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11/4/2025 4:15:42 PM

EU Green Bond Regulation - Voluntary pre- and post-issuance disclosure templates published in the Official Journal

By Erin McKeown Catherine Wade

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

11/4/2025 2:01:12 PM

European Court of Human Rights rules on climate procedural obligations in petroleum gas licensing

By Bruno Garcia Da Silva Pierre-Noé Milcamps

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

10/30/2025 3:54:33 PM

France: Paris Judicial Court rules on greenwashing allegations against oil major

By Eleonore Hannezo Hélène Georgelin Eléonore Champierre de Villeneuve

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

10/27/2025 5:06:32 PM

EU CBAM simplification: what has changed for importers?

By Sebastian Meyn Markus Appel

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

10/24/2025 3:47:58 PM

EU formally recognises first supply chain due diligence scheme under the Conflict Minerals Regulation

By Bruno Garcia Da Silva Pierre-Noé Milcamps

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

10/22/2025 6:46:38 PM

EU: Omnibus I Requirements Proposal – Parliamentary vote outcome

By James Marlow Julia Voskoboinikova Sara Feijao

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

10/22/2025 9:19:16 AM

EU: Commission publishes proposal with targeted changes to Deforestation Regulation

By Sara Feijao

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

10/16/2025 12:57:18 PM

EU: ESMA publish Final RTS under ESG Ratings Regulation

By Premlata Fagan

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

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: CARB extends rulemaking timeline to Q1 2026 after publishing draft guidance and reporting template for GHG emissions

By Kim Rybarczyk Victoria Costa

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

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...

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