In Case You Missed It: July 2025 Ropes & Gray ESG, CSR and Business and Human Rights Compliance Thought Leadership

Every month, our attorneys put out articles, alerts, white papers, blog posts and podcasts on a wide range of ESG, CSR and business and human rights compliance topics. A selection of our July thought leadership is compiled below.  

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• ESMA’s 2023-2024 Common Supervisory Action on Sustainability Risks and Disclosures: Key Findings
• European Commission Significantly Cuts Back Taxonomy Reporting – A Look at the July 4 Delegated Regulation
• Energy Transition: Navigating Europe's Short-Term Volatility and Long-Term Gains
• New ESMA Guidance on Sustainability Claims and ESG Credentials: A Closer Look  
• Five Takeaways from CARB’s July 9 FAQs on California’s New Corporate Climate Disclosure Requirements
• The UK’s New Sustainability Reporting Consultations – FAQs for US-based Multinationals
• Seeing the Forest for the Trees: Further Changes to the EU Deforestation Regulation are Likely
• Building the Environmental Omnibus – the European Commission’s July 22 Call for Evidence
• A CSRD Transposition Update – Three Additional Countries Adopt the “Stop the clock” delay
• UK Parliament Committee Recommends Significant Expansion of Corporate Forced Labor Compliance Obligations
• SFDR Review Potentially Delayed to Q1 2026
• Australian Government Launches Consultation on Strengthening Modern Slavery Act
• Canada Opens Survey on Supply Chains Act Reporting
• Exposure Drafts of European Sustainability Reporting Standards Released and Consultation Opened – Initial Takeaways

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