11.11.2025

Back to basics: How companies and managers should approach sustainability

Many people are currently asking themselves: How should companies and their…

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15.10.2025

Update of German Act on Corporate Due Diligence Obligations in Supply Chains (LkSG): (Very) good implementation by the companies, upcoming facilitations and continuing compliance obligations

The German Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control (Bundesamt für…

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22.09.2025

Climate Change Litigation Update: Are Companies Liable for CO₂ Emissions?

The phenomenon of climate change litigation continues to spread (see ADVANT FAQs…

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18.03.2025

FAQ Paper of the German Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control on the Risk-based Approach to the German Act on Corporate Due Diligence in Supply Chains: Simplification or another Challenge?

In February 2025, the German Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export…

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26.02.2025

The omnibus is here: EU Commission plans for ESG regulatory relief

The EU Commission today presented its proposals on how to reduce red tape and…

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30.01.2025

Innovation, decarbonization, security - but simpler, lighter, faster

This is how you could summarize the so-called Competitiveness Compass presented…

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20.01.2025

Is this the End for ESG?

20 January 2025 undoubtedly was a significant day. Donald Trump, the old and new…

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10.01.2025

Latest news on energy law: changes as of 1 January 2025

Dear readers, The year 2025 will be at least as dynamic as the years before…

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09.12.2024

Why we (in particular the management) need to continue to take the German LkSG seriously and how it (also) relates to the pending implementation of the CSRD

The German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz,…

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05.12.2024

New: The Regulation on the prohibition of products made with forced labour ("Forced Labour Regulation")

On 19.11.2024, after the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union…

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24.05.2024

EU Supply Chain Act finalized - relevant for companies worldwide

It did indeed take quite a while. And there was indeed a lot of back and forth. But now, it is final and binding: Today, the European Council gave its final green light for the so-called EU Corporate…

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18.03.2024

EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive - Agreement and Text

A compromise has been found for the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive. It seems to have the support of the necessary majorities, although Germany continues to abstain. You can find the…

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