On 23 July 2025, the International Court of Justice ("ICJ") issued an advisory opinion, finding that States have binding legal...

Key takeaways  On 17 June 2025, the Paris Court of Appeal issued its first decision on the merits based on the French Duty of Vigilance...

The Financial Conduct Authority has announced that it is considering how to simplify sustainability reporting for asset managers, life...

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published a no-action letter (in the form of an Opinion) on the application of the ESG Pillar 3...

On 1 August 2025, the European Commission launched a public consultation and a call for evidence to gather views on the upcoming Circular...

The German Federal Cartel Office (FCO) and the European Commission (Commission) have recently sent clear and positive signals for...

On 31 July 2025, EFRAG published the revised Exposure Drafts of the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) under the...

On 24 July 2025, the UK Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights (the “Committee”) published  a report summarising the conclusions...

On 30 July 2025, the European Commission adopted a Recommendation on voluntary sustainability reporting for non-listed small and...

In a landmark decision, Italy’s Supreme Court confirmed that both ENI S.p.A (“ENI”) and the Italian State - as a shareholder - can be...

On 30 July 2025, the “Stop the Clock” Battery Due Diligence Regulation was published in the Official Journal of the EU. It comes into...

On 8 July 2025, the European Commission published a package of measures to strengthen the competitiveness of the European chemicals...

On 22 July 2025, the European Commission launched a call for evidence seeking views on how to simplify and streamline administrative...

On 3 July 2025, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (the “Court”) issued its opinion on the obligations of States to respond to the...

On 10 July 2025, the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero published the outcome of its Review of Electricity Market Arrangements...

HM Treasury has announced today that it has decided not to proceed with plans to develop a UK Green Taxonomy, a classification system to...