9/30/2025 2:34:16 AM Legal Questions for Sustainability Team #5 By Chuck Wehland Emily Goldberg Knox Olga Gidalevitz Q: The California Air Resources Board put our company on a preliminary list of businesses subject to climate reporting under SB 253 and...
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 11:49:29 AM Eighth Circuit Declines to Advance SEC Climate Disclosure Litigation By Olga Gidalevitz Howard Sidman Ashley Heintz Sarah Levine +1 more... Show less On September 12, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit paused challenges to the SEC’s climate-related disclosure rules....
9/16/2025 11:08:14 AM Court Again Declines to Block California Climate Disclosure Laws, Pauses Case Pending Appeal By Olga Gidalevitz Emily Goldberg Knox Chuck Wehland Howard Sidman +1 more... Show less Back in August, we wrote about a federal court’s refusal to issue a preliminary injunction that would have blocked California’s new...
8/23/2025 3:58:27 PM Will the U.S/EU Trade Deal lead to additional changes in European ESG legislation? By Dr. Jürgen Beninca Howard Sidman Aidan Lawes Olga Gidalevitz Seth Engel Armelle Sandrin-Deforge +3 more... Show less As a follow-up to the political agreement reached between U.S. President Donald Trump and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen...
8/14/2025 3:38:15 PM Court Upholds California Climate Disclosure Laws—for Now By Chuck Wehland Howard Sidman Olga Gidalevitz On August 13, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California denied the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s motion for a...
8/9/2025 1:23:19 AM Legal Questions for Your Sustainability Team #4 By Chuck Wehland Olga Gidalevitz This series seeks to identify legal questions that can add definition and value to the good work that sustainability teams are doing. ...
7/28/2025 9:36:41 PM Data Center Permitting on the Fast Track in PA By Jane Story With President Trump's July 23, 2025, executive order, “Accelerating Federal Permitting of Data Center Infrastructure,” and Pennsylvania...
7/25/2025 3:53:47 PM New York Legislature Targets Real Estate Lenders To Lower Rents By Hesh Parlikad David Paulson Michael Riess Tito Escobar +1 more... Show less In an effort to protect small businesses from high rents, on June 13, both houses of New York's legislature passed a bill, S1163, that...
7/25/2025 2:17:00 PM Legal Questions for Your Sustainability Team #3 By Chuck Wehland Olga Gidalevitz This series of posts seeks to identify legal questions that can add definition and value to the good work that sustainability teams are...
7/23/2025 3:30:33 PM GRI Releases New Climate and Energy Standards – Significant Reporting Changes Ahead By Olga Gidalevitz Chuck Wehland Seth Engel The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) published two new topic standards—GRI 102: Climate Change (2025) and GRI 103: Energy (2025). These...
7/15/2025 5:58:10 PM Legal Questions for Your Sustainability Team #1 By Chuck Wehland Olga Gidalevitz This series of posts seeks to identify legal questions that can add definition and value to the good work that sustainability teams are...