The Council takes position on the ban of single-use plastics in tobacco products in its Draft positions for the 11th Conference of the Parties to the World Health Organisation (WHO) Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC).
The COP11 will take place from 17 to 22 November 2025. The Council’s document is issued in response to
On 21 August 2025, the European Union (EU) and the United States (US) published a Joint Statement setting out the Framework on an US-EU Agreement on Reciprocal, Fair, and Balanced Trade (“the Framework Agreement”). The Framework Agreement will greatly affect transatlantic economic relations, while also having implications for the implementation of the EU’s sustainability rules.
On 8 July 2025, the European Commission released a new Draft Implementing Decision on the calculation, verification and reporting of data on recycled plastic content in single-use plastic beverage bottles.
This act under the framework of the Single-Use Plastics Directive (EU) 2019/904 aims to provide a methodology for the calculation of the recycled content
First, in a record time of less than two months, the so-called ‘Stop the clock’ Directive (EU) 2025/794 was adopted and published in the EU official journal.
The Directive amends the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (‘CSDDD’) and Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (‘CSRD’), thereby delaying the two flagship
As announced by President Ursula von der Leyen to the European Parliament on 27 November 2024, and as formally incorporated into the Communication A Competitiveness Compass for the EU (COM(2025) 30 final), published on 29 January 2025, the European Commission launched a Strategic Dialogue with the European automotive industry, social partners, and
In December 2024, the EU and the Southern Common Market (Mercosur), which comprises of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, concluded negotiations on an EU-Mercosur partnership agreement, with the deal creating a free trade agreement (FTA) between the regions.The EU-Mercosur FTA follows an ongoing EU policy to negotiate sustainability provisions for EU FTAs.
On July 18, 2024, Ursula von der Leyen, freshly re-elected as President of the EU Commission, presented the Commission’s Political Guidelines for the term of 2024-2029.
President von der Leyen describes Europe as facing a situation where clear choice is needed, under the heading “Europe’s Choice”. Outlining the Commission’s political priorities for
The European Union (EU) has set ambitious targets for the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to at least 60% in the building sector by 2030 compared to 2015, aiming at climate neutrality by 2050. The Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) together with the revised Energy Efficiency Directive, and the application of the Emissions
On 28 June 2024, the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) – was published in the Official Journal of the EU. Future ecodesign requirements stemming from the ESPR will impact global clients’ supply chains by requiring compliance with new sustainability standards. The standards once adopted, will be directly applicable in all the EU Member States, with an
The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), Directive (EU) 2024/1760 was published today in the Official Journal of the EU.
The Directive will enter into force on 25 July 2024. Member States will have to transpose the Directive in national law by 26 July 2026. The rules will however gradually apply between July 2027 and