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...
10/22/2025 9:19:16 AM EU: Commission publishes proposal with targeted changes to Deforestation Regulation By Sara Feijao On 21 October 2025, the European Commission published a proposal for targeted changes to the EU Deforestation Regulation (“EUDR”) – see:...
10/15/2025 3:17:42 PM EU: Parliament JURI Committee approves its negotiating position on Omnibus changes to CSRD and CSDDD By Julia Voskoboinikova James Marlow Jon Tan On 13 October 2025, the Legal Affairs Committee of the European Parliament (also known as the JURI Committee) approved its report on the...
9/12/2025 8:43:31 AM EU General Court upholds Commission’s classification of nuclear energy and natural gas under the EU Taxonomy By Bruno Garcia Da Silva Pierre-Noé Milcamps On 10 September 2025, the EU General Court dismissed Austria’s challenge against the inclusion of nuclear energy and natural gas in the...
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...
7/30/2025 5:41:16 PM EU Regulation delaying due diligence rules for batteries published in the OJEU By Julia Voskoboinikova On 30 July 2025, the “Stop the Clock” Battery Due Diligence Regulation was published in the Official Journal of the EU. It comes into...
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...