The landscape for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in the United States has shifted dramatically in 2025. What was once viewed as a...
Freshfields Sustainability
The Freshfields’ team reviewed trends and developments for the 2025 proxy season, summarizing the key takeaways and guidance across the...
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Following a long hiatus since the announcement at COP26 in Glasgow in late 2021, the UK has commenced formal processes toward the...
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The Council of the European Union has reached a highly anticipated agreement on the content part of the sustainability-related Omnibus...
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On 31 March 2025, the Austrian Financial Market Authority published its fundamentally revised Guide on “Managing Sustainability...
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Today (3 April 2025), the European Parliament adopted the Omnibus Stop-the-Clock proposal (STC) for the CSRD and CSDDD. As discussed in...
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The European Commission (EC) has published its highly anticipated sustainability-related Omnibus simplification package (Omnibus...
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Internal investigations serve as a fundamental tool for companies to detect, stop and remediate non-compliance incidents within their...
On December 11, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (“Fifth Circuit”), in an en banc rehearing of Alliance for...
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On September 27, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed minor amendments (SB 219) to California’s landmark 2023 Climate Accountability...
The Parity Act, Organic Law 2/2024, of 1 August, on equal representation and balanced presence of women and men (the Act), came into...
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Headline: California climate reporting laws may be delayed for two-years California Governor Newsom has proposed amendments to Senate...