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The International Sustainability Standards Board has released proposals for nature-related disclosures that would supplement existing IFRS standards, drawing extensively on the TNFD framework. Meanwhile, regulatory developments across Singapore, the EU, UK, and US are reshaping environmental compliance requirements, from beverage container return schemes to carbon border adjustments. These updates reflect the accelerating global shift toward mandatory sustainability reporting and climate risk management.

Following the European Union’s (“EU”) launch of the Green Deal in 2019, the transition into a green economy has been framed not only as an environmental imperative but also as a new growth strategy. The Green Deal seeks to combine the reduction of emissions with the preservation of economic competitiveness. To translate these objectives into practice, the EU has relied on and expanded market-based instruments such as the Emissions Trading System (“ETS”) and the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (“CBAM”), established by Regulation (EU) 2023/956 (the “CBAM Regulation”), which together aim to price carbon, encourage the reduction of emissions and address the risk of carbon leakage.

It might look harmless, and it’s popular with pollinators (particularly the cinnabar moth, which uses it as its primary food source), but it hides a real danger. Ragwort contains pyrrolizidine alkaloids. These are toxins that can cause liver failure in livestock, the effects of which are often fatal.

The European Commission has opened a public consultation on new ecodesign requirements aimed at making consumer electronics, small household appliances, and light transport vehicles easier to repair. The initiative seeks to double the circular material use rate by improving product repairability, durability, and access to spare parts and repair information. Stakeholders have until February 2027 to provide input on this regulatory framework that could reshape product design standards across the EU.

The European Commission's Strategic Roadmap for Digitalisation and AI in the Energy Sector introduces a comprehensive framework for integrating data centres sustainably into the EU energy system through 2030. Will the proposed rating scheme, model tripartite agreements, and potential minimum performance standards reshape how data centre operators approach energy efficiency, clean power procurement, and grid integration? The roadmap establishes three pillars addressing energy for AI, digitalisation for energ

On 7 September 2026, the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) in Case C-771/24, “Fédération belge du stationnement and Interparking”, was published in the Official Journal of the EU.