4/17/2025 2:53:59 PM Issues for Boards 2025: Is ESG dead? Far from it By Bernice Dunsmuir Sara Feijao Each year we prepare a publication focussed on providing practical insights for Boards and GCs on emerging issues that we expect to be...
5/28/2025 4:46:46 PM Debating climate change liability: legal defeat in Germany for Peruvian farmer in case against RWE By Julia Grothaus Markus Appel Kathrin Bauwens Mirjam Erb Sebastian Meyn +2 more... Show less In a landmark ruling, the Higher Regional Court of Hamm today dismissed a lawsuit brought by a Peruvian farmer seeking damages from...
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...
5/23/2025 1:07:35 PM EU Deforestation Regulation: country risk classification adopted by the Commission By Guillaume Croisant Pierre-Noé Milcamps James Marlow On 22 May 2025, the European Commission adopted an Implementing Regulation classifying countries under the EU Deforestation Regulation...
5/23/2025 10:06:17 AM Council of Europe adopts first international convention on protection of environment through criminal law By Guillaume Croisant Pierre-Noé Milcamps On 14 May 2025, the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers adopted a groundbreaking Convention on the Protection of the Environment...
5/22/2025 12:28:30 PM EU: sustainability elements of the Omnibus IV proposal By Julia Voskoboinikova On 21 May 2025, the European Commission published the Omnibus IV simplification package aimed at simplifying EU rules and reducing...
5/21/2025 3:20:23 PM EU Single Market Strategy: dealing with fragmented rules on packaging, labelling and waste By Sara Feijao On 21 May 2025, the European Commission published a Single Market Strategy with a series of actions focusing on removing the 10 most...
5/20/2025 5:00:09 PM UK-EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) linkage: a new era for carbon markets By Jessica Hargreaves The renewed agenda for EU-UK cooperation common understanding published on 19 May 2025 may prove to be the start of a new era for EU and...
5/19/2025 3:44:31 PM B Lab updates B Corp certification requirements and makes significant changes By Iyes Igiehon Dearbhla Cantwell After over three years of consultation and development, B Lab (the non-profit network and administrator of B Corp certification) recently...
5/15/2025 12:05:00 PM Webinar recording: Another step forward for the EU’s ESG Ratings Regulation By Raza Naeem Victoria Hickman Getting ready for the application the ESG Ratings Regulation from the middle of 2026, the EU regulators are now filling in the detail....
5/13/2025 1:51:57 PM UK Supreme Court denies permission to challenge jurisdiction in novel supply chain proceedings involving factory workers in Malaysia By Faye Presland Rebecca Burton James Hennah In early May 2025, the UK Supreme Court denied a request for permission to appeal made by the Dyson Group in respect of the Court of...
5/13/2025 1:23:36 PM EU Stop-the-Clock Directive transposition tracker By Victoria Hickman Julia Grothaus Raza Naeem Rachel Barrett David Ballegeer Ngoc-Hong Ma Tom Cobbaert Xu Wang Stephen Clipsham Benoit Martin Emilie Rochat +8 more... Show less As part of the EU Commission’s so-called “Omnibus package”, the “Stop-the-Clock” Directive was published in the Official Journal of the...
5/13/2025 8:20:24 AM EU: ESMA consults on rules for ESG rating providers with important details for those seeking authorisation By Elizabeth Webb ESMA has published its consultation paper on draft RTS under the ESG Rating Regulation (“ERR”). These will be important RTS for any...
5/6/2025 6:16:40 PM EU: a quick read of "ESMA's Guidelines on enforcement [meaning "supervision" in this case!] of sustainability information" to help issuers get it right By Victoria Hickman Raza Naeem Enforcement = Supervision! The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has delivered final guidelines under the CSRD to ensure...
5/6/2025 5:44:49 PM Linklaters ESG Newsletter - May 2025 By Sara Feijao Gilly Hutchinson Julia Voskoboinikova The May edition of our Global ESG Newsletter is now available and can be accessed here. Our May issue covers key developments on the full...
5/6/2025 9:36:00 AM EU: ESG Ratings Regulation moves another step forward, now with draft RTS By Stephen Clipsham Victoria Hickman Elizabeth Webb The Council of the EU published the text of the proposed Regulation on the transparency and integrity of ESG rating activities, and...
5/2/2025 4:14:00 PM Global: FMSB finalises Statement of Good Practice to support more consistent governance of sustainability-linked products By Raza Naeem The Financial Markets Standards Board (FMSB) has published its final Statement of Good Practice on the governance of...