Feb 25, 2022 EU: what next for SFDR and Taxonomy? By Sara Feijao Jesus Elguea Palacios See below for next steps on the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) and the EU Taxonomy. However, please bear in mind...
Feb 24, 2022 Workplace activism: In conversation with Financier Worldwide | EmploymentLinks | Linklaters By Laurie Ollivent Take a look at this related cross-practice blog post.
Feb 24, 2022 European Commission proposal heralds a brave new world of human rights and environmental due diligence By Sara Feijao Rachel Barrett James Marlow Guillaume Croisant Julia Grothaus Bo Ra Hoebeke +3 more... Show less After a number of delays, the European Commission has finally published its long-awaited Proposal for a Directive on Corporate...
Feb 23, 2022 ESG Legal Outlook 2022: litigation risks By Satindar Dogra Rebecca James David Thomas Rachel Barrett Vanessa Havard-Williams +2 more... Show less Linklaters recently published its ESG Legal Outlook 2022, in which litigation was identified as one of the key global risks for...
Feb 22, 2022 UK: BEIS guidance on mandatory climate reporting for UK companies and LLPs By Sara Feijao Vanessa Havard-Williams Rachel Barrett Iyes Igiehon Lucy Fergusson Wilma Rix +3 more... Show less The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has published (non-legally binding) guidance to help publicly quoted...
Feb 21, 2022 Russian taxonomy: first experiment at Sakhalin By Anna Saenko Sergey Shiposha As a further step in the development of the Russian taxonomy, on 16 February 2022, the Russian State Duma (the lower chamber of the...
Feb 21, 2022 ESG Outlook 2022: key global themes and what these mean for business By Sara Feijao David Ballegeer Brad Caswell Benjamin Maconick Gilly Hutchinson +2 more... Show less On 8 February, we hosted a webinar with some of our ESG experts - David Ballegeer, Brad Caswell, Benjamin Maconick and Gilly Hutchinson -...
Feb 21, 2022 UK: FCA's ESG Sourcebook and the mandatory TCFD disclosure rules for asset managers and asset owners By Victoria Hickman Vanessa Havard-Williams Raza Naeem Benjamin Maconick Rachel Barrett +2 more... Show less The UK’s ambition to make TCFD reporting mandatory for corporates and the financial sector by 2025 is underway. First up was reporting by...
Feb 18, 2022 How is the fashion industry measuring up on the S of ESG?| EmploymentLinks | Linklaters By Simon Kerr-Davis Take a look at this related cross-practice blog post.
Feb 17, 2022 Does the ECB’s quantitative easing programme fuel climate change? NGO ClientEarth goes back to court after the dismissal of its claims By Guillaume Croisant Charlotte Peiffer As we reported in a previous post, the NGO ClientEarth filed on 13 April 2021 a landmark legal action in Belgium against the National...
Feb 17, 2022 The High Court rejects a Net Zero challenge to UK oil and gas policy By Tom Cassels Rachel Barrett Alexander Fawke On 18 January 2022, the High Court rejected a judicial review of the Oil and Gas Authority’s (the “OGA”) revised Strategy in relation to...
Feb 11, 2022 ESMA prioritises the fight against greenwashing in its new Sustainable Finance Roadmap for 2022-2024 By Stephen Clipsham ESMA has published its Sustainable Finance Roadmap setting out its priority areas and actions for 2022–2024. Building on ESMA’s 2020...
Feb 09, 2022 Asia - ESG Outlook 2022 & Carbon Markets in Asia - Podcast By Gilly Hutchinson In this podcast you can listen to our experienced practitioners from Asia discuss the key global ESG legal themes in 2022 and explore in...
Feb 08, 2022 Advancing Green Finance in Singapore By Gilly Hutchinson Mr Tan Keng Heng, Executive Director, Monetary Authority of Singapore, highlighted in his speech at the Investment Management Association...
Feb 08, 2022 Current EU developments relating to the circular economy - Linklaters By Dr Rupert Bellinghausen Kathrin Bauwens Mirjam Erb Sara Feijao +1 more... Show less Take a look at this related cross-practice blog post.
Feb 03, 2022 EU scrutiny into future regulation of ESG ratings continues By Victoria Hickman Vanessa Havard-Williams Raza Naeem Silke Bernard David Ballegeer Dr Frederik Winter +3 more... Show less This morning, ESMA published a Call for Evidence on market characteristics for ESG rating providers. The Call for Evidence’s purpose is...