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1/15/2025 2:18:40 PM

ESG Legal Outlook 2025: key global themes

By Sara Feijao Julia Voskoboinikova Gilly Hutchinson

We have published our ESG Legal Outlook 2025 highlighting the key global themes set to shape the legal landscape for ESG in the coming...

3/19/2025 5:40:49 PM

EU: Clean Industrial Deal Deep Dive: the role of carbon capture, storage, and utilisation in enhancing competitiveness and achieving decarbonisation goals

By Maryam Adamji

On 26 February 2025, the European Commission unveiled the Clean Industrial Deal (“CID”), a roadmap for competitiveness and...

3/19/2025 5:02:20 PM

COP16: key takeaways from the final negotiations in Rome in 2025

By Claudia Harper Claire Bailey

In our previous COP16 blog post, we covered the initial key takeaways from the 16th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations...

3/18/2025 3:21:53 PM

Spring is coming – what can businesses in the UK expect from the CMA on greenwashing amidst new consumer protection provisions coming into effect

By Chris Chan Kim Rust

The consumer protection provisions in the Digital Markets Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (DMCCA) will come into force on 6 April...

3/13/2025 2:37:07 PM

Powering data centres – from atoms to bytes

By Maryam Adamji

Even by conservative estimates, the future demand for power from data centres is likely to be huge. When we combine this with the...

3/11/2025 12:45:30 PM

Japan issues its sustainability disclosure standards which incorporates key elements of the ISSB standards

By Yi Zhang

On 5 March 2025, the Sustainability Standards Board of Japan (SSBJ) issued its inaugural sustainability disclosure standards (SSBJ...

3/6/2025 12:00:29 PM

19 March "meet the regulators": Linklaters London conference on Sustainable Finance and other key 2025 topics in financial regulation

By Victoria Hickman

Come and join us for a half-day Spring Outlook conference (register here) on 19 March in our Linklaters London Office. One of four panel...

3/6/2025 11:47:08 AM

Webinar recording: what the EU's first Omnibus package means for financial services firms

By Victoria Hickman

On 26 February 2025, the European Commission published the much-anticipated first Omnibus package, with proposals to simplify the...

3/5/2025 12:58:00 PM

UK reporting 2024/25 – recent developments and guidance for large unlisted companies and LLPs

By Judy Pink Sara Feijao

We have published our annual reporting guide for UK large unlisted companies and LLPs. The guide aims to help large unlisted UK...

3/4/2025 1:39:25 PM

Linklaters ESG Newsletter - March 2025

By Gilly Hutchinson Sara Feijao Julia Voskoboinikova

The March edition of our Global ESG Newsletter is now available and can be accessed here. Our March issue covers key developments on the...

3/4/2025 1:16:53 PM

Webinar recording: European Commission publishes first Omnibus package – what we know so far

By Sara Feijao

On 26 February 2025, the European Commission published the much-anticipated first Omnibus package, with proposals to simplify the...

3/4/2025 4:46:13 AM

Hong Kong SAR publishes HKFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards

By Gilly Hutchinson

On 12 December 2024, the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (the HKICPA) published the HKFRS S1 General Requirements for...

3/4/2025 4:23:03 AM

Hong Kong SAR Government publishes roadmap on sustainability disclosures

By Gilly Hutchinson

On 10 December 2024, the Hong Kong SAR Government published a roadmap on sustainability disclosures in Hong Kong (the Roadmap), which...

3/3/2025 1:54:20 PM

EU: Commission proposes changes to Carbon Boarder Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) as part of first Omnibus package

By Julia Voskoboinikova

The EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) and the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) both aim to reduce carbon emissions by placing...

2/28/2025 7:17:35 AM

EU: European Commission sets out proposals to simplify Taxonomy Delegated Acts

By Raza Naeem Elizabeth Webb Victoria Hickman +4 more...

What has been published? To accompany the European Commission’s Sustainability Omnibus package, published on 26 February 2025 (see our...

2/27/2025 9:35:27 PM

EU: Commission publishes first Omnibus package with changes to CSRD and CSDDD

By Sara Feijao James Marlow

On 26 February 2025, the European Commission published the much-anticipated first Omnibus package, with proposals to simplify the...

2/26/2025 6:36:16 PM

EU: Commission publishes Clean Industrial Deal with a roadmap for marrying up competitiveness with decarbonisation

By Julia Voskoboinikova Melissa Verplancke Laure Driessen

On 26 February 2025, the European Commission published a Communication entitled “The Clean Industrial Deal: a joint roadmap for...

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ESG Legal Outlook 2025: key global themes

EU: Clean Industrial Deal Deep Dive: the role of carbon capture, storage, and utilisation in enhancing competitiveness and achieving decarbonisation goals

COP16: key takeaways from the final negotiations in Rome in 2025

Spring is coming – what can businesses in the UK expect from the CMA on greenwashing amidst new consumer protection provisions coming into effect

Powering data centres – from atoms to bytes

Japan issues its sustainability disclosure standards which incorporates key elements of the ISSB standards

19 March "meet the regulators": Linklaters London conference on Sustainable Finance and other key 2025 topics in financial regulation

Webinar recording: what the EU's first Omnibus package means for financial services firms

UK reporting 2024/25 – recent developments and guidance for large unlisted companies and LLPs

Linklaters ESG Newsletter - March 2025

Webinar recording: European Commission publishes first Omnibus package – what we know so far

Hong Kong SAR publishes HKFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards

Hong Kong SAR Government publishes roadmap on sustainability disclosures

EU: Commission proposes changes to Carbon Boarder Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) as part of first Omnibus package

EU: European Commission sets out proposals to simplify Taxonomy Delegated Acts

EU: Commission publishes first Omnibus package with changes to CSRD and CSDDD

EU: Commission publishes Clean Industrial Deal with a roadmap for marrying up competitiveness with decarbonisation