18 Jan, 2024 ESG Legal Outlook 2024: key global trends By Rachel Barrett Sara Feijao The Linklaters annual ESG outlook has been published and you can download your copy here. Watch our global head of ESG, Rachel Barrett,...
19 Apr, 2024 Greenwashing in the aviation industry: what can we learn from district court of Amsterdam’s decision? By Daniella Strik Bas van Niekerk Thomas de Boer On 20 March 2024, the district court of Amsterdam ruled against a Dutch flag carrier in what has been described as the first decision on...
18 Apr, 2024 New EU legislation targets strategic lawsuits seeking to curtail public participation By Guillaume Croisant Sacha Vanderveken The Directive 2024/1069 of 11 April 2024 on protecting persons who engage in public participation from manifestly unfounded or abusive...
17 Apr, 2024 How should companies prepare for the EU’s Green Claims Directive? By Iyes Igiehon This article was first published on edie.net - see How should companies prepare for the EU’s Green Claims Directive? - edie. Let’s...
11 Apr, 2024 Linklaters ESG Newsletter - April 2024 By Sara Feijao Gilly Hutchinson Julia Voskoboinikova Welcome to the latest edition of the global Linklaters ESG Newsletter. Each issue covers key developments in the UK, EU, US, Asia and...
10 Apr, 2024 European Court of Human Rights rules that Switzerland’s failure to implement sufficient measures to combat climate change violates human rights By Charlotte Peiffer Claudia Cavicchioli Julie Esquenazi European Court of Human Rights rules that Switzerland’s failure to implement sufficient measures to combat climate change violates human...
09 Apr, 2024 UK TPT publishes final version of sector-specific guidance on climate transition plan disclosures, including for the financial sector By Sara Feijao The UK Transition Plan Taskforce (TPT) published its final recommendations on climate transition plan disclosures, along with...
09 Apr, 2024 EU Banking Package: Redlines of CRR and CRD By Kathrin Hafner The EU Banking Package is on the brink of completion, signalling a significant step forward in fortifying the robustness of EU banks. The...
09 Apr, 2024 France: Judicial Court of Paris dismisses corporate claim based on dissemination of misleading information about the company’s carbon emissions By Eleonore Hannezo Claudia Cavicchioli Julie Esquenazi On 28 March 2024, the Judicial Court of Paris annulled the writ of summons served by a major French energy company (“the Company”) on one...
05 Apr, 2024 SEC Voluntarily Stays Climate Disclosure Rules By Rachel Barrett Mike Bienenfeld Brad Caswell Jeffrey Cohen Doug Davison Lauren Bachtel Alexander Parkhouse +4 more... Show less On April 4, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) voluntarily stayed its climate-related disclosure rules pending...
04 Apr, 2024 Hong Kong SAR government issues vision statement on adoption of the ISSB standards By Gilly Hutchinson On 25 March 2024, Hong Kong’s Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau (the FSTB) issued a vision statement outlining the Hong Kong...
02 Apr, 2024 EU “Fit for 55”: The revamped Energy Performance of Buildings Directive – lion’s teeth or paper tiger? By Lothar Van Driessche Melissa Verplancke Rory Bennett Astrid Laga Corentin Burton +2 more... Show less Intro On 15 December 2021, the European Commission took a major step towards accomplishing its ambitious goal of making Europe the first...
29 Mar, 2024 Mandatory climate reporting for listed and large non-listed companies in Singapore By Joanne Wong Leon Ng On 28 February 2024, the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority of Singapore (ACRA) and the Singapore Exchange Regulation (SGX...
28 Mar, 2024 US: The SEC’s Climate Disclosure Rules: detailed analysis By Rachel Barrett Mike Bienenfeld Brad Caswell Jeffrey Cohen Lauren Bachtel Alexander Parkhouse +3 more... Show less Although mandatory climate-related disclosure faces an uncertain road in the United States, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s...
28 Mar, 2024 EU Green Bond Regulation: ESMA consults on rules for External Reviewers of European Green Bonds By Erin McKeown On 26 March 2024, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) launched a consultation on technical standards relating to the...
27 Mar, 2024 UK: CMA sets out green compliance standard for environmental claims in the fashion sector By Emma Cochrane Tackling “greenwashing” - where firms overstate the eco-credentials of their products or services - is a clear priority for the UK's...
26 Mar, 2024 Italy: The “Last Judgement” - a halt for climate litigation? By Alessandro Villani Elena Andrich Beatrice Porcellato On 26th February 2024, the Civil Court of Rome dismissed the first Italian climate litigation filed by a group of 24 NGOs and more than...