5/28/2025 12:54:34 PM EU Omnibus Tracker: simplification of sustainability rules By Sara Feijao Julia Voskoboinikova Welcome to the Linklaters EU Omnibus Tracker where we track key developments in the EU's efforts to simplify existing sustainability...
8/1/2025 1:54:42 PM European Commission adopts Recommendation on voluntary sustainability reporting for SMEs By Julia Voskoboinikova On 30 July 2025, the European Commission adopted a Recommendation on voluntary sustainability reporting for non-listed small and...
7/31/2025 10:48:27 AM Italian Supreme Court confirms jurisdiction in landmark ENI climate lawsuit By Elena Andrich Beatrice Porcellato Micol Fossati In a landmark decision, Italy’s Supreme Court confirmed that both ENI S.p.A (“ENI”) and the Italian State - as a shareholder - can be...
7/30/2025 5:41:16 PM EU Regulation delaying due diligence rules for batteries published in the OJEU By Julia Voskoboinikova On 30 July 2025, the “Stop the Clock” Battery Due Diligence Regulation was published in the Official Journal of the EU. It comes into...
7/29/2025 6:55:13 PM EU: Commission publishes Chemicals Industry Action Plan and Chemicals Simplification Omnibus By Sara Feijao Julia Voskoboinikova On 8 July 2025, the European Commission published a package of measures to strengthen the competitiveness of the European chemicals...
7/29/2025 1:26:39 PM EU: Commission launches call for evidence to inform forthcoming Environmental Omnibus By Sara Feijao Julia Voskoboinikova On 22 July 2025, the European Commission launched a call for evidence seeking views on how to simplify and streamline administrative...
7/24/2025 12:22:51 PM Inter-American Court of Human Rights delivers Advisory Opinion on the obligations of States to respond to the climate emergency By Annamieke Cook Sarah Martin On 3 July 2025, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (the “Court”) issued its opinion on the obligations of States to respond to the...
7/17/2025 10:50:58 AM Britain’s wholesale electricity pricing to be reformed By Jessica Hargreaves On 10 July 2025, the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero published the outcome of its Review of Electricity Market Arrangements...
7/15/2025 3:18:03 PM UK government scraps plans for Green Taxonomy By Stephen Clipsham HM Treasury has announced today that it has decided not to proceed with plans to develop a UK Green Taxonomy, a classification system to...
7/14/2025 4:17:35 PM EU CSRD: Commission adopts “quick-fix” Delegated Act postponing phased-in reporting requirements for “wave one” companies By Julia Voskoboinikova On 11 July 2025, the European Commission adopted a so-called “quick-fix” Delegated Act to postpone additional phased-in reporting...
7/11/2025 4:26:39 PM European Commission takes steps to advance the circular economy By Julia Voskoboinikova The European Commission is progressing the circular economy agenda with a series of new proposals and measures. The Circular Economy Act...
7/10/2025 10:34:33 AM ESG in Sport: A conversation with Jess Runicles of Motorsport UK By James Marlow Georgina King In the latest episode of our Women IN Sport (WINS) podcast series, Jess Runicles, Head of Sustainability at Motorsport UK, joins Georgina...
7/9/2025 2:50:18 PM Greenwatching: Which? publishes a study on compliance with the CMA’s Green Claims Code in the UK By Kim Rust Jonathan Ford Jessica Radke Annamieke Cook Sarah Martin +2 more... Show less Which? has recently published a study analysing the compliance of green claims online with the CMA’s Green Claims Code in the UK. The...
7/9/2025 1:23:52 PM EU plans to prevent carbon leakage through extension of the CBAM scope and support for EU exporters By Julia Voskoboinikova The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) imposes a carbon cost on imports of selected goods - cement, fertilisers, iron and steel,...
7/8/2025 3:17:37 PM European Commission launches Roadmap towards Nature Credits By Claudia Harper On 7 July 2025, the European Commission launched the Roadmap towards Nature Credits (the “Roadmap”) which sets out, at a high level, the...
7/8/2025 12:55:36 PM EU: Commission takes next steps on the path to simplifying Taxonomy Reporting By Premlata Fagan Raza Naeem Rachel Barrett Julia Grothaus +1 more... Show less On 4 July, the European Commission adopted a delegated act aimed at simplifying the application of the EU Taxonomy and reducing the...
7/6/2025 9:09:08 AM EU: Commission proposes new 2040 climate target By Sara Feijao On 2 July 2025, the European Commission published a proposal to amend the existing European Climate Law so as to introduce a new climate...