ESG pushback

News & analysis

July 13, 2025

The REP Wrap: Study analyses sustainability reports of major firms

This week's corporate sustainability news includes transition plan updates from ESMA and SSE, and another departure from a net zero alliance
July 9, 2025

European Commission under pressure to rethink EU deforestation regulation

Vote in Parliament comes as ministers call for EUDR to be added to simplification package
June 29, 2025

This week’s EU Omnibus developments

A rundown of who is saying what this week, and what more we know about plans to revise Europe’s sustainability rules
June 27, 2025

‘We’re not asking for an easier path, we’re asking for a level one’: German truck CSO calls for policy certainty

Traton’s Andreas Follér says companies need 'stable, predictable and fair' rules
June 22, 2025

This week’s EU Omnibus developments

A rundown of who is saying what this week, and what more we know about plans to revise Europe’s sustainability rules
June 22, 2025

The EU continues its sustainability rollback

Bumper week for the EU's sustainability cull, with developments on the Green Claims Directive, CBAM and the Batteries Regulation 
June 20, 2025

EU scraps Green Claims Directive

Proposed law falls victim to current political pushback against sustainability regulation in Europe
June 18, 2025

Pentair axes CSO role in bid to ‘integrate sustainability further into business’

Regulatory filing reveals water firm will fit sustainability team into tech and innovation unit
June 18, 2025

Greenhushing mustn’t become default, warn ex-CEOs and corporate chairs

Chairs of Ahold Delhaize, Philips and Anglo American among authors of paper on navigating sustainability headwinds
June 15, 2025

UK government tight-lipped on stalled ISSB adoption

Missed deadlines and lengthy silence has prompted some to predict a change of plan on sustainability reporting requirements