The Omnibus Simplification Package, launched by the European Commission in February 2025, aims to substantially reduce the compliance burden for corporate sustainability in the EU. The package focuses on amending the...more
European policy-makers are moving swiftly to scale back the scope and burden of corporate sustainability reporting. Specifically, in recent weeks, two parallel developments—one political, the other technical—have introduced...more
With negotiations continuing at both European Parliament and Council of the European Council level, final agreement on the omnibus proposals for sustainability reporting and due diligence still seems far away. But...more
The EU’s sustainability reporting and due diligence landscape is in flux following the European Commission’s adoption of its highly anticipated Sustainability Omnibus package in late February 2025. In recent bulletins, we...more
Germany's new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, called for the repeal of the CSDDD during his inaugural visit to the European Commission on May 9, 2025. German public television quoted him as follows: “The permanent solution to...more
The European Parliament has voted in favour of its 'stop the clock proposal' to delay the application of new sustainability reporting and due diligence under the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the...more