European Union: Environment

The Omnibus proposal, apart from reducing the scope of mandatory reporting by 80% –i.e. CSRD remaining mandatory only for companies with more than 1.000 employees or revenue...

As provided by the CSRD, companies operating within the European Union will gradually produce – beginning this year – their first sustainability reports under unified ESRS, ensuring that all corporations "speak the same language when telling their sustainability stories."

What are the main legal impediments for effective marine protection and how do you envision to solve this? Our answer is two-fold: a lack of judicial enforcement of environmental law and a predominant anthropocentric worldview of the human-Ocean relationship.

The Omnibus proposal, apart from reducing the scope of mandatory reporting by 80% –i.e. CSRD remaining mandatory only for companies with more than 1.000 employees or revenue...

The Council of the EU's position on the proposal to simplify due diligence rules for batteries has been approved by the Committee of Permanent Representatives.

This ESG Legal Update provides a snapshot of recent regulatory developments across Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia, with input from Kinstellar's ESG Service Line members.

he European Water Resilience Strategy will develop a cross-sectoral plan for water and aquatic ecosystems...

The threat posed by climate change, degradation of natural environment and intensive consumption of natural resources (fossil fuels, water) becomes more and more noticeableperceptible.

On November 27, 2024, the European Union ("EU") adopted Regulation (EU) 2024/3012 establishing a Union certification framework for permanent carbon removals...

The Omnibus proposal, apart from reducing the scope of mandatory reporting by 80% –i.e. CSRD remaining mandatory only for companies with more than 1.000 employees or revenue...

A legal analysis exploring environmental rights and criminal accountability will be published in id-Dritt (GħSL), Edition XXXVI (2026).

As Europe simplifies its ESG framework through the recent reforms of the "Omnibus Package" and "Competitiveness Compass", reassessing the relationship...