6/15/2026 12:54:45 PM EU Commission Opens Consultation on Key CSDDD Guidelines By Aidan Lawes Dr. Jürgen Beninca Kevin Wilcock Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Seth Engel Olga Gidalevitz Howard Sidman +4 more... Show less On June 12, 2026, the EU Commission opened its consultation on the much anticipated CSDDD Guidelines. As the Commission states: “This...
6/8/2026 5:19:43 PM EU Commission Pushes for Transposition of the EmpCo Directive on Environmental Claims By Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Dr. Jürgen Beninca On May 28, 2026, the European Commission sent a formal notice to 20 Member States, initiating an infringement procedure for failure to...
5/7/2026 10:26:05 PM EU to Simplify CSRD Reporting Standards: What Changed and What Comes Next for the ESRS By Howard Sidman Aidan Lawes Dr. Jürgen Beninca Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Seth Engel Olga Gidalevitz +3 more... Show less The European Union ("EU") has taken a further step in its bid to simplify the ESG reporting regime for EU and non-EU companies. On May 6,...
5/4/2026 5:54:17 PM The EU Commission Publishes its Report on the Simplification of the EU Deforestation Regulation By Dr. Jürgen Beninca Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Aidan Lawes Seth Engel Bijan Tavakoli +2 more... Show less On May 4, 2026, the European Commission ("Commission") published its report on the simplification of the revised EU Deforestation...
3/6/2026 7:39:19 PM EU Industrial Accelerator Act: What Companies Need to Know By Bijan Tavakoli Dr. Jürgen Beninca Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Dr. Sarah Jabri Kevin Wilcock Sarah Blazek +3 more... Show less On 4 March 2026, the European Commission proposed a Regulation that would, for the first time, make European origin and low-carbon...
2/27/2026 7:25:25 PM EU Publishes Pared Back ESG Rules in the Omnibus By Seth Engel Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Howard Sidman Aidan Lawes Dr. Jürgen Beninca Amy Pandit Olga Gidalevitz Justine Naessens Yvan Desmedt +6 more... Show less For over a year, the EU has been working to reduce the scope of and simplify two flagship ESG rules, the Corporate Sustainability...
2/26/2026 8:26:47 PM Plastics Updates - February 2026 By David Kiernan Emily Goldberg Knox Rebekah Blake Howard Sidman Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Lee DeJulius Preslava Dilkova Elizabeth Wild Prudence Smith +6 more... Show less Welcome to the February edition of the Plastics newsletter. Published monthly, we provide litigation, regulatory, and newsworthy updates...
1/17/2026 12:09:04 AM ECB Climate-Related Enforcement: Legal and Supervisory Implications for the 2026 SREP Cycle By Michael Fischer Philippe Goutay Bijan Tavakoli As institutions enter the 2026 SREP cycle, the ECB is signaling a shift from remediation to enforcement in respect of unresolved...
1/15/2026 9:06:13 PM What Does "Fair, Clear and Not-Misleading" Mean in the Context of Fund Strategies? By Aidan Lawes John MacGarty Florence Moulin Giles Elliott Howard Sidman Olga Gidalevitz Mathias Raabe Benne Brouwer +5 more... Show less It has been the case for many years that promotional materials in the EU must be “fair, clear, and not mis-leading”. However, how should...
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...