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...
11/14/2025 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...
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...
11/12/2025 2:03:02 PM EU Commission FAQs on EU Green Bond Regulation By Catherine Wade Erin McKeown On 6 November 2025, the European Commission published a Commission Notice on the interpretation and implementation of certain legal...
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 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...
10/29/2025 8:00:09 AM EU: Sustainability initiatives in the Commission 2026 Work Programme By Julia Voskoboinikova On 21 October 2025, the European Commission published its 2026 Work Programme. As usual, it includes a Communication and a set of...