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...
11/18/2025 2:21:03 PM SFDR 2.0 - Overview of the Commission's legislative proposal By Stephen Clipsham Further to the leaked non-public drafts, we are expecting the European Commission to publish its legislative proposal for SFDR 2.0 on...
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 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 11:27:45 AM EBA publishes final guidelines on environmental scenarios analysis By Stephen Clipsham The European Banking Authority has finalised its guidelines on environmental scenario analysis setting out how banks should identify,...
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...
11/4/2025 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...
10/28/2025 12:16:45 PM Directive on Empowering Consumers for the Green Transition: Implementation in selected EU member states By Alexia Kaztaridou The EU Directive on Empowering Consumers for the Green Transition aims to promote sustainable consumption by: tackling unfair commercial...
10/27/2025 5:06:32 PM EU CBAM simplification: what has changed for importers? By Sebastian Meyn Markus Appel The EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) is about to be fully implemented. Designed as a climate mitigation instrument to prevent...
10/24/2025 3:47:58 PM EU formally recognises first supply chain due diligence scheme under the Conflict Minerals Regulation By Bruno Garcia Da Silva Pierre-Noé Milcamps On 16 October 2025, the European Commission adopted an Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/2071 recognising, for the first time, a supply...
10/22/2025 6:46:38 PM EU: Omnibus I Requirements Proposal – Parliamentary vote outcome By James Marlow Julia Voskoboinikova Sara Feijao The Requirements proposal (which makes substantive amendments to the CSRD and CSDDD) today experienced a significant procedural setback...