4/14/2025 12:21:01 PM EU Commission Pushes for Simplification of Permitting Procedures By Armelle Sandrin-Deforge The European Commission hosted an event on April 10 on “Implementation Dialogue on Environmental Assessments and Permitting”. The purpose...
4/10/2025 6:58:10 PM Hard Launch: TXSE Goes Public By Ferrell Keel TXSE (pronounced TEX-see) announced on April 4, 2025 that its Form 1 registration is now public, putting it one step closer to Y'all...
4/10/2025 6:31:08 PM The Time is Now: Seeking to Reduce the EU ESG Burden By Seth Engel For those involved in corporate governance, securities law disclosures, or sustainability regulation, you are likely familiar with the...
4/10/2025 6:28:31 PM Trump Issues Orders to Block State Climate Laws By Amanda Dollinger Olga Gidalevitz On April 8, 2025, President Trump issued a series of executive orders directing the federal government to analyze state-level climate...
4/10/2025 6:26:48 PM The Parties Expected to Form the Next German Government Present Their New ESG Agenda By Dr. Jürgen Beninca The heads of the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU), the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU) and the German Social Democratic...
4/7/2025 3:15:02 PM FCA Confirms It Will Not Be Creating New Rules On Sustainability-related Governance, Incentives, And Competence By Aidan Lawes In early 2023, the FCA released a discussion paper seeking to encourage industry-wide dialogue on financial services firms’...
4/3/2025 6:24:34 PM Australia's Federal Court imposes significant penalty in latest greenwashing enforcement action to reach hearing. By Holly Sara The Federal Court of Australia has imposed a $10.5m (AUD) penalty on an Australian superannuation fund, in the latest of the Australian...
4/3/2025 6:23:49 PM European Parliament Agrees to Delay Certain EU ESG Rules By Dr. Jürgen Beninca Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Olga Gidalevitz Seth Engel Aidan Lawes +2 more... Show less On April 3, 2025, the European Parliament adopted, by an overwhelming majority, a Directive that would “stop the clock” on certain...
4/3/2025 6:00:11 AM New Report on Taxonomy Recommends Additional Classification Criteria By Armelle Sandrin-Deforge In parallel to the proposed “Omnibus”, which will likely revise the 2020 Taxonomy Regulation, the EU Platform on Sustainable Finance just...
4/3/2025 5:49:13 AM OCC Ends Climate Risk Guidance for Large Banks By Amanda Dollinger In a recent shift, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has officially ended its climate risk guidance for large U.S....
3/28/2025 6:03:46 PM EPA Still Weighing How to Address PFAS By Daniella Einik In remarks at the Environmental Council of the States’ 2025 spring meeting, EPA Administrator Zeldin indicated that no decisions have yet...
3/28/2025 6:02:48 PM Chemical Recycling Still Faces Regulatory Challenges in the EU By Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Chemical recycling of plastic is at a turning point in Europe, with several large projects poised to start but still facing regulatory...