Breaking the Cycle: Flooding, Infrastructure, and Climate Law in Practice
Podcast - Diamond Alternative Energy, LLC v. EPA: The Intersection of Constitutional and Environmental Law
Navigating Renewable Energy: Insights from the ACP Siting and Permitting Conference - Energy Law Insights
ESG Essentials: What You Need To Know Now - Episode 19 - Power Struggles: Federal vs. State Authority in Energy Law
Emerging Risks & Opportunities: Navigating Environmental & Sustainability Regulations During the First 100 Days
ESG Essentials: What You Need To Know Now - Episode 18 - The Reshaping of ESG & DEI
Litigios verdes, ¿qué son?
Greenhushing: What It Is & Why It Matters
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business Podcast - Episode 21: The 2024 U.S. Election’s Impact on ESG Regulations
Environmental and Sustainability Regulations & the New Administration
The Loper Bright Decision - What Really Happened to Chevron and What's Next
Podcast - Gestión del gobierno en el sector de energía: Una mirada desde los entes de control
Navigating Environmental Restrictions on Alternative Project Delivery for Complex Infrastructure Projects
Minería en tiempos de transición energética
COP16 en Colombia: El Futuro de la Biodiversidad
Election Roundup: How a Trump Administration Could Shape the Oil and Gas Landscape
Election Roundup: How a Harris Administration Could Shape the Oil and Gas Landscape
Navigating ESG: Preparing for Future Regulations (Part Two) — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
On-Demand Webinar | Recent Updates to Federal Environmental and Natural Resource Regulations
Business Better Podcast Episode: Sustainability Spotlight – A Conversation with Vicinity Energy
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On Wednesday, August 27, Ropes & Gray Litigation & Enforcement partner Alexander Simkin and associate Eileen Falk joined Sami Grover, Sustainability Communications Director at thinkPARALLAX, to discuss the intersection...more
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ISS has announced that it will be updating its Environmental & Social Disclosure QualityScore (ESQS) scoring methodology. ESQS covers approximately 8,000 issuers across 25 industry groups in the Americas, Europe and...more
On July 29, 2025, the Rio de Janeiro State Environmental Institute (INEA) published Resolution No. 318/2025, which approves Operational and Procedural Standard (NOP) INEA-60.R-0. The new regulation establishes voluntary...more
On July 31, 2025, the long-awaited drafts of the updated European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) were published and are now open for public consultation. The ESRS are the mandatory reporting standards for European...more
Welcome to Edition 34 of P2N0 covering the drive to avoid, reduce and remove greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to progress to net-zero GHG emissions (NZE). P2N0 covers significant news items globally, reporting on them in short...more
On July 1, 2025, the European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) announced a new position paper and five-point action plan that will “help deliver a [European Union (EU)] Bioeconomy Strategy that supports the scale-up of...more
The reintroduction of South Korea’s due diligence law potentially marks a significant advancement for human rights and ESG initiatives in the region....more
Though it has been a little quieter this month, there are still ongoing developments in relation to the EU omnibus simplification package, including the anticipated “quick fix” for companies currently reporting under the...more
In a landmark advisory opinion dated 23 July 2025, the International Court of Justice (“ICJ”) has unanimously found that States are legally bound to protect the environment from greenhouse gas emissions (“Opinion”). We...more
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The Conference Board recently reported that the number of Russell 3000 companies issuing sustainability reports in the first half of 2025 fell 52% compared to the first half of 2024. ...more
Beginning January 1, 2025, the “Making Conservation a California Way of Life” regulatory framework requires urban retail water suppliers — not individual households or businesses — to adopt a series of “urban water use...more
On June 25, 2025, the European Commission released a landmark proposal for a regulation on the safety, resilience and sustainability of space activities in the European Union, commonly referred to as the EU Space Act....more
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) published two new topic standards—GRI 102: Climate Change (2025) and GRI 103: Energy (2025). These standards will replace GRI 305: Emissions (2016), GRI 302: Energy (2016), and Disclosure...more