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Corporate Climate Transition Plans: Mapping the Fluctuating Legal Landscape

Tim Bleeker et al.

European Company Law2025https://doi.org/10.54648/eucl2025026article
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This editorial introduces the European Company Law special issue on Corporate Climate Transition Plans (CCTPs), a fast-evolving legal instrument for aligning corporate conduct with climate objectives. As climate-related regulation moves from voluntary disclosure to enforceable obligations, the European Union has placed transition planning at the core of corporate sustainability law. Key legal developments, including the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), and the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), require companies to develop credible, science-based plans to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and adapt their business models accordingly. Amid these regulatory shifts and the legal uncertainty introduced by the Omnibus reform, this editorial outlines the legal landscape, identifies emerging compliance challenges, and highlights the interplay between EU law, soft law instruments, and climate litigation. It also previews six contributions to the special issue, covering a range of topics from banking regulation and fiduciary duties to litigation and biodiversity. Together, these papers provide legal scholars, practitioners, and policy makers with a multidimensional understanding of climate transition planning as a tool for steering corporate transformation in the face of planetary crisis. The editorial concludes with a call to action: robust transition planning is not only a legal obligation, but a strategic and ethical imperative.

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@article{tim2025,
  title        = {{Corporate Climate Transition Plans: Mapping the Fluctuating Legal Landscape}},
  author       = {Tim Bleeker et al.},
  journal      = {European Company Law},
  year         = {2025},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.54648/eucl2025026},
}

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M · momentum0.55 × 0.15 = 0.08
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