5/23/2025 1:07:35 PM EU Deforestation Regulation: country risk classification adopted by the Commission By Guillaume Croisant Pierre-Noé Milcamps James Marlow On 22 May 2025, the European Commission adopted an Implementing Regulation classifying countries under the EU Deforestation Regulation...
5/23/2025 10:06:17 AM Council of Europe adopts first international convention on the protection of the environment through criminal law By Guillaume Croisant Pierre-Noé Milcamps On 14 May 2025, the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers adopted a groundbreaking Convention on the Protection of the Environment...
5/22/2025 12:28:30 PM EU: sustainability elements of the Omnibus IV proposal By Julia Voskoboinikova On 21 May 2025, the European Commission published the Omnibus IV simplification package aimed at simplifying EU rules and reducing...
5/21/2025 3:20:23 PM EU Single Market Strategy: dealing with fragmented rules on packaging, labelling and waste By Sara Feijao On 21 May 2025, the European Commission published a Single Market Strategy with a series of actions focusing on removing the 10 most...
5/19/2025 3:44:31 PM B Lab updates B Corp certification requirements and makes significant changes By Iyes Igiehon Dearbhla Cantwell After over three years of consultation and development, B Lab (the non-profit network and administrator of B Corp certification) recently...
5/13/2025 1:51:57 PM UK Supreme Court denies permission to challenge jurisdiction in novel supply chain proceedings involving factory workers in Malaysia By Faye Presland Rebecca Burton James Hennah In early May 2025, the UK Supreme Court denied a request for permission to appeal made by the Dyson Group in respect of the Court of...
5/13/2025 1:23:36 PM EU Stop-the-Clock Directive transposition tracker By Victoria Hickman Julia Grothaus Raza Naeem Rachel Barrett David Ballegeer Ngoc-Hong Ma Tom Cobbaert Xu Wang Stephen Clipsham Benoit Martin Emilie Rochat +8 more... Show less As part of the EU Commission’s so-called “Omnibus package”, the “Stop-the-Clock” Directive was published in the Official Journal of the...
5/13/2025 8:20:24 AM EU: ESMA consults on rules for ESG rating providers with important details for those seeking authorisation By Elizabeth Webb ESMA has published its consultation paper on draft RTS under the ESG Rating Regulation (“ERR”). These will be important RTS for any...
5/6/2025 6:16:40 PM EU: a quick read of "ESMA's Guidelines on enforcement [meaning "supervision" in this case!] of sustainability information" to help issuers get it right By Victoria Hickman Raza Naeem Enforcement = Supervision! The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has delivered final guidelines under the CSRD to ensure...
5/6/2025 9:36:00 AM EU: ESG Ratings Regulation moves another step forward, now with draft RTS By Stephen Clipsham Victoria Hickman Elizabeth Webb The Council of the EU published the text of the proposed Regulation on the transparency and integrity of ESG rating activities, and...
5/2/2025 4:14:00 PM Global: FMSB finalises Statement of Good Practice to support more consistent governance of sustainability-linked products By Raza Naeem The Financial Markets Standards Board (FMSB) has published its final Statement of Good Practice on the governance of...
5/2/2025 4:01:15 PM EU: European Commission launches Call for Evidence to simplify SFDR By Raza Naeem Stephen Clipsham The European Commission has published a Call for Evidence today to help form an impact assessment on a revision of the Sustainable...
5/1/2025 1:42:40 PM UK PRA consultation on managing climate-related risks: not new rules but explicit enhancements and clarifications of expectations nonetheless By Rachel Barrett Raza Naeem Victoria Hickman What has been published? On 30 April 2025, the PRA published a Consultation Paper (CP10/25) proposing the replacement of its existing...
4/29/2025 4:36:00 PM UK: FCA delays the publication of the final rules on applying SDR to portfolio management By Stephen Clipsham [UPDATE 29/04/2025: The FCA has updated its website to confirm its view (following further consideration of feedback from CP24/8) that...
4/29/2025 1:54:54 PM The energy and climate politics of the German coalition agreement: Having the cake and eating it, too? By Ruth Losch Sebastian Meyn In the energy sector, the coalition agreement between the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) and the Social Democratic Party (SPD) fulfils...
4/29/2025 1:29:58 PM EU CSRD: EFRAG agrees work plan to revise ESRS By Julia Voskoboinikova Sara Feijao On 25 April 2025, EFRAG announced that it has officially submitted to the European Commission its work plan outlining the steps it will...