8/11/2026 1:36:48 PM California Court Tentatively Denies Injunction Against Textile EPR Program By Emily Goldberg Knox On August 6, 2026, the Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento, issued a tentative ruling denying a motion for preliminary...
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 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...
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...