25 Oct 2023
Impact and ESGUpdates
On 17 October 2023, the EU Commission adopted their 2024 Commission Work Programme focusing mainly on strengthening EU’s competitiveness through reduction of burdens on businesses and rationalisation of reporting requirements.
GovernanceSustainability
25 Oct 2023
Impact and ESGUpdates
On 17 October 2023, the EU Commission and the advisory body, Platform on Sustainable Finance, introduced the EU Taxonomy Stakeholder Request Mechanism.
Sustainability
19 Oct 2023
Impact and ESGUpdates
In June 2023 the European Commission published and adopted a sustainable finance package with measures to expand and strengthen the EU sustainable finance framework. This update provides a closer overview of those measures which are now subject to scrutiny by the European Parliament and the Council.
Regulatory Technical StandardsSustainability
17 Oct 2023
Impact and ESGUpdates
On 13 October 2023, the legislative proposal for implementation of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (“CSRD”) and a number of appertaining executive orders went out for consultation.
CSRDSustainability
19 Sep 2023
Impact and ESGUpdates
On 13 September 2023, the Danish Corporate Governance Board published their annual account for 2022-2023. The account contains a status on the CSDD Directive which is still negotiated in the EU.
CSDDDSustainability
22 Aug 2023
Impact and ESGUpdates
The progress reports are a result of a push from stakeholders requesting greater market integrity, investor protection and trusted environments for sustainable investments as sustainability has become an important competitive factor.
ESMASustainability
11 Aug 2023
Impact and ESGUpdates
On 31 July 2023 the European Commission adopted European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) which are mandatory standards for companies under CSRD to use when reporting on sustainability information.
CSRDESRSSustainability
20 Feb 2023
Impact and ESGUpdates
On 20 February 2023, the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/363 of 31 October 2022 amending and correcting the RTS in the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1288 entered into force.
2 Feb 2023
Impact and ESGUpdates
Recently, the EU Commission presented a plan for a Net-Zero Industry Act and a European Sovereignty Fund as part of a bigger Green Deal Industrial Plan. The initiatives shall be seen in connection with the European Green Deal and the goal of making EU climate neutral by 2050.
Cross-BorderGovernanceSustainability