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...
7/7/2025 9:45:36 PM ESRS Simplification: Updated Timeline and Expectations By Olga Gidalevitz Seth Engel Aidan Lawes Dr. Jürgen Beninca +1 more... Show less The European Commission has extended the deadline for the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) to submit its technical...
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...
6/5/2025 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...
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...
5/19/2025 2:19:49 PM Commission Opens Pathway for Environmental NGOs to Challenge State Aid By Armelle Sandrin-Deforge The European Commission revised the Code of Best Practices for the conduct of State aid control procedures. The revised Code opens a...
5/19/2025 1:38:49 PM Amending the EU CSRD and CS3D for Non-EU Companies: New Proposed Changes Would Fix Legal Loopholes By Seth Engel The EU ESG rules are undergoing extensive revision as part of the EU's “Omnibus” process that began with the European Commission's...
5/2/2025 10:30:56 PM Sustainability Due Diligence Requirements in the EU Batteries Regulation By Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Preslava Dilkova European Regulation 2023/1542, concerning batteries and waste batteries (the “EUBR”), is a dark horse. While it includes a number of...