12/18/2025 10:41:28 PM EU On Track To Simplify Important ESG Regulations By Dr. Jürgen Beninca Aidan Lawes Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Seth Engel Olga Gidalevitz Dr. Sarah Jabri +3 more... Show less On December 16, 2025, and December 17, 2025, the European Parliament (EP) formally approved simplifications and postponements of the...
12/13/2025 1:58:25 AM Circular Economy: New rules in the EU for the treatment of end-of-life vehicles and circularity requirements for vehicle design By Dr. Jürgen Beninca Dr. Sarah Jabri Eric Barbier de la Serre On December 12, 2025, representatives of the European Parliament (EP) and the Council of the European Union (Council) provisionally...
12/10/2025 7:34:47 PM Omnibus – EU to reduce sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements By Dr. Jürgen Beninca Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Bijan Tavakoli Seth Engel Aidan Lawes Dr. Sarah Jabri Olga Gidalevitz +4 more... Show less On December 9, 2025, negotiators of the Council of the European Union (Council) and the European Parliament (EP) reached a provisional...
12/5/2025 3:50:02 PM One Year Postponement Of EUDR Almost Certain! (Update) By Dr. Jürgen Beninca Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Seth Engel Aidan Lawes Kevin Wilcock +2 more... Show less As expected, the trilogue proceedings regarding the changes to the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) ended quickly. The European...
12/2/2025 3:06:54 PM CARB Opens Voluntary SB 261 Docket and Issues Enforcement Advisory Following Ninth Circuit Injunction By Olga Gidalevitz Chuck Wehland Emily Goldberg Knox The California Air Resources Board ("CARB") has opened a new public docket for voluntary submissions related to SB 261 climate-related...
11/26/2025 4:43:32 PM One year postponement of EUDR almost certain! By Dr. Jürgen Beninca Aidan Lawes Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Marin Denizet Seth Engel Kevin Wilcock +3 more... Show less Following the Council of the European Union's adoption of its negotiation position on the revision of the EU Regulation on...
11/14/2025 5:08:07 PM Omnibus - European Parliament Has Adopted Its Negotiating Position With Further Scaling Back Of CSRD And CSDDD By Aidan Lawes Dr. Jürgen Beninca Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Olga Gidalevitz Seth Engel Howard Sidman +3 more... Show less After previously failing to come to an agreement, the European Parliament yesterday adopted its negotiating position on the Omnibus...
11/7/2025 2:56:11 PM Germany’s New Housing Acceleration Act – Will the “Building Turbo” ignite? By Dr. Sarah Jabri Bijan Tavakoli Dr. Nicole Kadel Dr. Philipp Berrsche Christian Trenkel +2 more... Show less Germany’s shortage of affordable housing in urban centers remains one of the country’s biggest challenges. After successive federal...
10/30/2025 5:45:43 PM Paris Judicial Court Dismisses Most of NGOs' Claims Against TotalEnergies in "Greenwashing" Case By Francoise Labrousse Howard Sidman Benedicte Graulle Cyril Philibert +1 more... Show less Last week, the Paris Judicial Court issued its long-awaited judgment in the so-called "greenwashing" case brought by Greenpeace and other...
10/30/2025 5:39:00 PM Ninth Circuit Declines Delay of California's Climate Disclosure Reporting Requirement By Olga Gidalevitz Chuck Wehland Emily Goldberg Knox On October 29, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a short order addressing the emergency motion to expedite...
10/27/2025 12:21:06 PM EPA Prioritizes TSCA Review of New Chemicals Used in Data Centers By Jane Story Efforts are underway to support data center development with respect to new chemicals that may be used in such projects. EPA has...
10/21/2025 8:49:10 PM EU Commission changes course on EUDR By Dr. Jürgen Beninca Kevin Wilcock Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Aidan Lawes Seth Engel Olga Gidalevitz +3 more... Show less In a surprise move, the EU Commission changed its plans regarding the EU's Deforestation Regulation (EUDR)…again. According to news...