1/9/2026 2:55:05 AM Consultation on End-of-Waste Criteria for Plastics in the EU By Armelle Sandrin-Deforge On December 23, the European Commission announced a new package of measures to boost the “circular economy” and "strengthen Europe's...
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...
12/5/2025 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...
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...
10/21/2025 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...
10/17/2025 12:08:13 PM Germany to expand Industrial Decarbonization Support: EUR 6 billion Initiative adds CCS By My Linh Vu-Gregoire Dickson Chin Dr Johannes Willheim Bijan Tavakoli +1 more... Show less Germany has unveiled an EUR 6 billion funding initiative that expands climate protection contracts to include carbon capture and storage...
10/3/2025 2:09:28 AM German Regulator Adjusts Enforcement Practice Regarding the German Supply Chain Act By Dr. Jürgen Beninca Kevin Wilcock In response to the decision of the German government to change the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (LkSG) with a view to abolishing...
10/3/2025 1:30:57 AM German Federal Cabinet Approves Hydrogen Acceleration Act By Bijan Tavakoli The German government has taken a significant step to accelerate the hydrogen economy with the recent approval by the Federal Cabinet of...