8/12/2025 10:52:49 AM International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion finds States have binding legal obligations to address climate change By Annamieke Cook Sarah Martin On 23 July 2025, the International Court of Justice ("ICJ") issued an advisory opinion, finding that States have binding legal...
8/11/2025 1:48:39 PM French Duty of Vigilance Law: the Paris Court of Appeal upholds the state-owned postal company’s conviction for breaching its duty of vigilance By Claudia Cavicchioli Key takeaways On 17 June 2025, the Paris Court of Appeal issued its first decision on the merits based on the French Duty of Vigilance...
8/6/2025 3:49:28 PM European Commission consults on the Circular Economy Act By Julia Voskoboinikova On 1 August 2025, the European Commission launched a public consultation and a call for evidence to gather views on the upcoming Circular...
8/6/2025 10:00:42 AM EU CSRD: EFRAG publishes revised ESRS for public consultation By Julia Voskoboinikova On 31 July 2025, EFRAG published the revised Exposure Drafts of the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) under the...
8/4/2025 3:21:29 PM Joint Committee on Human Rights publishes report on forced labour in UK supply chains By Charlotte Witney On 24 July 2025, the UK Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights (the “Committee”) published a report summarising the conclusions...
8/1/2025 1:54:42 PM European Commission adopts Recommendation on voluntary sustainability reporting for SMEs By Julia Voskoboinikova On 30 July 2025, the European Commission adopted a Recommendation on voluntary sustainability reporting for non-listed small and...
7/31/2025 10:48:27 AM Italian Supreme Court confirms jurisdiction in landmark ENI climate lawsuit By Elena Andrich Beatrice Porcellato Micol Fossati In a landmark decision, Italy’s Supreme Court confirmed that both ENI S.p.A (“ENI”) and the Italian State - as a shareholder - can be...
7/29/2025 6:55:13 PM EU: Commission publishes Chemicals Industry Action Plan and Chemicals Simplification Omnibus By Sara Feijao Julia Voskoboinikova On 8 July 2025, the European Commission published a package of measures to strengthen the competitiveness of the European chemicals...
7/29/2025 1:26:39 PM EU: Commission launches call for evidence to inform forthcoming Environmental Omnibus By Sara Feijao Julia Voskoboinikova On 22 July 2025, the European Commission launched a call for evidence seeking views on how to simplify and streamline administrative...
7/24/2025 12:22:51 PM Inter-American Court of Human Rights delivers Advisory Opinion on the obligations of States to respond to the climate emergency By Annamieke Cook Sarah Martin On 3 July 2025, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (the “Court”) issued its opinion on the obligations of States to respond to the...
7/15/2025 3:18:03 PM UK government scraps plans for Green Taxonomy By Stephen Clipsham HM Treasury has announced today that it has decided not to proceed with plans to develop a UK Green Taxonomy, a classification system to...
7/14/2025 4:17:35 PM EU CSRD: Commission adopts “quick-fix” Delegated Act postponing phased-in reporting requirements for “wave one” companies By Julia Voskoboinikova On 11 July 2025, the European Commission adopted a so-called “quick-fix” Delegated Act to postpone additional phased-in reporting...
7/11/2025 4:26:39 PM European Commission takes steps to advance the circular economy By Julia Voskoboinikova The European Commission is progressing the circular economy agenda with a series of new proposals and measures. The Circular Economy Act...
7/9/2025 2:50:18 PM Greenwatching: Which? publishes a study on compliance with the CMA’s Green Claims Code in the UK By Kim Rust Jonathan Ford Jessica Radke Annamieke Cook Sarah Martin +2 more... Show less Which? has recently published a study analysing the compliance of green claims online with the CMA’s Green Claims Code in the UK. The...
7/8/2025 12:55:36 PM EU: Commission takes next steps on the path to simplifying Taxonomy Reporting By Premlata Fagan Raza Naeem Rachel Barrett Julia Grothaus +1 more... Show less On 4 July, the European Commission adopted a delegated act aimed at simplifying the application of the EU Taxonomy and reducing the...
7/6/2025 9:09:08 AM EU: Commission proposes new 2040 climate target By Sara Feijao On 2 July 2025, the European Commission published a proposal to amend the existing European Climate Law so as to introduce a new climate...