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SFDR Review Potentially Delayed to Q1 2026

Ropes & Gray LLP on 7/29/2025

Whilst not unexpected, the long-awaited review of the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), originally scheduled for Q4 2025, is now likely to be delayed to Q1 2026. This follows the public and targeted...more

EU Moves to Simplify Taxonomy Disclosures Without Undermining Green Goals

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 7/21/2025

On July 4, 2025, the European Commission (EC) adopted a “Delegated Act Amending the Taxonomy Disclosures, Climate and Environmental Delegated Acts,” marking a significant shift in how companies will interact with the European...more

Sustainability reconfiguration in the EU and the UK—recent highlights

A&O Shearman on 7/11/2025

The sustainability regulatory landscape in Europe is reconfiguring at a rapid rate. Amid heightened anti-ESG sentiments emanating from some quarters, the UK and EU are each working to slash businesses’ regulatory burdens by...more

EU Commission Adopts Simplification Measures for the EU Taxonomy

Jones Day on 7/10/2025

On July 4, 2025, the Commission adopted a set of measures to simplify the application of the EU taxonomy, in the form of a Delegated Act amending the Taxonomy Disclosures, Climate and Environmental Delegated Acts....more

A Leaner Regime for the EU Taxonomy Regulation

Proskauer - Regulatory & Compliance on 7/10/2025

On 4 July 2025, the European Commission adopted a regulation (the “Delegated Regulation”) aimed at streamlining the European Union’s Taxonomy Regulation (the “Taxonomy Regulation”). These reforms are intended to ease...more

EU Sustainability Reporting Unpacked: Latest Developments on the Omnibus Package and ISSB Interoperability

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 7/8/2025

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

Comparison: UK Data Access Act and EU Data Act

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 7/7/2025

The UK’s Data (Use and Access ) Act 2025 (“DUA Act”), which received royal assent on 19 June 2025, represents a significant reform to UK data law and reflects Britain’s ambition to spur tech innovation by freeing up the flow...more

ESG Focus: UK/EU/International ESG regulation monthly round-up – June 2025

Hogan Lovells on 7/7/2025

EU Omnibus updates and dates for your diary: With negotiations continuing at both European Parliament and Council of the European Union level, final agreement on the omnibus proposals for sustainability reporting and due...more

European Commission Significantly Cuts Back Taxonomy Reporting – A Look at the July 4 Delegated Regulation

Ropes & Gray LLP on 7/7/2025

While we in the US were celebrating Independence Day, large companies – including many US-based multinationals – were given their own reason to celebrate. On July 4, the European Commission adopted a Delegated Regulation...more

Timetable extended for developing new CSRD Standards, following EFRAG Progress Report

Proskauer - Regulatory & Compliance on 7/7/2025

A new extended timetable is now in play for the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (“EFRAG”) following a letter sent by the EU Commissioner Albuquerque on 1 July 2025. EFRAG is tasked with the responsibility to...more

Council of EU adopts negotiating position on omnibus sustainability package

A&O Shearman on 7/3/2025

The Council of the EU has announced it has adopted its negotiating mandate on the Omnibus I package which proposes targeted amendments to, amongst other things, the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the...more

EC adopts amendments to transparency requirements under MiFIR Review

A&O Shearman on 6/30/2025

The European Commission has adopted a Commission Delegated Regulation to amend regulatory technical standards (RTS) on transparency requirements. The MiFIR Review revised the Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation...more

The Shape of EU CSRD and CSDDD to Come? A Look at the Omnibus Negotiating Mandate Approved by the Council

Ropes & Gray LLP on 6/30/2025

After much back and forth, the European Council has approved its negotiating position on proposed changes to the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive...more

European Commission Publishes Proposed Amendments to the EU Securitisation Regulation

Morgan Lewis on 6/30/2025

The European Commission published its proposals for amendments to the EU Securitisation Regulation on 17 June 2025. These proposals are of significant importance for securitisation market participants....more

The EU’s CSRD and CSDDD Compliance Playbook Is Being Rewritten (Again)

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 6/30/2025

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

EFRAG delivers progress report on ESRS simplification to the European Commission giving clues to ESRS changes and Omnibus updates

Hogan Lovells on 6/27/2025

On 20 June 2025, EFRAG published its progress report to the European Commission on EFRAG's progress on its work plan. It sets out the work it has done so far on the simplification and burden reduction levers that were...more

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SFDR Review Potentially Delayed to Q1 2026

EU Moves to Simplify Taxonomy Disclosures Without Undermining Green Goals

Sustainability reconfiguration in the EU and the UK—recent highlights

EU Commission Adopts Simplification Measures for the EU Taxonomy

A Leaner Regime for the EU Taxonomy Regulation

EU Sustainability Reporting Unpacked: Latest Developments on the Omnibus Package and ISSB Interoperability

Comparison: UK Data Access Act and EU Data Act

ESG Focus: UK/EU/International ESG regulation monthly round-up – June 2025

European Commission Significantly Cuts Back Taxonomy Reporting – A Look at the July 4 Delegated Regulation

Timetable extended for developing new CSRD Standards, following EFRAG Progress Report

Council of EU adopts negotiating position on omnibus sustainability package

EC adopts amendments to transparency requirements under MiFIR Review

The Shape of EU CSRD and CSDDD to Come? A Look at the Omnibus Negotiating Mandate Approved by the Council

European Commission Publishes Proposed Amendments to the EU Securitisation Regulation

The EU’s CSRD and CSDDD Compliance Playbook Is Being Rewritten (Again)

EFRAG delivers progress report on ESRS simplification to the European Commission giving clues to ESRS changes and Omnibus updates

Omnibus - EU Council Signs Off On Its CSRD And CSDDD Negotiating Position

Council of the European Union Agrees Mandate to Streamline CSRD and CSDDD Requirements

EFRAG’s June 20 Progress Report Provides An Early Look at Proposed Changes to CSRD Reporting

In Practice: EU Proposed Securitisation Disclosure Reforms: Is the Remedy Worse Than the Affliction?

ESMA Publishes Final Report on Technical Advice Concerning the Prospectus Regulation

Uneven Stop-the-Clock Provisions Throughout Europe on Sustainability Reporting

UK/EU/International ESG Regulation Monthly Round-Up – May 2025

EBA consults on draft ITS on Pillar 3 disclosure frameworks

EU Omnibus Update – Recent Developments relating to CSRD and CSDDD – “quick fix” and more

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