On 22 May 2025, the European Commission adopted an Implementing Regulation classifying countries under the EU Deforestation Regulation...

On 14 May 2025, the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers adopted a groundbreaking Convention on the Protection of the Environment...

On 21 May 2025, the European Commission published the Omnibus IV simplification package aimed at simplifying EU rules and reducing...

On 21 May 2025, the European Commission published a Single Market Strategy with a series of actions focusing on removing the 10 most...

ESMA has published its consultation paper on draft RTS under the ESG Rating Regulation (“ERR”). These will be important RTS for any...

The May edition of our Global ESG Newsletter is now available and can be accessed here. Our May issue covers key developments on the full...

What has been published? On 30 April 2025, the PRA published a Consultation Paper (CP10/25) proposing the replacement of its existing...

In the energy sector, the coalition agreement between the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) and the Social Democratic Party (SPD) fulfils...

On 25 April 2025, EFRAG announced that it has officially submitted to the European Commission its work plan outlining the steps it will...

On 15 April 2025, the European Commission published new guidance documents and a draft Delegated Act on the EU Deforestation Regulation...

Each year we prepare a publication focussed on providing practical insights for Boards and GCs on emerging issues that we expect to be...

The CEO of the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), Guy Parker, spoke about common greenwashing pitfalls in recent years and...

On 9 April 2025, the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) handed down several new rulings on adverts for low carbon investments by...

The UK financial services regulators have updated their Regulatory Initiatives Grid for April 2025 setting out the UK regulatory pipeline...

The “Stop-the-Clock” Directive was published in the Official Journal of the EU on 16 April 2025 - see here.   Member States must...

Today, 14 April 2025, the Council formally adopted the so-called “Stop-the-Clock” Directive – see the press release.  The...