On Demand, On Purpose: Fashion Manufacturing That Doesn’t Cost the Earth
Daily Compliance News: June 4, 2025, The Climate Disaster Management Edition
Navigating Renewable Energy: Insights from the ACP Siting and Permitting Conference - Energy Law Insights
Compliance Amidst a Global Consensus Breakdown
A Voltage Voyage With Danielle Spalding, Cirba Solutions — Battery + Storage Podcast
Cobalt, Lithium, and the Quest for Sustainable Batteries With John Busbee, Xerion — Battery + Storage Podcast
Emerging Risks & Opportunities: Navigating Environmental & Sustainability Regulations During the First 100 Days
Innovation in Compliance: Visionary Leadership with Jackson Calame
A Thermal Storage Revolution With Nis Benn, Hyme Energy — Battery + Storage Podcast
Innovation in Compliance: Navigating AI Governance in 2025 with Christine Uri
Greenhushing: What It Is & Why It Matters
Scaling Sustainable Fuel for the Future | Insights with Niels Jensen
COP16 en Colombia: El Futuro de la Biodiversidad
Election Roundup: How a Harris Administration Could Shape the Oil and Gas Landscape
Navigating ESG: Preparing for Future Regulations (Part Two) — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
Navigating ESG: The Growing Importance and Compliance Challenges (Part One) — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 201: SHL Medical’s Investment in the Carolinas with Kimberlee Steele of SHL Medical
Sustainable Procurement: A Closer Look at the New Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
Compliance into the Weeds: Sustainability and Managing 3rd Party Risk
JONES DAY TALKS®: ESG Reporting Rules: The SEC, CSRD, and California– Who's on the Hook?
What do businesses need to know, and how can they prepare? Introduction - On June 25, 2025, the UK government initiated a consultation (the Consultation) on the exposure draft of the UK Sustainability Reporting Standards...more
The European Commission (“Commission”) issued its first opinion regarding the compatibility of a sustainability agreement with competition rules for the agricultural sector on July 14. The Commission’s opinion is a milestone...more
DECISÕES RELEVANTES DA DIRETORIA DA ANTAQ NO PERÍODO • Reunião Ordinária da Diretoria da ANTAQ nº 579 (30.01.2025) – Agenda Ambiental e de Segurança Aquaviária da Antaq para o biênio 2025/2026: A diretoria decidiu (i)...more
RELEVANT DECISIONS BY ANTAQ’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN THIS PERIOD - ANTAQ Board of Directors Ordinary Meeting No. 579 (January 30, 2025) – ANTAQ’s Environmental and Waterway Safety Agenda for the 2025/2026 biennium: The...more
Our investment funds team outline the latest developments within the investment funds market in Bermuda, covering the Bermuda Monetary Authority ("BMA") business plan 2025, BMA Consultation Paper - operational resilience and...more
A new edition of the Regulatory Initiatives Grid, which sets out details of current and planned regulatory initiatives for all the regulators affecting the financial services sector, has been published. It includes details of...more
The rapid proliferation of AI technologies in recent years has led to a growing demand for energy-intensive data centers and high-performance hardware. Laws seeking to regulate AI, such as the EU AI Act, increasingly include...more
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a new webpage on a voluntary survey it issued to environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings providers on 21 March, to help inform the future regulation of ESG...more
The European Commission proposed the EU Omnibus package on February 26 to reduce the burden, and delay application, of the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the EU Corporate Sustainability Due...more
The European Commission’s Omnibus package, published on February 26, 2025 (the Omnibus Package or the Package), proposes to simplify the EU’s sustainability laws. At the same time, it has generated significant uncertainty for...more
2024 saw a significant increase in overall global fines for antitrust enforcement, with total penalties for the jurisdictions surveyed in our report at USD6.7 billion, over double that of 2023 (USD2.9bn) and substantially...more
In accordance with Federal Decree No. 12,082/2024, which established the National Circular Economy Strategy (which we explored in a July 2024 Legal Update), a public hearing has been opened for the development of the National...more
We reported in previous blog posts (here and here) on the European Commission’s Green Deal initiatives and their impact on companies doing business in Europe as well as the significant recent headwind against these...more
The Commission has proposed a package of measures compiled in a so-called Omnibus Directive aiming at simplifying substantial elements of the EU’s sustainability regulatory framework (see draft law). This includes amendments...more
On January 29, 2025, New Mexico threw its hat more fully into the per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) legislation ring with the introduction of a bill that adopts a broad “phase-out” ban to PFAS-containing products. HB...more
On Thursday, February 20, 2025, the French Parliament approved a landmark ban on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in many commonly used consumer products, becoming the second European country to do so. PFAS are a...more
On February 3-5, the PLASTICS’ Fluoropolymers Conference gathered several professionals involved with fluoropolymers to discuss the latest challenges, opportunities and technological shifts that are defining the fluoropolymer...more
On 20 January 2025, France published a memorandum urging the EU to modify the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (Directive 2022/2464, “CSRD”), and to postpone the application of the Corporate Sustainability Due...more
EPA recently finalized the HFC Emissions Reduction and Reclamation Rule, which imposes strict requirements on industries relying on HFC-based refrigeration systems. Prior to the Biden administration leaving office, EPA...more
All Wrapped Up is a newsletter that tracks and analyzes key developments in extended producer responsibility laws for packaging. It is a subscription-based resource for King & Spalding clients who sell or distribute just...more
1. Bank regulation - 1.1 PRUDENTIAL REGULATION - a) General - (i) EU - EC: Communication on EU competitiveness compass - Status: Final - The EC has published a communication on a Competitiveness Compass for the EU,...more
On December 2, 2024, California's Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (“CalRecycle”) released proposed regulations for California’s extended producer responsibility (“EPR”) packaging and food service ware program –...more
Sustainability continues to be a hot issue around the world. While many jurisdictions are creating additional frameworks in support of greater consideration of sustainability, others, most notably the US, are either dragging...more
Four years after the nation’s first extended producer responsibility (EPR) laws set out approaches to making producers financially responsible for managing the disposal of plastics and packaging, 2025 will see...more
1 Setting the Scene – Sources and Overview - 1.1 What are the main substantive ESG-related regulations and who is driving the regulatory agenda in your jurisdiction? Originally Published in the International Comparative...more