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...
6/10/2026 10:22:06 PM Environmental Groups Challenge California’s SB 54 Plastics Regulations By Emily Goldberg Knox Olga Gidalevitz On June 2, 2026—one day after producers were required to register or seek an exemption—three major environmental organizations sued...
6/8/2026 5:19:43 PM EU Commission Pushes for Transposition of the EmpCo Directive on Environmental Claims By Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Dr. Jürgen Beninca On May 28, 2026, the European Commission sent a formal notice to 20 Member States, initiating an infringement procedure for failure to...
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,...
2/27/2026 7:25:25 PM EU Publishes Pared Back ESG Rules in the Omnibus By Seth Engel Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Howard Sidman Aidan Lawes Dr. Jürgen Beninca Amy Pandit Olga Gidalevitz Justine Naessens Yvan Desmedt +6 more... Show less For over a year, the EU has been working to reduce the scope of and simplify two flagship ESG rules, the Corporate Sustainability...
1/31/2026 11:26:25 PM Industrial Emissions Directive 2.0: Mandatory EMS, Stricter Limits, Materially Higher Sanction and Liability Risks By Bijan Tavakoli Dr. Sarah Jabri On January 21, 2026, the German Federal Cabinet adopted a draft bill to implement the EU’s revised Industrial Emissions Directive...
1/17/2026 12:09:04 AM ECB Climate-Related Enforcement: Legal and Supervisory Implications for the 2026 SREP Cycle By Michael Fischer Philippe Goutay Bijan Tavakoli As institutions enter the 2026 SREP cycle, the ECB is signaling a shift from remediation to enforcement in respect of unresolved...
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...
12/10/2025 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...
12/2/2025 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...
11/14/2025 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...
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...