12/12/2025 12:19:15 PM FCA consults on regulatory regime for ESG ratings providers By Cyrus Pocha Elisabeth Overland Emily Smith Joshua Ideson +1 more... Show less In late October, the UK Government published draft legislation to bring Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) ratings providers into...
12/12/2025 10:40:33 AM Omnibus nears the terminus: Simplification of the EU sustainability framework By Juliane Hilf Vanessa Jakovich Douglas Bryden Christoph H. Seibt Marlen Vesper-Gräske Sam Houshower Jonas Köster Léa Bareil Charlotte Aspin Valentin Weigel +7 more... Show less Introduction The European Union’s co-legislators have adopted a set of simplification measures to the Taxonomy Regulation, the Corporate...
12/9/2025 1:24:47 PM SFDR Simplified - European Commission proposes a revised Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation By Douglas Bryden Elisabeth Overland Theresa Kreft Léa Bareil Charlotte Aspin Emily Strand Eden Elder Leila Symonds +5 more... Show less On 20 November 2025, the European Commission unveiled its proposed revisions to the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), the...
12/1/2025 8:41:40 AM The ‘E‘ of ESG: Greenwashing under the spotlight – recent trends in the US By Sam Houshower Jennifer King Andres Calzada Similar to the recent developments and intensifying regulatory approaches we outlined in our blog posts covering greenwashing trends in...
12/1/2025 8:40:47 AM The ‘E‘ of ESG: Greenwashing under the spotlight – recent trends in the UK By Cat Greenwood-Smith Simon Duncombe Douglas Bryden Vanessa Jakovich Rachel Duffy Kate Collister +3 more... Show less As set out in our EU greenwashing trends blog post, many jurisdictions are stepping up scrutiny of greenwashing. The UK is no exception:...
12/1/2025 8:39:45 AM The ‘E‘ of ESG: Greenwashing under the spotlight – recent trends in the EU By Tobias Timmann Mijke Sinninghe Damsté Matthias Hofer Yulianna Tkach Boudewijn Renshof Iris Hammerschmid +3 more... Show less Greenwashing is attracting growing scrutiny from courts and regulatory authorities in many jurisdictions, including the EU, UK, and US....
11/28/2025 2:27:05 PM UN Forum on Business and Human Rights 2025 - insights By Juliane Hilf Marlen Vesper-Gräske Iris Hammerschmid This week, the 14th UN Forum on Business and Human Rights (the Forum) convened in Geneva, addressing the central topic, “Accelerating...
11/24/2025 4:15:23 PM Five takeaways on Germany’s Implementation of the EU’s New Gas and Hydrogen Framework By Philipp Reinecke, LL.M. Stefan Schröder Ulrich Scholz As a leading industrial nation Germany faces a particularly complex task in transitioning from natural gas to hydrogen. The recently...
11/21/2025 2:10:53 PM ESG ratings providers: UK legislation will bring sector within FCA regulation By Cyrus Pocha Elisabeth Overland Anthea Bowater Yuki Zhu +1 more... Show less The UK Government has been working to finalise the legislation required to bring Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) ratings...
11/20/2025 3:43:39 PM CSRD/CSDDD Omnibus enters last legislative stage By Juliane Hilf Douglas Bryden Vanessa Jakovich Christoph H. Seibt Marlen Vesper-Gräske Léa Bareil Charlotte Aspin Valentin Weigel +5 more... Show less The European Parliament (EP) has agreed its position on the sustainability Omnibus 1, paving the way for the last phase of the...
11/19/2025 4:39:02 PM Cross-border climate litigation develops at pace: Significant new claim threatened in the UK By Simon Duncombe Cat Greenwood-Smith Chris Bellringer Islay Morgan +1 more... Show less The landscape of climate litigation is evolving rapidly, with a significant new claim announced last month against Shell in which...
10/29/2025 9:20:04 AM The ‘E’ of ESG: The future of CBAM - what comes after simplification? By Douglas Bryden Georg Roderburg Karl Thies The EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) Regulation is seen as a cornerstone of the EU’s climate and industrial strategy. Working...
10/21/2025 10:34:39 AM The ‘E’ of ESG: Sustainable products - new EU Ecodesign rules for unsold consumer products By Jonas Köster Tobias Klatt The EU Commission is poised to adopt implementing rules for the EU Ecodesign Regulation for Sustainable Products (EU) 2024/1781 (ESPR)...
10/1/2025 8:49:21 AM EU regulations on Microplastics: Big steps against small particles? By Michael Ramb Katharina Reinhardt Katharina Shingler Stefanie Spancken-Monz James Raeside Dolores Pfaff +3 more... Show less Microplastics in the spotlight of EU regulators Hard to see, even harder to measure and yet they are attracting a great deal of attention...
9/17/2025 1:01:29 PM Spain raises the bar on corporate climate action: Navigating Royal Decree 214/2025 By Antonio Ruiz Arranz Pilar Aguilar Luis Rojas Jimenez In June 2025, Spain took a significant step forward in its sustainability framework with the entry into force of the Carbon Footprint and...
9/12/2025 8:51:01 AM How the EU Deforestation Regulation affects your business By Jonas Köster Valentin Weigel Marlen Vesper-Gräske Ben Collins Juliane Hilf Douglas Bryden Simon Duncombe +4 more... Show less The EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR, the Regulation) aims to minimise global deforestation and forest degradation (see our earlier blog...