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,...
12/12/2025 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...
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...
6/14/2023 3:03:40 PM EU Deforestation Regulation published: A step forwards in global supply chain legislation By Marlen Vesper-Gräske James Raeside Kieran Watkins On 9 June 2023, Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 on deforestation in global supply chains was published in the Official Journal of the European...
12/16/2022 3:01:12 PM Supply Chain Compliance: Update on the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive By Christoph H. Seibt Chris Bellringer Ivan Lukac Marlen Vesper-Gräske +1 more... Show less Early this year in February, the European Commission proposed its new Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) that would...
7/16/2021 11:12:11 AM Focus on forced labour risks: EU Commission publishes guidance for corporate due diligence By Christoph H. Seibt Marlen Vesper-Gräske On 12 July 2021, the EU Commission published practical guidance for companies on human rights due diligence related to forced labour...