31 Mar, 2022 Legislation on male-female ratio on boards and in management of Dutch companies By Gijs Smit Jill Reijnen Husagic As part of the ESG acronym, the “S” does not always receive the fullest attention. Whether this is the right approach can be debated at...
31 Mar, 2022 EU Commission publishes proposal for Ecodesign Regulation By Dr Rupert Bellinghausen Anke Krause Kathrin Bauwens Take a look at this related cross-practice blog post.
24 Mar, 2022 US SEC publishes proposed climate disclosure rules By Mas Harntha Doug Davison Jason Manketo Vanessa Havard-Williams Rachel Barrett Yaroslav Alekseyev +3 more... Show less The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has released its much-anticipated climate disclosure proposal (see here and here). If...
23 Mar, 2022 Treasury steers UK Infrastructure Bank to focus on economic infrastructure supporting energy security By Jessica Hargreaves In a letter to John Flint, CEO of the UK Infrastructure Bank (“UKIB”), Chancellor Rishi Sunak has urged UKIB to prioritise the funding of...
21 Mar, 2022 Ethnicity pay reporting – the UK Government’s backtrack | EmploymentLinks | Linklaters By Laurie Ollivent Take a look at this related cross-practice blog post.
21 Mar, 2022 A green bill of health? The CMA advises UK government on how competition and consumer law support sustainability goals By Linklaters Last week the CMA published its advice to the UK government on whether (and how) competition and consumer laws act as obstacles for...
17 Mar, 2022 Greenwashing UK fashion firms to be named and shamed by CMA By Sara Feijao Iyes Igiehon The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is investigating green / sustainability claims in the UK’s fashion industry for potential...
16 Mar, 2022 IOSCO adopts 'far-reaching' 2022 work plan to develop sustainable finance By Stephen Clipsham Raza Naeem Victoria Hickman Sara Feijao Vanessa Havard-Williams +2 more... Show less IOSCO has announced that it has adopted a 2022 sustainable finance work plan. Planned work includes: A review of the...
16 Mar, 2022 Latest ECB assessment finds banks must get better at disclosing climate risks By Victoria Hickman Vanessa Havard-Williams Andreas Dehio Raza Naeem +1 more... Show less The European Central Bank has published an updated assessment report on the progress banks have made on disclosing climate-related and...
16 Mar, 2022 TNFD publishes early draft of framework for biodiversity disclosures By Aileen Buchanan Vanessa Havard-Williams Rachel Barrett Raza Naeem Victoria Hickman +2 more... Show less What is the TNFD? Many of us are now familiar with the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures ("TCFD") and the disclosure...
15 Mar, 2022 Greening competition: a view from the U.S. By Menaka Nayar The Arizona state Attorney-General Mark Brnovich, in an Op-Ed published in the Wall Street Journal on March 6, 2022, announced that he...
10 Mar, 2022 EU Proposal for a Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence: potential impact on businesses in Asia By Gilly Hutchinson Sarah Martin The European Commission published, on 23 February 2022, its much-awaited Proposal for a Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due...
09 Mar, 2022 Greening EU competition law: Commission invites comments on draft revised rules on horizontal cooperation By Sari Corrijn Last week, the European Commission published its much-anticipated draft revised Horizontal Guidelines and two Horizontal Block Exemption...
09 Mar, 2022 International Women’s Day - Towards a Union of Equality: are we making progress? By Nele Van Kerrebroeck Jennifer Granado Aranzana Aurélie De Meester Victor Burki +1 more... Show less 8 March 2022 was International Women's Day, which provides the perfect opportunity to take stock of the EU's progress on gender equality...
08 Mar, 2022 Linklaters Pensions Investment Practice - Practical implications of ESG disclosure webinar By Victoria Hickman Join our experts to explore current trends and thinking on investing into private closed-ended funds, unlocking derivatives, and...
07 Mar, 2022 Linklaters webinar on EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Proposal By Sara Feijao Julia Grothaus Claudia Schneider Guillaume Croisant Bo Ra Hoebeke James Marlow +3 more... Show less On 3 March, we hosted a webinar with some of our business & human rights and corporate governance experts - Julia Grothaus, Claudia...