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New Virginia "Workplace Violence" Definition and Healthcare Reporting Law: What's the Tea in L&E?
What the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Means for Employers - #WorkforceWednesday® - Employment Law This Week®
Understanding the New Overtime Tax Policies in the Big Beautiful Bill
When DEI Meets the FCA: What Employers Need to Know About the DOJ’s Civil Rights Fraud Initiative
(Podcast) California Employment News: Creating the Report for a Workplace Investigation – Part 4 (Featured)
California Employment News: Creating the Report for a Workplace Investigation – Part 4 (Featured)
Podcast - Navigating the Updated SF-328 Form
Five Tips for a New Public Company Director
Compliance Tip of the Day: Internal Control Deficiencies
Daily Compliance News: July 7, 2025 the Disaster on the River Edition
First 100 Days of the New HSR Rules with Antitrust Partner Kara Kuritz
Hospice Insights Podcast - Election Inspection: Be Proactive to Avoid Costly Election Statement Denials
Compliance Tip of the Day: What is a Gap Analysis
Compliance into the Weeds: Autonomous AI Whistleblowing Misconduct
REFRESH Nonprofit Basics: Federal Tax Filing Deadlines and Penalties
(Podcast) California Employment News: Back to the Basics of Employee Pay Days
California’s Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act, also known as Senate Bill (SB) 54, continues to move forward toward full implementation with the issuance of new guidance documents....more
To facilitate capital flow toward investments that foster economic development by promoting environmental and social sustainability, transparency, and long-term strategies in financial and economic activity, early this year...more
Following a multi-firm review of sustainability reporting, the FCA has announced that it is considering how to streamline and enhance the UK’s sustainability reporting framework by simplifying disclosures, easing unnecessary...more
On August 29, 2025, the German Government started the legislative process for an amendment to the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz, LkSG). Pursuant to the draft proposal, the...more
Many US-based multinationals are subject to the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act, which is commonly known by its German acronym, the LkSG. Over the last couple of weeks, Germany has dashed any hopes for a quiet end to...more
Welcome to Horizon, DLA Piper’s monthly bulletin reporting on late-breaking legislative and policy developments in ESG. Our aim is to scan the litigation, enforcement, and regulatory horizon to help inform business decisions....more
On August 21, 2025, the California Air Resources Board (“CARB”) held a public workshop providing updates on SB 253 (the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act) and SB 261 (the Climate-related Financial Risk Act)....more
The President of the European Central Bank (ECB), Christine Lagarde, has issued a letter responding to Members of the European Parliament regarding the Eurosystem's evolving approach to climate-related financial risks....more
The draft Royal Decree on the sustainability and energy efficiency of data centers will be subject to public consultation until 15 September 2025. ...more
Over the last few years, we have kept our US multinational company readers current on the progress and timing of Singapore corporate climate reporting. Singapore’s climate reporting requirements capture many larger US-based...more
On 10 July 2025, the Federal Ministry of Justice presented a revised draft bill for the implementation of Directive (EU) 2022/2464 (Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive – “CSRD”) as amended by Directive (EU) 2025/794...more
On August 21, 2025, The California Air Resources Board (CARB) held its second virtual workshop to “support the development of California’s Corporate Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program” reflected in the Climate Corporate Data...more
Reporting obligations under the European Union’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive are created under EU member state national legislation adopted pursuant to the CSRD. We have again updated our tracker to reflect...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published the findings from its multi-firm review of climate reporting by asset managers, life insurers and FCA-regulated pension providers under the Taskforce on Climate-related...more
On 16 July 2025, The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) and the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) published guidance on Governing for Net Zero: The Board’s Role in Organisational Transition...more
For US-based multinationals, recent US and European developments have taken up most of the mental energy devoted to global ESG and CSR compliance. Among other compliance topics, these include California climate disclosure, EU...more
Commission Recommendation (EU) 2025/1710 of 30 July 2025 on a voluntary sustainability reporting standard for small and medium-sized undertakings (SMEs) has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union. The...more
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
As many of our readers will remember, during summer 2023, we published a 10+-part series that examined the requirements of ESRS 1, which is the cross-cutting standard that contains the general requirements for reporting under...more
The proposals outline simplification “levers” to address sources of complexity in sustainability reporting under the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive....more
The European Commission (EC) has adopted a recommendation on a voluntary sustainability reporting standard for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The recommendation serves as an interim measure ahead of a formal...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
Three Commission Delegated Regulations supplementing the EU Green Bonds Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2023/2631) have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ), namely: - Commission Delegated Regulation...more
On August 6, the UK Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") released its findings following a multi-firm review of climate reporting by asset managers, life insurers and FCA-regulated pension providers....more
This series seeks to identify legal questions that can add definition and value to the good work that sustainability teams are doing. ...more