34:55 AM

Revision of EU PFAS restriction proposal - New approach or continuity?

By Markus Appel Sebastian Meyn

PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), often referred to as “forever chemicals”, have recently been subject to increasing regulatory...

9/9/2025 8:38:16 AM

Singapore: extended timelines for most climate reporting requirements for listed and large non-listed companies

By Joanne Wong Leon Ng Gilly Hutchinson

On 25 August 2025, the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority of Singapore and the Singapore Exchange Regulation announced an...

9/8/2025 5:25:09 PM

New quick guides and podcasts on key sustainability disclosure regimes

By Sara Feijao Julia Voskoboinikova Gilly Hutchinson

We have published a series of quick guides on key sustainability disclosure regimes in the UK, EU and other jurisdictions. We will be...

9/4/2025 6:41:21 AM

Draft bill: new greenwashing rules in Germany

By Julia Grothaus Mirjam Erb

Germany is set to introduce significant new requirements for companies making environmental claims about their products or services...

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