6/25/2025 8:02:53 PM Omnibus - EU Council Signs Off On Its CSRD And CSDDD Negotiating Position By Aidan Lawes Dr. Jürgen Beninca Seth Engel Olga Gidalevitz Armelle Sandrin-Deforge +2 more... Show less After a number of rounds of drafts, the EU Council has signed off on its position regarding the revisions to CSRD and CSDDD brought about...
6/25/2025 8:00:57 PM Texas Expands Jurisdiction of Texas Business Courts By Evan P. Singer Ferrell Keel On June 20, 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed House Bill 40 (HB 40), a piece of legislation that expands the Texas Business Court’s...
6/25/2025 7:56:51 PM UK SRS vs. ISSB: What You Need to Know About the Key Differences By Olga Gidalevitz Aidan Lawes On June 25, the UK Government published Exposure Drafts of the UK Sustainability Reporting Standards (UK SRS), based on the IFRS...
6/18/2025 3:49:48 PM SEC Withdraws Proposed ESG Disclosure and Shareholder Submission Rules By Amanda Dollinger In a significant but not unsurprising policy shift, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced the withdrawal of...
6/17/2025 6:11:52 AM From TCFD to CRFR: Decoding the Basel Committee’s Climate Disclosure Drive By Olga Gidalevitz On June 13, 2025, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision released a voluntary framework for climate-related financial risk...
6/5/2025 6:16:09 PM European Commission Proposes to Postpone the Due Diligence Obligations for Batteries By Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Preslava Dilkova On May 21, 2025, the European Commission filed a proposal to postpone the implementation of the due diligence obligations in Regulation...
6/2/2025 11:24:08 AM German Energy Company Succeeds in Landmark Climate Change Litigation Case By Dr. Jürgen Beninca Gerjanne te Winkel Armelle Sandrin-Deforge On May 28, 2025, the Higher Regional Court in Hamm, Germany, sided with the defendant energy company in a landmark climate change...
5/28/2025 12:07:03 PM EU Commission Publishes the Risk Classification Under the EUDR By Dr. Jürgen Beninca Armelle Sandrin-Deforge On May 22, 2025, the EU Commission adopted an implementing regulation to the EU's Deforestation Regulation ("EUDR") in which it...
5/19/2025 2:19:49 PM Commission Opens Pathway for Environmental NGOs to Challenge State Aid By Armelle Sandrin-Deforge The European Commission revised the Code of Best Practices for the conduct of State aid control procedures. The revised Code opens a...
5/19/2025 1:38:49 PM Amending the EU CSRD and CS3D for Non-EU Companies: New Proposed Changes Would Fix Legal Loopholes By Seth Engel The EU ESG rules are undergoing extensive revision as part of the EU's “Omnibus” process that began with the European Commission's...
5/15/2025 2:23:40 AM EU Parliament Supports Omnibus CBAM Changes By Aidan Lawes While much of the focus with the Omnibus Directive has been on its amendments to CSRD and CS3D, it's important not to overlook the...
5/13/2025 2:18:25 PM Germany's New Chancellor, Friedrich Merz, Calls for the Repeal of the CS3D By Dr. Jürgen Beninca Germany's new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, called for the repeal of the CS3D during his inaugural visit to the European Commission on May...