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12/12/2025 2:25:34 PM

Unlocking a new era? Germany’s new legal framework for commercial-scale CCS and CCU

By Markus Appel Jens Weuthen

On 28 November 2025, the Carbon Dioxide Storage and Transport Act (Kohlendioxid-Speicherungs- und Transportgesetz, KSpTG) entered into...

12/11/2025 3:06:51 PM

EU: Commission publishes Environmental Omnibus

By Sara Feijao

On 10 December 2025, the European Commission published the Environmental Omnibus containing six legislative proposals to simplify...

12/10/2025 1:00:46 PM

UK PRA's new supervisory statement: detail provided to banks and insurers on climate risk management approach

By Victoria Hickman Raza Naeem Rachel Barrett +2 more...

For the first time in 2019, the PRA set out its expectations for banks’ and insurers’ management of climate-related risks with...

12/9/2025 9:30:16 PM

EU: Council and Parliament reach political agreement on amendments to CSRD and CSDDD under Omnibus I

By Julia Voskoboinikova

In the early hours of 9 December 2025, the European Parliament and the Council announced that they had reached a political agreement on...

12/9/2025 4:45:45 PM

UK Nuclear Regulatory Reform: Taskforce Recommendations and Implications for Investors

By Kevin Rebello Maryam Adamji Rasha Sami

The Nuclear Regulatory Taskforce (the “Taskforce”), commissioned by the prime minister and led by John Fingleton, an economist and former...

12/8/2025 10:51:33 AM

UK: FCA consults on proposals to make ESG ratings transparent, reliable and comparable

By Victoria Hickman Stephen Clipsham

Following legislation laid in October 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority is now consulting on its proposed rules for regulating ESG...

11/27/2025 4:17:58 PM

English court finds BHP liable for Brazilian dam collapse

By Francesca Scott Heloisa Bettiol Ben Ball

On 14 November 2025 the English High Court handed down judgment in Município de Mariana v BHP. The court ruled in favour of the claimants...

11/27/2025 3:11:41 PM

EU Council and Parliament adopt their negotiating positions on revision of Deforestation Regulation

By Pierre-Noé Milcamps

On 19 November and 26 November 2025, the EU Council and the European Parliament, respectively, adopted their negotiating positions on the...

11/25/2025 4:09:29 PM

COP30: what was decided and what does it mean in practice for business?

By Sara Feijao Julia Voskoboinikova Gilly Hutchinson

COP30, the United Nations annual climate summit, took place in in Belém, at the mouth of the Amazon in Brazil on 10 to 22 November 2025. ...

11/25/2025 2:54:37 PM

SFDR 2.0: What you need to know

By Raza Naeem Michelle Ko Anisha Galli +1 more...

On 20 November 2025, the European Commission adopted its final proposal for a set of amendments to overhaul the Sustainable Finance...

11/20/2025 4:34:27 PM

EU: Changes to CSRD and CSDDD under Omnibus I: Trilogues have commenced. What are the starting positions of the parties?

By Jon Tan Julia Voskoboinikova

The Requirements Proposal forms part of the Omnibus I package and will make substantive changes to the Corporate Sustainability Reporting...

11/17/2025 1:57:35 PM

COP30: first results after week 1

By Gilly Hutchinson Sara Feijao Julia Voskoboinikova

COP30, the United Nations climate summit, started in Belém, at the mouth of the Amazon in Brazil on 10 November 2025 and will run until...

11/14/2025 4:30:48 PM

English High Court rules in claimants’ favour in Brazilian dam liability judgment

By Ben Ball

On 14 November 2025, Mrs Justice O’Farrell in the High Court of England and Wales handed down judgment (available here) in favour of over...

11/13/2025 5:24:24 PM

ICMA publishes new guidance for Climate Transition Bonds

By Erin McKeown

On 6 November 2025, the International Capital Markets Association (ICMA) released new guidance for Climate Transition Bonds at the 11th...

11/13/2025 4:40:48 PM

EU Omnibus I: Parliament agrees its negotiating position on changes to the CSRD and CSDDD

By Julia Voskoboinikova

On 13 November 2025, after months of intense and often unpredictable negotiations, the European Parliament adopted its position on the...

11/13/2025 4:39:40 PM

Next steps on ISSB nature standard and other recent developments

By Orla Hughes Claudia Harper

ISSB nature disclosure standard In November 2025, the International Sustainability Standards Board ("ISSB") announced that it is...

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