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ESG Risk Becomes Core AML Exposure for MLROs as FCA Consultation Deadline Falls in March 2026

The UK's Financial Conduct Authority published Consultation Paper CP26/5 in January 2026, with a March 20, 2026 feedback deadline, proposing alignment of listed issuers' sustainability disclosures with international standards. For...

ESG March 3, 2026

European Union: EU institutions give businesses the gift of legal certainty on sustainability rules

In February 2025, the European Commission presented its “Omnibus” package aiming to delay application...

ESG January 8, 2026

European Union: SFDR 2.0 — simplified disclosures, new categories and stricter marketing rules

In brief On 20 November 2025, the European Commission published its legislative proposal to revise...

ESG January 2, 2026

Brazil: CONAR announces new rules to combat greenwashing

In brief The National Council for Advertising Self-Regulation (CONAR) approved a new wording for Article...

ESG November 27, 2025

Responding to the climate impact of generative AI

In part 2 of our two-part series on generative artificial intelligence’s environmental impacts, MIT News...

AI/ML September 30, 2025

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United Kingdom: FCA aims to ease burden on sustainability reporting following review

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said following its recent multi-firm review of how...

August 20, 2025

Annual Compliance Conference summary: Supply chains – Navigating ESG and Trade-related Risks

At the Annual Compliance conference recently held in London, the session on ‘Supply chains –...

July 10, 2025

US Lobbying Groups Target EU Corporate Accountability Law

As Europe emerges from a devastating heat wave, the European Parliament should reject efforts,...

July 9, 2025

EU Council Turning Supply Chain Law into Window Dressing

(Brussels) – European Union member states led by France and Germany are walking back on their...

July 1, 2025

Bonn Climate Talks Should Make Progress on Fossil Fuels

As negotiators gather in Bonn for the mid-year United Nations climate talks, a key...

June 16, 2025

Global: Annual Compliance Conference 2025

Author Agnieszka Skorupińska Agnieszka Skorupińska is a lawyer and partner at the Warsaw office of Baker...

June 13, 2025

United States: FTC and DOJ File Joint Statement of Interest in Texas-Led ESG Asset Manager Lawsuit

In brief On Thursday, May 22, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and Department of...

June 5, 2025

FSA Weekly Review No.639 June 2, 2025

Publication of the finalized amendments to the "Comprehensive Guidelines for Supervision of Major Banks,...

June 2, 2025

EU Commission President Receives Award for Green Deal Laws She is Undoing

In June 2024, the EU adopted a groundbreaking law requiring large companies to respect human...

May 28, 2025

Global: Annual Compliance Conference 2025 (3 June 2025 to 12 June 2025)

Annual Compliance Conference 2025 Date & Time 3 – 12 June 2025 (BST)Register Our popular Annual Compliance...

May 16, 2025

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OFAC Issues Sham Transaction Guidance, Expanding Counterparty Due Diligence Obligations

Australia’s AML/CTF Reform Brings Expanded PEP Obligations Into Force from March 2026

PEMEX Bribery Plea and French CJIP Signal Active FCPA-Adjacent Enforcement in March 2026

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