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ESG in 2026 is already shaping up to be defined by regulatory and political divergence and renewed litigation and stakeholder scrutiny....
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The last week of February 2026 saw a surge in important regulatory developments in the sustainability reporting and disclosure rules...
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Introduction The European Union’s co-legislators have adopted a set of simplification measures to the Taxonomy Regulation, the Corporate...
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This week, the 14th UN Forum on Business and Human Rights (the Forum) convened in Geneva, addressing the central topic, “Accelerating...
On 13 June 2023, the European Commission published a proposal for regulating ESG rating providers. This draft EU Regulation (the...
On 9 June 2023, Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 on deforestation in global supply chains was published in the Official Journal of the European...
On 28 March 2023, an expert roundtable with Freshfields and global companies from different sectors met in Brussels with the responsible...
Early this year in February, the European Commission proposed its new Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) that would...
On the occasion of this year’s International Human Rights Day, we want to highlight some of the recent developments with respect to...
On 12 July 2021, the EU Commission published practical guidance for companies on human rights due diligence related to forced labour...
With the final deliberations of the German Bundesrat on 25 June 2021, the German Supply Chain Duty of Care Act (the Act) has officially...
The European Parliament recently adopted a resolution with recommendations to the European Commission for a directive on mandatory human...