Dec 28, 2022 Netherlands: status of implementation of market revenue cap for electricity generators By Gijs Smit Joris Knoll Introduction On 30 November 2022, the Dutch government announced through a letter to Dutch parliament that it was working on a...
Dec 21, 2022 Germany: Skimming of surplus revenues in the electricity sector By Ruth Losch Mattis El-Haj On 16 December 2022, the Act on a price-break for electricity (Price Break Act) passed the German parliamentary procedure which inter...
Dec 20, 2022 EU: Commission publishes additional FAQs on the Climate Delegated Act and Article 8 Delegated Act By Sara Feijao The European Commission published two draft FAQs on the EU Taxonomy on 19 December 2022: Interpretation and implementation of the Climate...
Dec 08, 2022 EU Directive on improving gender balance on boards published in the OJEU By Jennifer Granado Aranzana Nele Van Kerrebroeck The EU Directive on improving gender balance on boards of listed companies was published in the Official Journal of the EU (OJEU) on 7...
Dec 08, 2022 Political agreement reached on EU Deforestation Due Diligence Proposal By Claudia Harper Kim Rybarczyk The European Parliament and Council have reached political agreement on a new Regulation aimed at minimising the risk of deforestation...
Dec 05, 2022 EU: CSRD adopted by Council and Parliament, and EFRAG submits first set of reporting standards to the Commission By Julia Voskoboinikova CSRD and draft reporting standards The European Parliament and the Council have finally adopted the Corporate Sustainability Reporting...
Dec 05, 2022 EU Council reaches compromise on CSDDD By James Marlow After lengthy consideration and many discussions, the Council of the EU has now finalised its position on the Commission's draft of the...
Nov 30, 2022 EU: Part 2 of Circular Economy Package published By Bolko Ehlgen Julia Grothaus Mirjam Erb Lisa Bauer +1 more... Show less Following up on its first package that has been released in March (read more in our blog post), the EU Commission published its second...
Nov 30, 2022 EU: Acceleration of deployment of renewable energy By Lothar Van Driessche Julia Voskoboinikova During COP27 climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, the European Commission’s President Ursula von der Leyen said that the European Union...
Nov 29, 2022 EU: Platform on Sustainable Finance publishes supplementary report on TSC for other four environmental objectives under Taxonomy Regulation By Sara Feijao Background The Platform on Sustainable Finance (PSF) is advising the European Commission on the technical screening criteria (TSC) for...
Nov 23, 2022 European Parliament adopts EU Directive for more women on boards By Jennifer Granado Aranzana “More women on boards make companies more resilient, more innovative and will help to change top-down structures in the workplace,”...
Nov 18, 2022 ESMA consults on developing Guidelines on funds’ names with ESG or sustainability-related terms By Raza Naeem Ngoc-Hong Ma Silke Bernard Dr Frederik Winter Benjamin Maconick Premlata Fagan Victoria Hickman Stephen Clipsham +5 more... Show less The name of a fund is usually the first fund attribute investors see, and while investors are expected to look beyond the name itself,...
Nov 17, 2022 Last minute Q&A responses from the ESAs on SFDR RTS interpretation: how do they impact your disclosures? By Raza Naeem Silke Bernard Benjamin Maconick James Morris Julia Vergauwen David Ballegeer Ngoc-Hong Ma Dr Frederik Winter Victoria Hickman Julia Voskoboinikova +7 more... Show less Late in the day given the application of the SFDR Level 2 requirements from 1 January 2023, the European Supervisory Authorities have...
Nov 16, 2022 The EU's blueprint for a revenue cap on renewable electricity By Ruth Losch Alessandro Gemmo As one reaction to soaring electricity prices the new Council Regulation (EU) 2022/1854 on an emergency intervention to address high...
Nov 15, 2022 ESAs launch Call for Evidence to better understand greenwashing By Stephen Clipsham On 15 November 2022, the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) published a Call for Evidence on greenwashing. The ESAs are interested...
Nov 15, 2022 ESAs delay delivery of the PAI and financial product disclosures in the SFDR by six months By Stephen Clipsham On 14 November 2022, the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) published a letter sent to the European Commission stating that it will...