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The EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR, the Regulation) aims to minimise global deforestation and forest degradation (see our earlier blog...
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Today, the German Government adopted a draft bill to reduce bureaucracy while maintaining core due diligence obligations. The German...
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California’s 2024 "Climate Accountability Package" will require emissions and climate-related financial risk reporting for thousands of...
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A major new Parliamentary report on Forced Labour has found that UK law is failing to prevent goods tainted by forced labour from...
On 15 July 2025, the government confirmed that it will not proceed with a UK Green Taxonomy (the UK Taxonomy), marking the end of a...
As previously reported, on 23 July 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued its long-awaited advisory opinion on the...
Hot topics Private Sector to Take Lead Role in Vietnam’s Economic Development: Vietnam’s private sector is now considered as “the most...
Overview and potential implications Introduction On 23 July 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague delivered its...
Overview The Choose France 2025 summit, held from May 19 to 21, 2025 at the Château de Versailles, was marked by several major...
Introduction In 2024, Italian public prosecutors (especially, the Milan one) increasingly focused their attention on the issue of labour...
The FCA has today published final rules to implement the new public offers and admissions to trading regime (in PS 25/9, following its...
The European Commission has given informal guidance to two groups of competitors who are collaborating to achieve EU sustainability and...