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...
12/10/2025 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...
12/5/2025 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...
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...
9/28/2025 12:53:47 PM Will The EUDR Be Delayed For A Second Time? By Dr. Jürgen Beninca Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Seth Engel Aidan Lawes +1 more... Show less According to news reports, the EU Commission proposed delaying the European Union's Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) for a second time....
9/19/2025 3:58:21 PM EU Court: Investments In Nuclear Energy and Natural Gas Can Qualify As Sustainable By Dr. Jürgen Beninca Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Seth Engel Aidan Lawes +1 more... Show less On September 10, 2025, the European Court of Justice held that the European Commission was entitled to take the view that nuclear and...
9/19/2025 3:55:39 PM New ESG Rules For Textiles in Europe and France By Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Preslava Dilkova On September 9, 2025, the European Parliament adopted a new directive amending the Waste Framework Directive with respect to textiles and...