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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

Germany's new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, calls for the repeal of the CSDDD

Jones Day on 5/13/2025

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

March 2025 ESG Policy Update—Australia

K&L Gates LLP on 4/15/2025

Australian Update - Resistance to Australian Securities Exchange Corporate Governance Council’s Diversity Reforms Signals Decline in Environment, Social and Governance Commitment - The recent decision by the Australian...more

EU Omnibus Package: 10 things you should know about the proposed changes to key sustainability legislation

White & Case LLP on 3/10/2025

The European Commission published an "Omnibus" package of proposed changes on 26 February, marking the start of a process that could result in significant changes to key EU laws on sustainability reporting, diligence and...more

ESMA final report on the European Green Bonds Regulation

A&O Shearman on 3/5/2025

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a final report on the technical standards on the external reviewer regime under the European Green Bonds Regulation (EuGB). The regime requires external...more

ESG Focus: UK/EU/International ESG Regulation Monthly Round-Up – February 2025

Hogan Lovells on 3/4/2025

The first two instalments of the EU’s much anticipated omnibus packages of simplification were published on 26 February. The Commission proposes amendments to the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), the...more

European Commission Publishes ESG Reporting Omnibus Package

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 3/3/2025

On 26 February 2025, the European Commission (the EC) adopted a new package of proposals aimed at simplifying the EU’s ESG reporting and compliance requirements. The EC published two separate proposals for directives to make...more

EU Court Upholds Commission’s Power To Demand Data Held by Foreign Companies

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 8/26/2024

In Nuctech Warsaw (T-284/24), the EU Court of Justice held that EU subsidiaries can lawfully be required to provide access to email accounts and data held by their overseas parent company. The ruling involved the following...more

Sustainability and ESG Advisory Practice Update, September 2023

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 9/29/2023

California Legislature Passes Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act - Earlier this month, the California legislature approved SB 253, the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act (SB 253). Starting in 2026, “reporting...more

Corporate Sustainability: EU to Expand ESG-Related Reporting Obligations

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 12/21/2022

On November 28, 2022, the European Council gave its final approval to a new Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). Once transposed into the laws of the EU members states, the new set of rules will replace the...more

EU Corporate Sustainability reporting: impact on non-EU entities

Hogan Lovells on 11/28/2022

The EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, recently adopted by the European Parliament, introduces more detailed sustainability reporting obligations for certain categories of undertakings. Third country entities...more

Strategy for Financing the Transition to a Sustainable Economy published

A&O Shearman on 7/7/2021

The European Commission published its long-awaited Strategy for Financing the Transition to a Sustainable Economy (the Strategy) today. The Strategy was announced as part of the European Green Deal in 2019 (originally...more

European Commission Publishes Report on Liability for Artificial Intelligence

A&O Shearman on 12/17/2019

The New Technologies formation of the European Commission’s Expert Group on Liability and New Technologies has published a report on liability regimes for artificial intelligence. The report discusses existing laws concerning...more

European Economic and Social Committee Publishes Opinion on Sustainable Finance Reforms

A&O Shearman on 10/7/2019

The European Economic and Social Committee has published an Opinion on the European Commission’s Reflection Paper, “Towards a Sustainable Europe by 2030”, which was published earlier this year. The Commission’s Reflection...more

Artificial Intelligence: UK Regulators' and Supervisors' growing expectations of Boards and Senior Managers of regulated entities

White & Case LLP on 8/6/2019

On 1 August 2019, the UK FCA published an article titled "Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the Boardroom" in its Insight series of opinion and analysis. Its author, Magnus Falk, a senior technology adviser at the FCA who used...more

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