Our Scans · Governance, Policy & Institutional Response · Weekly Summary

• [New] In the EU, the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group has launched a field test for a new sustainability reporting standard for non-EU companies with significant EU operations that will require them to disclose their environmental and social impacts for the first time. We Mean Business Coalition
• [New] Beyond LNG, EU-US cooperation could be expanded beyond LNG to include standard-setting for critical raw materials, key technologies and infrastructure (such as small modular reactors, carbon capture and storage, and grid technologies). Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)
• [New] The EU is placing industrial opportunities and European interests at the forefront of its international climate policy, with the Clean Industrial Deal and the new global climate and energy vision. Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)
• [New] In a world marked by geopolitical uncertainty, economic disruption, and profound technological change, energy policy must be grounded in facts and guided by security, affordability, competitiveness, and social cohesion. Atlantic Council
• [New] Strong national policy - including provincial mandates requiring storage co-location with new renewable capacity and the Special Action Plan for Development of New Energy Storage (2025-2027) - has driven cumulative installations to approximately 145 GW of battery storage by end-2025. / China Green Fuel Journal
• [New] Canada's policy environment boasts several safeguards for banks and fiscal stabilizers (i.e., unemployment benefits) that could cushion downturns, but they only mitigate a portion of the risk. Export Development Canada
• [New] In Europe, sustainability is increasingly tied to compliance and procurement realities - the EU's PPWR mandates 10% reusable alcohol packaging by 2030, (40% by 2040) and pushes producers toward materially different packaging choices. Snipp Interactive
• [New] South Dakota and Montana could offer additional clues regarding energy development, livestock policy, federal grazing issues and public land management. Ag Bull Trading
• Understanding the role of GHGs embodied in traded goods and the intersection of climate and trade policy is imperative to support the transition to a low carbon economy to meet the goal of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. ERCST
• Dutch climate policy is based on the European ambition to be climate-neutral by 2050, in order to meet the obligations under the Paris Agreement. PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
• Since the Paris Agreement, and since ECB Banking Supervision started focusing on how banks are managing climate and nature risks, it appears that banks have been increasingly differentiating between companies based on their carbon emissions. European Central Bank
• UK social homes are at growing risk from rising temperatures and that housing policy has not yet kept pace with the need for climate-resilient homes. Niyaa People
• European Green Deal mandates requiring 55% emissions reduction by 2030 incentivize adoption through retrofit subsidies and building efficiency standards. Persistence Market Research
• Adaptation could reduce the impact of climate hazards significantly, provided there is sufficient institutional and economic capacity (which Europe has, for the most part). Bruegel | The Brussels-based economic think tank
• Shipowners will increasingly have to balance fleet expansion with resilience, safety and regulatory compliance in what it describes as a more volatile operating environment. gCaptain
• The sustainable finance framework is rooted in the 2020 European Green Deal plan for climate neutrality by 2050, meaning preferred policy outcomes are baked into the disclosure process on top of information that investors want. Bruegel | The Brussels-based economic think tank
• Risks are magnified by the EU's longstanding decision to work independently of and more ambitiously than global standard-setters such as the International Sustainability Standards Board. Bruegel | The Brussels-based economic think tank
• Strengthening targeted piracy enforcement, while maintaining an open and adaptive regulatory environment, will be essential to attracting investment, supporting Taiwan's creative ecosystem, and enhancing its competitiveness in the global creative economy. AmCham Taiwan
• Looking ahead, the future of critical minerals policy will likely depend on whether US allies continue to locate their own security in the defence of US hegemony or instead support renewed international institutions and collective climate action. AZOM
• Government's trade strategy is clear that we will not lower UK food standards and will uphold strong animal welfare and environmental protections. GOV.UK

Last updated: 15 July 2026