1/30/2026 11:36:40 AM 7 ESG trends to watch in 2026 By Juliane Hilf Douglas Bryden Simon Duncombe Cat Greenwood-Smith Vanessa Jakovich John Rousakis Sam Houshower Marlen Vesper-Gräske Jonas Köster Charlotte Aspin Léa Bareil Kate Collister Caroline Gregson Iris Hammerschmid Karl Thies +12 more... Show less For those involved in ESG, 2025 brought significant disruption, marked by political uncertainty, regulatory delays and rollbacks,...
1/29/2026 7:03:47 PM The Bonaire Climate Case: Dutch State ordered to comply with reduction obligations and to adopt a climate adaptation plan By Mijke Sinninghe Damsté Moritz Becker Simon Duncombe Cat Greenwood-Smith Juliane Hilf David Livshiz Stefanie Spancken-Monz Anne-Laure Vincent Boudewijn Renshof Darya Bondarchuk +7 more... Show less On 28 January 2026, the District Court of The Hague (the Court) delivered its long-awaited judgment in the climate case brought by...
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...
12/1/2025 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....
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...
4/16/2021 9:26:39 AM Energy and carbon taxes high on tax policy makers’ agendas By Anna Binder-Gutwinski Katharina Kubik The quest for more sustainable energy and carbon taxation systems is set to gain momentum as both the EU and the OECD have put these...
1/18/2021 12:00:00 AM EU Emission Trading System introduces two new funds to support the low-carbon transition By Maximilian Hohenauer The EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) is the world’s largest carbon-pricing system and aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. On 1...