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  • Does the EU's Omnibus reduce transition planning to a publicity exercise?

    03 March 2025

    Experts are divided over what a change in wording in the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive means for climate transition plans, Michael Hurley reports

  • EU Omnibus: A turning point for supply chain due diligence

    26 February 2025

    Simplification should not come at the cost of weakening due diligence mandates, which are essential for long-term competitiveness, writes Alexandra Mihailescu Cichon

  • EU Omnibus: The end of 'the Brussels effect'?

    25 February 2025

    The European Commission needs to make the bloc more competitive and sustainable, while maintaining its soft power, writes Marcio Viegas

  • Safeguarding the EU's sustainable finance framework is critical for its competitiveness

    21 February 2025

    Efforts to make the EU's sustainable finance regulations work better for everyone are welcome, but investors need high-quality sustainability data and regulatory certainty, write Stephanie Pfeifer, Aleksandra Palinska, and David Atkin

  • EU Omnibus: Simplification and guidance are needed, not deregulation

    19 February 2025

    The EU aims to simplify its sustainability reporting framework - but the right balance needs to be struck, write Jean-Pierre Delvigne, Elodie Valette, Claire Lavarde and Maryne Gouhier.

  • 'Sovereigns should use ASCOR for SLBs'

    12 February 2025

    The assessment framework could help bring credibility to the nascent market. Ahren Lester reports

  • Omni-confusion

    28 January 2025

    What will the EU's Omnibus regulation mean for sustainable finance, Michael Hurley asks

  • Trump, Part Two: Brace for a bonfire of climate policy

    21 January 2025

    Exiting the Paris Agreement is the first sign of wide-scale cuts to policies related to preserving the environment, Michael Hurley writes

  • US nature investing could blossom as ESG wilts

    20 January 2025

    As the market prepares for wider ESG backlash, nature investing has the potential to flourish during Trump's presidency, argues Genevieve Redgrave.

  • Comment: NZAM and others must adapt or die

    15 January 2025

    Whether bodies such as NZAM will be able to prevent further departures remains to be seen, writes Rob Langston