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 Show less Although the final ESRS will not be published for several months, it is clear that these new standards will differ significantly from the...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...
7/1/2025 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...
7/1/2025 10:29:11 AM EU Institutions Agree On CBAM Modifications By Dr. Jürgen Beninca Amandine Delsaux Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Aidan Lawes +1 more... Show less On June 18, 2025, the presidency of the EU Council and representatives of the European Parliament agreed on substantial changes to the...
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...
6/2/2025 11:24:08 AM German Energy Company Succeeds in Landmark Climate Change Litigation Case By Dr. Jürgen Beninca Gerjanne te Winkel Armelle Sandrin-Deforge On May 28, 2025, the Higher Regional Court in Hamm, Germany, sided with the defendant energy company in a landmark climate change...
5/28/2025 12:07:03 PM EU Commission Publishes the Risk Classification Under the EUDR By Dr. Jürgen Beninca Armelle Sandrin-Deforge On May 22, 2025, the EU Commission adopted an implementing regulation to the EU's Deforestation Regulation ("EUDR") in which it...
5/13/2025 2:18:25 PM Germany's New Chancellor, Friedrich Merz, Calls for the Repeal of the CS3D By Dr. Jürgen Beninca Germany's new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, called for the repeal of the CS3D during his inaugural visit to the European Commission on May...
5/2/2025 10:32:39 PM German Regulator Highlights Antitrust Risks Associated with the Use of Industry Initiatives for Supply Chain Due Diligence By Dr. Jürgen Beninca The EU's Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D) stresses that industry initiatives (next to multi-stakeholder...
4/18/2025 9:01:01 PM NGOs File a Formal Complaint Against the Omnibus Procedure By Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Dr. Jürgen Beninca Seth Engel Just as the European institutions adopted the “Stop The Clock” Directive, a coalition of NGOs filed a formal complaint on April 18, 2025,...
4/18/2025 1:30:11 PM The UN's International Maritime Organization to Adopt a Framework to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Ships By Dr. Jürgen Beninca Olga Gidalevitz During its 83rd session from April 7 to 11, 2025, the International Maritime Organisation's (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee...