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Environmental, Social and Governance

EU CSRD and CSDDD – Significance of the postponement of the application date

April 2025 – On 14 April 2025, the Council of the EU gave its final green light on the so-called "Stop‑the‑clock Directive" postponing the application dates of the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (EU) 2022/2464 ("CSRD") and the EU...

Update on the implementation of CS3D and CSRD, and related local legislative developments in Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, and Slovakia

April 2025 – Despite the 6 July 2024 transposition deadline for the full implementation of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), several jurisdictions – including the Czech Republic and Romania – remain subject to infringement...

New opportunities in biogas and biomethane production in Hungary

April 2025 – Sustainable energy production is playing an increasingly significant role in Hungary’s energy policy. As part of this initiative, the Hungarian government’s recently launched Jedlik Ányos Energy Program plans to support a total of...

ESG legal update: Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia regions

April 2025 – The end of 2024 and the beginning of 2025 marked a period of uncertainty in the ESG regulatory landscape. Across both Kinstellar’s EU and non-EU jurisdictions, stakeholders awaited the Omnibus I package, expected to introduce significant...

Harald Strahberger, a leading regulatory lawyer, joins Kinstellar as Partner in Vienna

March 2025 – Kinstellar is delighted to announce that Harald Strahberger has joined our newly launched Vienna office as a Partner. His addition strengthens our public law and regulatory capabilities, further enhancing the firm’s expertise in Austria...

Solar park Developments in Hungary: Key legal update on transfer duty

February 2025 – It has become standard practice in Hungary for solar power plants to be developed on greenfield agricultural land owned by third parties. Due to legal restrictions regarding the use of agricultural land, developers are unable to acquire...

Status of CSRD transposition in Central and Eastern Europe and its legal implications

February 2025 – Kinstellar hosted a special webinar event on 11 February 2025, focusing on the latest status of transposition of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) in Central and Eastern Europe as well as some other legal and regulatory...

Important changes in the EU to rules on packaging and packaging waste: What you need to know

February 2025 – The European Parliament and the European Council formally adopted Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste (“PPWR”) on 16 December 2024, as part of a comprehensive review of packaging obligations in line with the...

ESG legal update: Central & Eastern Europe and Central Asia regions

January 2025 – The past year has seen a flurry of regulatory developments related to Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), particularly in the alignment of climate, environmental and reporting rules across the Central and Eastern Europe and Central...

Ukraine REACH to come into effect

December 2024 – On 26 January 2025, the Technical Regulation on the Safety of Chemical Products, approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine in July 2024, will come into force. The Regulation introduces rules for the registration of chemicals and...