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An article, first published in PLC Construction, considering the Commercial Payments Bill, in particular the provisions that ban the practice of deducting and withholding retention payments under a construction contract, and the implications for the construction industry.

For many large US or UK groups, mandatory CSRD reporting has likely been on the back burner, even where ESG reporting is already conducted voluntarily. Indeed, the first group-level report for non-EU groups under the ESRS-40a is not due until 2029, comprising figures from the 2028 financial year.  However, on 3 July 2026 the Commission adopted a revised set of European Sustainability Reporting Standards (“ESRS”), the detailed rules that sit under the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive. These revised standards capture EU companies, and may include a non-EU group’s EU subsidiaries. The revised ESRS standards sit separately from the Article 40a global reporting mechanism, which is expected to operate as a separate third-country regime and is currently evolving.