10/1/2025 8:49:21 AM EU regulations on Microplastics: Big steps against small particles? By Michael Ramb Katharina Reinhardt Katharina Shingler Stefanie Spancken-Monz James Raeside Dolores Pfaff +3 more... Show less Microplastics in the spotlight of EU regulators Hard to see, even harder to measure and yet they are attracting a great deal of attention...
9/17/2025 1:01:29 PM Spain raises the bar on corporate climate action: Navigating Royal Decree 214/2025 By Antonio Ruiz Arranz Pilar Aguilar Luis Rojas Jimenez In June 2025, Spain took a significant step forward in its sustainability framework with the entry into force of the Carbon Footprint and...
9/12/2025 8:51:01 AM How the EU Deforestation Regulation affects your business By Jonas Köster Valentin Weigel Marlen Vesper-Gräske Ben Collins Juliane Hilf Douglas Bryden Simon Duncombe +4 more... Show less The EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR, the Regulation) aims to minimise global deforestation and forest degradation (see our earlier blog...
9/3/2025 2:13:06 PM Balancing ambition and mitigating bureaucracy: Revising the German Supply Chain Duty of Care Act By Juliane Hilf Christoph H. Seibt Marlen Vesper-Gräske Alex Schmidtke Valentin Weigel +2 more... Show less Today, the German Government adopted a draft bill to reduce bureaucracy while maintaining core due diligence obligations. The German...
8/29/2025 11:24:55 AM Preparing for California Climate Reporting: CARB Sheds Light on Requirements as Deadlines Approach By John Rousakis Sam Houshower Ginger Hervey Jennifer King +1 more... Show less California’s 2024 "Climate Accountability Package" will require emissions and climate-related financial risk reporting for thousands of...
8/8/2025 3:04:09 PM Forced Labour in supply chains - UK Parliament Committee calls for reform By Douglas Bryden Simon Duncombe Charlotte Aspin Elizabeth Forster +1 more... Show less A major new Parliamentary report on Forced Labour has found that UK law is failing to prevent goods tainted by forced labour from...
8/1/2025 3:27:38 PM The end of the road for a UK Green Taxonomy By Douglas Bryden Emily Smith Fran Kaehr 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...
7/15/2025 1:59:08 PM FCA confirms new 75% threshold for further issuances By Christopher Mort Julian Makin Tom Godwin Richard Ho Katie Bentel Egor Marisin Jennifer McCarthy +4 more... Show less The FCA has today published final rules to implement the new public offers and admissions to trading regime (in PS 25/9, following its...
7/14/2025 8:10:30 AM European Commission gives informal guidance on port equipment sustainability agreement and automotive licensing negotiation group By Dominic Divivier Tobias Klose Thomas Lübbig Corin Gittinger Joanna Goyder +2 more... Show less The European Commission has given informal guidance to two groups of competitors who are collaborating to achieve EU sustainability and...
6/25/2025 2:53:29 PM CSRD and CSDDD at a Crossroads: The Council’s Push for Revisions By Juliane Hilf Douglas Bryden Vanessa Jakovich Christoph H. Seibt Marlen Vesper-Gräske Léa Bareil Charlotte Aspin Lucinda Huntsman Valentin Weigel +6 more... Show less The Council of the European Union has reached a highly anticipated agreement on the content part of the sustainability-related Omnibus...
6/23/2025 1:21:29 PM UK Infrastructure: A 10 Year Strategy By Richard Thexton Jessamy Gallagher Kirsten Singleton Quinn Angus +1 more... Show less Hot off the press The UK Government published its long awaited 10 year infrastructure plan last Thursday, 19 June. Some of the headline...
5/19/2025 11:57:26 AM The Next Regulatory Layer for ESG Rating Providers: ESMA Consults on Draft RTS By Falko Glasow Elisabeth Schemmer Building on our earlier analysis of the ESG Rating Regulation (February 2024), we now turn to its implementation phase: The European...