7/28/2026 9:44:17 AM EU Commission Adopts Revised ESRS: Less Reporting, But Not Less Preparation By Aidan Lawes Seth Engel Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Kevin Wilcock Olga Gidalevitz +2 more... Show less Companies covered by the EU's Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive ("CSRD") will soon be required to report under revised...
7/24/2026 5:22:29 PM CSRD for Non-EU Groups: EFRAG Issues Draft Reporting Standards By Aidan Lawes Dr. Jürgen Beninca Kevin Wilcock Howard Sidman Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Olga Gidalevitz Seth Engel +4 more... Show less The expert group appointed by the European Commission to draft the EU CSRD reporting standards, EFRAG, has released an updated public...
7/23/2026 4:40:43 PM Federal Court Pauses California’s SB 343 Recyclability Labeling Law: What Companies Should Know By Emily Goldberg Knox Olga Gidalevitz On July 14, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California granted a preliminary injunction in California League...
7/23/2026 3:03:09 PM SB 253's 2027 Rules Take Shape: What CARB Previewed At Its July Workshop By Olga Gidalevitz Howard Sidman Emily Goldberg Knox CARB's July 21, 2026, public workshop gave reporting entities their first substantive look at how California's Climate Corporate Data...
7/1/2026 6:31:18 PM EU Forced Labor Regulation: The Time to Prepare is Now By Dr. Jürgen Beninca Bethany Biesenthal Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Aidan Lawes Seth Engel Olga Gidalevitz Bijan Tavakoli +4 more... Show less As the European Commission pointed out on its updated website on the European Union's Forced Labor Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2024/3015)...
6/25/2026 4:30:27 PM CARB Proposes to Defer California’s First SB 253 Emissions Reporting Deadline to November 10, 2026 By Aidan Lawes Howard Sidman Emily Goldberg Knox Olga Gidalevitz Armelle Sandrin-Deforge +2 more... Show less On June 24, 2026, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced that it intends to defer the first-year reporting deadline under...
6/24/2026 11:01:26 PM Seventeen State Attorneys General Challenge California’s SB 54 Plastics Regulations By Emily Goldberg Knox Howard Sidman Olga Gidalevitz Two competing lawsuits now challenge California’s implementation of its Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer...
6/15/2026 12:54:45 PM EU Commission Opens Consultation on Key CSDDD Guidelines By Aidan Lawes Dr. Jürgen Beninca Kevin Wilcock Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Seth Engel Olga Gidalevitz Howard Sidman +4 more... Show less On June 12, 2026, the EU Commission opened its consultation on the much anticipated CSDDD Guidelines. As the Commission states: “This...
5/28/2026 4:42:20 PM UN General Assembly Backs ICJ Climate Opinion By Howard Sidman Olga Gidalevitz On May 20, 2026, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution A/80/L.65 responding to the International Court of Justice's 2025...
5/7/2026 10:26:05 PM EU to Simplify CSRD Reporting Standards: What Changed and What Comes Next for the ESRS By Howard Sidman Aidan Lawes Dr. Jürgen Beninca Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Seth Engel Olga Gidalevitz +3 more... Show less The European Union ("EU") has taken a further step in its bid to simplify the ESG reporting regime for EU and non-EU companies. On May 6,...
3/6/2026 7:32:41 PM California Textile EPR—Next Steps for Brands and Retailers Before July 1 By Olga Gidalevitz Emily Goldberg Knox On February 27, 2026, CalRecycle announced that it selected Landbell USA—one of three applicants—as the producer responsibility...
2/26/2026 8:26:47 PM Plastics Updates - February 2026 By David Kiernan Emily Goldberg Knox Rebekah Blake Howard Sidman Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Lee DeJulius Preslava Dilkova Elizabeth Wild Prudence Smith +6 more... Show less Welcome to the February edition of the Plastics newsletter. Published monthly, we provide litigation, regulatory, and newsworthy updates...