12/5/2025 3:04:49 PM EU CSRD: EFRAG submits revised ESRS to the European Commission By Jon Tan Annamieke Cook On 3 December 2025, EFRAG submitted its technical advice on the revised European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) under the...
12/2/2025 12:04:52 PM New podcast: next steps on changes to CSRD and CSDDD under EU Omnibus By Sara Feijao James Marlow Tom Cobbaert Click here to listen to our new podcast, where our ESG team discuss next steps on changes to the Corporate Sustainability Reporting...
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. ...
11/20/2025 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 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 4:33:16 PM TNFD two years on: progress on nature-related disclosures By Orla Hughes Claudia Harper To mark the two-year anniversary of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (“TNFD”) recommendations, the TNFD released its...
11/13/2025 3:48:59 PM EU: Parliament agrees its negotiating position on new 2040 climate target By Sara Feijao Julia Voskoboinikova On 13 November 2025, the European Parliament agreed its negotiating position on the Commission's proposal for a new 2040 climate target...
11/11/2025 4:03:25 PM GHG Protocol consults on changes to Scope 2 emissions reporting By Jon Tan On 20 October 2025, the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol) launched a consultation to update its Scope 2 emissions reporting...
11/10/2025 5:24:32 PM EU: Council reaches agreement on new 2035 and 2040 climate targets By Julia Voskoboinikova On 5 November 2025, the Council of the EU reached agreement on a new 2040 climate target (see press release and Council position). It...
11/10/2025 4:17:07 PM EU: “Quick-fix” amendments to the ESRS published in the Official Journal of the EU By Julia Voskoboinikova On 11 July 2025, the European Commission adopted a so-called “quick-fix” Delegated Act to postpone additional phased-in reporting...
11/6/2025 2:38:32 PM COP30: What to expect from the Rainforest COP By Julia Voskoboinikova Sara Feijao Gilly Hutchinson What is COP30? COP stands for Conference of the Parties, referring to the countries that have signed up to the United Nations Framework...
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...