European Union finance ministers have agreed a negotiating position on reforms to the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, paving the way for talks with the European Parliament on measures intended to strengthen the bloc's carbon border levy.
The Science Based Targets initiative has published Version 2.0 of its Corporate Net-Zero Standard, introducing a revised framework for corporate climate targets that places greater emphasis on implementation, transparency and the use of market-based instruments.
Forward Law Review has launched the 2026 edition of Forward Firms, a survey profiling 30 leading sustainability and ESG law practices and examining what their work reveals about the direction of the market.
Environmental group says legislation places too much emphasis on recycling and fails to create meaningful incentives for reusable packaging ahead of the EU’s new packaging regime taking effect in August.
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.
LNG is sometimes marketed as a “green”, “clean”, or “sustainable” shipping fuel, but the reality is a lot murkier than that, says Dominika Leitane, legal officer at climate change NGO Opportunity Green. She outlines the potential legal risks for financial institutions advertising LNG-related investments as sustainable.
Companies operating across multiple jurisdictions are confronting diverging sustainability reporting regimes, tighter supply-chain obligations and growing legal scrutiny of climate and environmental claims, write Diane Gilhooley and Holly Suthren at Eversheds Sutherland.
Recent lawsuits in the US and Canada suggest fiduciary duties may become a growing legal battleground over how pension funds, investment managers and financial institutions address climate risk, write Conor MacDonald and Charles Slidders at the Center for International Environmental Law.
High-profile retreats from emissions targets have fuelled claims that ‘net zero’ is collapsing under legal, political and commercial pressure – but companies are shifting towards more defensible and operationally credible strategies, writes Kate Wilson Butler, director of climate, sustainability & ESG at Chapman Tripp.
Forward Law Review has launched the 2026 edition of Forward Firms, a survey profiling 30 leading sustainability and ESG law practices and examining what their work reveals about the direction of the market.
Julia Green in Sydney tells Forward Law Review that data centres, renewables, biodiversity and climate regulation are reshaping client priorities across major projects and transactions.
Proposed legislation would prevent courts imposing liability for climate-related harm caused by greenhouse gas emissions, following a landmark Supreme Court ruling that allowed claims against major companies to proceed.
The ruling requires a limited anti-suit injunction against Greenpeace International but leaves parts of the Dutch foundation’s Amsterdam proceedings able to continue.
New guidance, FAQs and a draft delegated act introduce lighter compliance rules for small primary operators, clarify downstream due diligence obligations and expand certain exemptions, while leaving the regulation’s core deforestation prohibitions unchanged.
Environmental group says legislation places too much emphasis on recycling and fails to create meaningful incentives for reusable packaging ahead of the EU’s new packaging regime taking effect in August.
New certification system for marine carbon capture projects such as seagrass meadows could create a regulatory framework for coastal carbon removals as the European Commission unveils its first strategy for coastal communities.
Spain faces two referrals and Poland one, with the commission seeking financial sanctions over failures to implement revised EU emissions trading rules.
Faith groups from Colombia, Great Britain and Ireland have asked the UK National Contact Point to examine whether HSBC's relationship with Glencore is consistent with OECD standards on responsible business conduct.
