Regulation

US Bill Signals Long Campaign Against CSDDD

PROTECT USA Act’s short-term impact will likely be limited but could set lay groundwork for future regulatory or executive actions.

As the death knell sounds for mandatory disclosure, European investors still want to avoid data shortfall.

Investors urged to speak out to avoid “highly politicised and bitter divide” thwarting ten years of hard-fought progress.

Reduced CSRD scope risks making high quality, comparable and reliable sustainability data harder to access and damaging investor confidence.

New EFRAG working group member Martina Macpherson stresses need for alignment of forthcoming VSME reporting standard with SFDR and ESRS.

Watering down of the EU’s flagship sustainability due diligence law “strip it of any meaning”.

First omnibus package expected to shrink scope of carbon levy on imports as bloc wrestles with competitiveness fears.

Government urged to avoid weakening shareholder rights as other countries increasingly introduce hybrid or virtual meetings.

Proposals to simplify reporting requirements have been broadly welcomed by industry, but uncertainty lingers under shadow of omnibus.

European Commission urged not to sideline stakeholders by rushing through new legislation without due process.