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...
11/28/2025 2:27:05 PM UN Forum on Business and Human Rights 2025 - insights By Juliane Hilf Marlen Vesper-Gräske Iris Hammerschmid This week, the 14th UN Forum on Business and Human Rights (the Forum) convened in Geneva, addressing the central topic, “Accelerating...
11/20/2025 3:43:39 PM CSRD/CSDDD Omnibus enters last legislative stage By Juliane Hilf Douglas Bryden Vanessa Jakovich Christoph H. Seibt Marlen Vesper-Gräske Léa Bareil Charlotte Aspin Valentin Weigel +5 more... Show less The European Parliament (EP) has agreed its position on the sustainability Omnibus 1, paving the way for the last phase of the...
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...
9/3/2025 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...
6/25/2025 6:59:09 PM UK progresses long-awaited updates to rules on sustainability reporting, assurance and climate transition plans By Vanessa Jakovich Douglas Bryden Charlotte Aspin Lucinda Huntsman +1 more... Show less Following a long hiatus since the announcement at COP26 in Glasgow in late 2021, the UK has commenced formal processes toward the...
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...
4/15/2025 10:00:17 AM The Austrian Financial Market Authority’s new Guide on Managing Sustainability Risks By Stephan Pachinger Victoria Bazil On 31 March 2025, the Austrian Financial Market Authority published its fundamentally revised Guide on “Managing Sustainability...
4/3/2025 2:20:37 PM EU officially delays CSRD and CSDDD By Léa Bareil Douglas Bryden Juliane Hilf Vanessa Jakovich Christoph H. Seibt Marlen Vesper-Gräske Charlotte Aspin Lucinda Huntsman Valentin Weigel +6 more... Show less Today (3 April 2025), the European Parliament adopted the Omnibus Stop-the-Clock proposal (STC) for the CSRD and CSDDD. As discussed in...
3/21/2025 9:20:00 AM Have Your Say: Shaping the Future of “Green State Aid” By Andreas von Bonin Aurélie Morreale Philipp Reinecke, LL.M. Florian Reiter-Werzin +1 more... Show less On 11 March, the European Commission launched a public consultation on its draft State aid Framework accompanying the Clean Industrial...
2/27/2025 4:02:45 PM All change please! Omnibus re-routes CSRD, CSDDD, Taxonomy and CBAM By Léa Bareil Douglas Bryden Juliane Hilf Vanessa Jakovich Marlen Vesper-Gräske Hendrik Wessling Charlotte Aspin Valentin Weigel +5 more... Show less The European Commission (EC) has published its highly anticipated sustainability-related Omnibus simplification package (Omnibus...
12/19/2024 9:18:22 PM Navigating Legal Complexities in Cross-Border Supply Chain Investigations By Moritz Pellmann Federico Mercuri Cristina Hajek Gross Internal investigations serve as a fundamental tool for companies to detect, stop and remediate non-compliance incidents within their...
12/2/2024 3:57:52 PM COP29: forward or back? By Jake Reynolds The spectacle of COP is over again. A New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) on climate finance was agreed (albeit at a level decried by...
11/14/2024 10:48:46 AM Federal court denies early challenge to CA climate disclosure laws By Pamela Marcogliese Sam Houshower Ginger Hervey Jennifer King +1 more... Show less The Federal District Court for the Central District of California on November 5 declined to grant summary judgment to the U.S. Chamber of...
10/10/2024 4:44:34 PM California’s Climate Rules Move Ahead, with Minor Amendments By Pamela Marcogliese Sam Houshower Ginger Hervey On September 27, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed minor amendments (SB 219) to California’s landmark 2023 Climate Accountability...
9/10/2024 1:21:46 PM Further shareholder litigation in Australia seeking disclosure around bank’s financing of coal and gas projects By Anthea Bowater Maisie Stewart Ella Cox An application has been filed against National Australia Bank (NAB) in which a shareholder is seeking disclosure of the circumstances in...