Policy Pillar Audit — Q2 2024 Flagship Briefings

Overview

The Policy pillar currently showcases U.S. and EU regulatory shifts, with adjacent AI governance coverage routed through the AI pillar. This audit reviews the four flagship posts requested—SEC climate disclosure, FCC Title II restoration, Colorado AI Act, and EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD)—to surface topical clusters, geographic coverage, and observable gaps.

Topical clusters

• Climate and ESG disclosure. The SEC climate briefing emphasises board governance, emissions assurance, and climate-linked financial statement impacts, continuing an ESG reporting theme. 【F:zephtech-site/content/feed/2024-03-06-sec-climate-disclosure-final-rule.json†L1-L56】
• Telecommunications authority and national security levers. The Title II post highlights broadband non-discrimination rules alongside supply-chain vetting and outage reporting oversight. 【F:zephtech-site/content/feed/2024-04-25-fcc-net-neutrality-restoration.json†L1-L32】
• Cross-border sustainability due diligence. The CSDDD post extends the disclosure cluster into human-rights and environmental remediation workflows with Paris Agreement-linked transition planning. 【F:zephtech-site/content/feed/2024-04-24-eu-csddd-parliament-adoption.json†L1-L56】
• State-level AI governance managed outside the pillar. Colorado’s SB24-205 analysis sits in the AI pillar even though it covers statutory policy controls, diluting the Policy desk’s own cadence. 【F:zephtech-site/content/feed/2024-05-17-colorado-ai-act-enactment.json†L1-L56】

Coverage snapshot (as of July 2024)

Jurisdiction	Briefing	Publication date	Primary focus
United States	SEC climate disclosure final rule	6 Mar 2024	Climate risk governance, emissions assurance, and disclosure controls for large filers. 【F:zephtech-site/content/feed/2024-03-06-sec-climate-disclosure-final-rule.json†L1-L56】
United States	FCC Title II net neutrality restoration	25 Apr 2024	Broadband non-discrimination, security vetting, and outage reporting oversight. 【F:zephtech-site/content/feed/2024-04-25-fcc-net-neutrality-restoration.json†L1-L32】
European Union	Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive adoption	24 Apr 2024	Human-rights remediation, climate transition planning, and supply-chain governance. 【F:zephtech-site/content/feed/2024-04-24-eu-csddd-parliament-adoption.json†L1-L56】
India	RBI IT Governance Master Direction	31 May 2024	Board oversight, outsourcing controls, and April 2025 compliance deadlines for regulated financial entities. 【F:zephtech-site/content/feed/2024-05-31-rbi-it-governance-master-direction.json†L1-L74】
Australia	Digital ID Act Royal Assent	22 Jul 2024	Accreditation, privacy safeguards, and regulator enforcement preparations. 【F:zephtech-site/content/feed/2024-07-22-australia-digital-id-act-royal-assent.json†L1-L92】
Singapore	Cybersecurity (Amendment) Bill consultation	8 Apr 2024	Expansion of CSA oversight to ESCIs, temporary systems of concern, and key third-party providers. 【F:zephtech-site/content/feed/2024-04-08-singapore-cybersecurity-amendment-bill-consultation.json†L1-L80】
United Kingdom	Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act briefing	24 May 2024	Strategic Market Status regime, subscription protections, and CMA enforcement powers. 【F:zephtech-site/content/feed/2024-05-24-uk-dmcc-act-royal-assent.json†L1-L88】
Canada	AIDA initial regulations consultation roadmap	4 Mar 2024	Proposed risk tiers, developer obligations, and incident reporting for high-impact AI systems. 【F:zephtech-site/content/feed/2024-03-04-canada-aida-consultation.json†L1-L82】

Jurisdictional coverage and gaps

• North America. U.S. coverage remains strong through SEC and FCC briefs, while the newly published AIDA consultation roadmap addresses Canada but requires follow-up once draft regulations land in the Canada Gazette. 【F:zephtech-site/content/feed/2024-03-06-sec-climate-disclosure-final-rule.json†L1-L56】【F:zephtech-site/content/feed/2024-04-25-fcc-net-neutrality-restoration.json†L1-L32】【F:zephtech-site/content/feed/2024-03-04-canada-aida-consultation.json†L1-L82】
• Europe. CSDDD remains the sole EU flagship; Digital Markets Act enforcement cycles and EU AI Act prohibited-practice deadlines are queued on the watchlist but need dedicated briefs. 【F:zephtech-site/content/feed/2024-04-24-eu-csddd-parliament-adoption.json†L1-L56】【F:reports/policy-watchlist-2024q3-2025q4.md†L16-L33】【F:reports/policy-watchlist-2024q3-2025q4.md†L38-L61】
• Asia-Pacific. Australia, India, and Singapore now carry active coverage; the next gap is Japan and South Korea digital markets enforcement, which remains on the sourcing backlog. 【F:zephtech-site/content/feed/2024-07-22-australia-digital-id-act-royal-assent.json†L1-L92】【F:zephtech-site/content/feed/2024-05-31-rbi-it-governance-master-direction.json†L1-L74】【F:zephtech-site/content/feed/2024-04-08-singapore-cybersecurity-amendment-bill-consultation.json†L1-L80】

Recommendations

1. Re-balance the pillar taxonomy so statutory AI items (e.g., Colorado SB24-205) and future DPDP enforcement rules appear under Policy to illustrate the desk’s regulatory charter. 【F:zephtech-site/content/feed/2024-05-17-colorado-ai-act-enactment.json†L1-L56】
2. Publish queued policy briefs on the UK DMCC Act enforcement timeline, Canada’s AIDA regulatory instruments, and Singapore’s Cybersecurity Bill amendments to sustain multi-region cadence. 【F:zephtech-site/content/feed/2024-05-24-uk-dmcc-act-royal-assent.json†L1-L88】【F:zephtech-site/content/feed/2024-03-04-canada-aida-consultation.json†L1-L82】【F:reports/policy-watchlist-2024q3-2025q4.md†L22-L29】
3. Add cadence KPIs to public surfaces so Policy readers can see upcoming deliverables and recent activity once additional regions are published—now reflected on the metrics and homepage experiences. 【F:zephtech-site/templates/pages/metrics.html.j2†L47-L67】【F:zephtech-site/templates/pages/index.html.j2†L23-L33】

2025 July–November cadence check

• July 2025: Six July briefs now sit under Policy, spanning Tennessee’s Information Protection Act go-live, the EU deforestation regulation grace-period expiry for micro and small operators, the Q2 CBAM transitional report, the PRA’s Basel 3.1 effective date, the FCA’s Consumer Duty board assessment deadline, and Minnesota’s consumer data privacy enforcement start. Together they surface U.S. state privacy, EU trade and sustainability, and UK prudential oversight checkpoints ahead of H2 2025 supervision. 【F:zephtech-site/content/feed/2025-07-01-tennessee-information-protection-act.json†L1-L72】【F:zephtech-site/content/feed/2025-07-02-eu-deforestation-small-operator-compliance.json†L1-L58】【F:zephtech-site/content/feed/2025-07-03-eu-cbam-q2-reporting-deadline.json†L1-L56】【F:zephtech-site/content/feed/2025-07-05-uk-pra-basel-31-go-live.json†L1-L56】【F:zephtech-site/content/feed/2025-07-31-fca-consumer-duty-board-review.json†L1-L56】【F:zephtech-site/content/feed/2025-07-31-minnesota-consumer-data-privacy-act.json†L1-L56】

• September 2025: Policy now carries Colorado’s SB24-205 developer and deployer obligations, EU Data Act switching rehearsals, the NIS2 supply-chain enforcement update, DORA third-party register evidence, GPAI transparency enforcement, and the Data Act application-day coverage, giving the month an eleven-brief statutory implementation slate after the reclassification. 【F:zephtech-site/content/feed/2025-09-04-colorado-ai-act-risk-management.json†L1-L66】【F:zephtech-site/content/feed/2025-09-05-colorado-ai-act-developer-disclosures.json†L1-L68】【F:zephtech-site/content/feed/2025-09-05-eu-data-act-ai-switching-readiness.json†L1-L60】【F:zephtech-site/content/feed/2025-09-06-eu-nis2-supply-chain-security.json†L1-L63】【F:zephtech-site/content/feed/2025-09-08-dora-third-party-register-operations.json†L1-L80】【F:zephtech-site/content/feed/2025-09-09-dora-third-party-register.json†L1-L87】【F:zephtech-site/content/feed/2025-09-10-eu-ai-act-gpai-transparency.json†L1-L70】【F:zephtech-site/content/feed/2025-09-11-data-act-general-application.json†L1-L70】【F:zephtech-site/content/feed/2025-09-12-eu-data-act-application-policy.json†L1-L63】【F:zephtech-site/content/feed/2025-09-12-eu-data-act-application.json†L1-L63】【F:zephtech-site/content/feed/2025-09-16-eu-ai-act-foundation-models.json†L1-L64】

• October 2025: Coverage now spans the SEC Rule 605 execution-quality extension, the CFPB’s Section 1071 runway, SEPA instant payments for non-euro PSPs, CSRD FY2025 data builds, and CBAM’s Q3 transitional report, giving policy teams multi-region checkpoints across the month. 【7f6795†L5-L6】【F:zephtech-site/content/feed/2025-10-02-sec-rule-605-compliance-extension.json†L1-L58】【F:zephtech-site/content/feed/2025-10-02-cfpb-small-business-lending-extension.json†L1-L58】【F:zephtech-site/content/feed/2025-10-09-sepa-instant-non-euro.json†L1-L61】【F:zephtech-site/content/feed/2025-10-12-csrd-fy2025-data-collection.json†L1-L58】【F:zephtech-site/content/feed/2025-10-31-eu-cbam-q3-report.json†L1-L58】
• November 2025: The Colorado AI Act runway reminder now sits beside the EU AI Act serious-incident reporting consultation, restoring both U.S. state and EU coverage in the month. 【F:zephtech-site/content/feed/2025-11-14-colorado-ai-act-compliance-runway-policy.json†L1-L74】【F:zephtech-site/content/feed/2025-11-07-eu-ai-act-serious-incident-reporting-policy.json†L1-L86】