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...
7/10/2025 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...
6/25/2025 7:56:51 PM UK SRS vs. ISSB: What You Need to Know About the Key Differences By Olga Gidalevitz Aidan Lawes On June 25, the UK Government published Exposure Drafts of the UK Sustainability Reporting Standards (UK SRS), based on the IFRS...
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...
4/7/2025 3:15:02 PM FCA Confirms It Will Not Be Creating New Rules on Sustainability-Related Governance, Incentives, and Competence By Aidan Lawes In early 2023, the FCA released a discussion paper seeking to encourage industry-wide dialogue on financial services firms’...
4/3/2025 6:23:49 PM European Parliament Agrees to Delay Certain EU ESG Rules By Dr. Jürgen Beninca Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Olga Gidalevitz Seth Engel Aidan Lawes +2 more... Show less On April 3, 2025, the European Parliament adopted, by an overwhelming majority, a Directive that would “stop the clock” on certain...
3/27/2025 5:24:49 PM Accelerating to Stop the Clock (on EU ESG Rules) By Seth Engel Dr. Jürgen Beninca Aidan Lawes Olga Gidalevitz +1 more... Show less As discussed in a previous post, the European Commission proposed the EU Omnibus package on February 26 to reduce the burden, and delay...
3/27/2025 2:11:58 PM Time to Report: UK Releases Updated Guidance on Modern Slavery Act Compliance By Olga Gidalevitz Aidan Lawes The UK Home Office has released revised statutory guidance to support businesses in meeting their obligations under Section 54 of the...
3/21/2025 6:22:33 PM European Council and European Parliament Jump on the Omnibus By Dr. Jürgen Beninca Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Aidan Lawes In its meeting of March 20, 2025, the European Council expressed its support of the so-called Omnibus Package proposed by the European...