3/20/2026 4:21:05 PM ‘The Farmer Case’: Belgian court confirms jurisdiction in landmark climate case against a multinational energy company By Nathalie Colin Dounia van Drooghenbroeck Clémence Dalcq On 18 March 2026, the Enterprise Court of Tournai (the Court) confirmed that it has jurisdiction to rule on the climate case brought...
2/27/2026 8:05:27 AM Upcoming oral hearings before the German Federal Court of Justice in climate litigation cases against car manufacturers By Moritz Becker Stefanie Spancken-Monz Iris Hammerschmid On 2 March 2026, the German Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof, FCJ) will hold an oral hearing in two climate-related claims...
2/26/2026 1:03:26 PM Navigating the Green Wave: Austria's transposition of the CSRD and the Sustainability Omnibus Package By Dr. Stephan Denk Kathrin Wildmoser-Zeller Julia Wallner Iris Hammerschmid +1 more... Show less The Austrian Sustainability Reporting Act (Nachhaltigkeitsberichtsgesetz, NaBeG) which transposes the Corporate Sustainability Reporting...
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,...
12/19/2025 8:41:21 AM The ‘E‘ of ESG: Environmental Omnibus published By Juliane Hilf Douglas Bryden Vanessa Jakovich Marlen Vesper-Gräske Jonas Köster Charlotte Aspin Karl Thies Ben Collins Valentin Weigel +6 more... Show less On 10 December 2025, the Commission published its Environmental Omnibus, a comprehensive package designed to simplify certain...
12/18/2025 10:54:40 AM The ‘E‘ of ESG: Postponement and simplification of the EU Deforestation Regulation By Juliane Hilf Douglas Bryden Simon Duncombe Marlen Vesper-Gräske Jonas Köster Valentin Weigel Ben Collins +4 more... Show less Introduction The European Parliament adopted a set of targeted amendments to simplify the EU Deforestation Regulation (the Regulation,...
12/16/2025 8:19:10 PM Doing Business in High-Risk Jurisdictions – Litigation Risks in France By Dimitri Lecat Alexandra van der Meulen Béatrice Collette Gabriel Fusea +1 more... Show less France has emerged as a jurisdiction of relevance in the global trend toward holding companies accountable for human rights and...
12/16/2025 11:29:57 AM Effectively managing Caporalato-related supply chain risk: Senior management priorities to contain risk and liability By Luca Capone Moritz Pellmann Federico Mercuri Cristina Hajek Gross +1 more... Show less Part 2 of a two-part series on effectively managing Caporalato-related supply chain risk Italy’s fight against labour exploitation in...
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 8:40:47 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....