Significant scope reductions for the rules are on the cards, undermining the original intention of regulatory simplification, say observers.

EU Ombudswoman tackles EC on sustainability law; what annoys the board?; US SEC sacks audit watchdog chair; human rights needs ‘corporate respect’.

Now is the time for Europe to speed up green transition, rather than slow it down through inconsistency and diluting the law.

CCLA—workplace mental health needs improving; EU fundamental rights under scrutiny; Texas moves to change rules on proxy advice.

The ‘omnibus’ revision postpones implementation of the CSRD by two years, and CSDDD by a year, to strengthen EU’s ‘economic base’.

A member of Congress declares European rules on disclosure are ‘foreign regulation that puts America last’.

As the EU readies its simplified directive to combine the CSRD and CSDDD, Germany warns of ‘bureaucratic burden’.

AI ‘unlikely’ to reduce audit fees; EU sustainability law ‘won’t change corporate behaviour’; US disclosure dismay; zombie firms.

Advocates call for ‘smart and easy implementation’ of the CSRD, saying political pressure reveals a ‘deregulatory agenda’.

A further challenge emerging from the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive is accurate and thorough data collection, survey finds.