Growing regulatory scrutiny and expanding disclosure regimes are exposing companies to legal risk where sustainability claims are overstated or insufficiently substantiated, write Marit Bosselaar, partner at Loyens & Loeff, and associates Sjoerd Pennink and Luca Hilvering.
A new report finds a steep drop in ESG-related shareholder resolutions in 2026, with proponents shifting towards private engagement as regulatory changes reshape the proxy landscape.
In a conversation with Forward Law Review, Bird & Bird partner Constantin Eikel said new EU rules will force companies to abandon broad sustainability language in favour of detailed, on-pack substantiation.
Forward Thinking: The aviation industry is pushing back against EU fuel rules and carbon pricing as courts, regulators and campaign groups increase scrutiny of how sustainable aviation fuel is described.
The Federal Court of Australia’s decision in ACCR v Santos highlights the evidential and governance standards companies will need to support forward-looking net-zero and transition pathway statements. With analysis by Paul Schoff, partner at MinterEllison, Sydney.
From asset manager stewardship and proxy advice to packaging initiatives and diversity programmes, US antitrust law is increasingly being invoked against collective sustainability activity – in comparison with a more permissive approach in the EU and other jurisdictions.
Despite lacking explicit due diligence obligations, the regulation’s enforcement model will require companies to demonstrate robust supply chain controls, write Guillaume Croisant, James Marlow, Bruno Garcia da Silva and Pierre-Noé Milcamps at Linklaters.
If the US Environmental Protection Agency abandons its authority to regulate greenhouse gases, the legal foundation that displaced common-law climate lawsuits may collapse – potentially triggering new litigation against energy companies, writes Sambhav Sankar, senior vice president for programmes at Earthjustice.
María Victoria Tuculet, partner at Bomchil, examines how new trade commitments could require Argentine companies to address forced labour risks and strengthen environmental governance despite anti-ESG rhetoric in Washington and Buenos Aires.
Even as ESG regulation is rolled back, transparency, supply-chain integrity and disciplined board decision-making remain central to resilience, trust and long-term profitability, writes Ingo Theusinger, partner and head of ESG at Noerr, Dusseldorf.
New co-chairs Cat Greenwood-Smith and Molly Lewis talk to Forward Law Review as PRIME expands its work experience and school outreach programmes to mark its 15th anniversary.
Verra’s general counsel talked to Forward Law Review about how Article 6 is reshaping the regulatory and voluntary carbon markets, the need to ask probing questions, and why legal’s role is to advise rather than decide.
The Qualcomm legal counsel discusses the challenge of preparing for fast-moving ESG rules and how her route from Brussels private practice into a global business reshaped her view of the role.
A federal judge has paused a Washington state climate lawsuit brought by homeowners against a group of oil and gas companies while the US Supreme Court considers a separate case that could determine whether such claims can proceed under state law.
Asset manager agrees to restrict stewardship activities and expand proxy voting as multistate ESG antitrust litigation continues against BlackRock and State Street.
Exxon and Suncor secure review of Colorado ruling that allowed Boulder’s nuisance and deception claims to proceed, putting the scope of federal pre-emption in climate litigation before the justices.
A hearing at the EU General Court will test whether the European Commission lawfully refused to review Taxonomy criteria allowing LNG-powered vessels and conventional aircraft to qualify as green investments.
The new body will set criteria for ‘green’ and ‘transition’ activities and develop transition planning guidance, with implications for disclosure and regulatory alignment.
New co-chairs Cat Greenwood-Smith and Molly Lewis talk to Forward Law Review as PRIME expands its work experience and school outreach programmes to mark its 15th anniversary.
Cabinet says it has “weighty legal reasons” to challenge January judgment and will ask appeal court to suspend immediate obligation to write economy-wide absolute CO2 targets into national law.
