8/23/2025 3:58:27 PM Will the U.S/EU Trade Deal lead to additional changes in European ESG legislation? By Dr. Jürgen Beninca Howard Sidman Aidan Lawes Olga Gidalevitz Seth Engel Armelle Sandrin-Deforge +3 more... Show less As a follow-up to the political agreement reached between U.S. President Donald Trump and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen...
8/9/2025 1:25:45 PM German Federal Cartel Office signs-off on cooperation between pipeline operators By Dr. Jürgen Beninca Kevin Wilcock Like the European Commission in a series of other projects, the German Federal Cartel Office (FCO) assessed and signed-off on ESG-related...
8/9/2025 1:24:12 AM FCA Publishes Its Findings On TCFD Climate Reporting Following A Multi-firm Review By Aidan Lawes Olga Gidalevitz Seth Engel Dr. Jürgen Beninca Howard Sidman +2 more... Show less On August 6, the UK Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") released its findings following a multi-firm review of climate reporting by asset...
7/21/2025 3:03:28 PM EU Commission Approves French Winemakers’ Sustainable Cooperation Agreement under Antitrust Exemption By Kevin Wilcock Dr. Jürgen Beninca The European Commission has issued its first formal opinion permitting French winemakers to collaborate in promoting sustainable...
7/15/2025 2:50:51 PM EU Commission Signs-off on ESG Related Competitor Collaboration By Kevin Wilcock Dr. Jürgen Beninca The European Commission has issued its first-ever informal approvals of two separate sustainability initiatives among rivals under its...
7/15/2025 2:21:41 PM CSRD update - latest from EFRAG TEG as it proposes significant reductions in ESRS datapoints and clarifications on DMA process By Aidan Lawes Seth Engel Dr. Jürgen Beninca Olga Gidalevitz +1 more... Show less Although the final ESRS will not be published for several months, it is clear that these new standards will differ significantly from the...
7/10/2025 3:58:42 PM The EU's Deforestation Regulation: Will There Be Further Changes? By Dr. Jürgen Beninca Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Aidan Lawes The EU's Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), designed to ensure that no products that contribute to deforestation are sold in, or exported...
7/10/2025 3:52:23 PM EU Commission Adopts Simplification Measures for the EU Taxonomy By Armelle Sandrin-Deforge On July 4, 2025, the Commission adopted a set of measures to simplify the application of the EU taxonomy, in the form of a Delegated Act...
7/1/2025 3:26:58 PM ESMA Report on the Integration of Sustainability Risks and Disclosures Under SFDR By Aidan Lawes Olga Gidalevitz The funds industry continues to wait for regulators and legislators to review and fix the multiple flaws in the existing SFDR regime. In...
6/25/2025 8:02:53 PM Omnibus - EU Council Signs Off On Its CSRD And CSDDD Negotiating Position By Aidan Lawes Dr. Jürgen Beninca Seth Engel Olga Gidalevitz Armelle Sandrin-Deforge +2 more... Show less After a number of rounds of drafts, the EU Council has signed off on its position regarding the revisions to CSRD and CSDDD brought about...
6/17/2025 6:11:52 AM From TCFD to CRFR: Decoding the Basel Committee’s Climate Disclosure Drive By Olga Gidalevitz On June 13, 2025, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision released a voluntary framework for climate-related financial risk...
6/5/2025 6:16:09 PM European Commission Proposes to Postpone the Due Diligence Obligations for Batteries By Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Preslava Dilkova On May 21, 2025, the European Commission filed a proposal to postpone the implementation of the due diligence obligations in Regulation...