29 Jul, 2022 EU: ESAs report on the current state of voluntary disclosures of PAI under the SFDR By Raza Naeem Benjamin Maconick Stephen Clipsham The European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) have published their first annual report to the European Commission on the extent of...
29 Jul, 2022 Dutch competition authority continues to bubble to the top on sustainability By Linklaters At Coca-Cola’s request, the Dutch competition authority (ACM) has blessed a joint agreement among soft-drink suppliers to discontinue...
28 Jul, 2022 New standards for ethnicity data By Linklaters ESG Team As part of the Government’s action plan towards tackling racism in the UK and creating a more inclusive society, it has introduced draft...
27 Jul, 2022 UK: High Court rules on whether policies in the government’s Net Zero Strategy can meet emissions reduction targets By Oorvi Mehta James Bowen On 18 July 2022, the High Court handed down its decision in Friends of the Earth, ClientEarth, Good Law Project v Secretary of State for...
27 Jul, 2022 EU: PSF draft report on minimum safeguards under Taxonomy Regulation By James Marlow On 11 July, the Platform on Sustainable Finance (“PSF”) published its long-awaited Draft Report on Minimum Safeguards – a crucial but...
26 Jul, 2022 Insights from the ‘Global Trends in Climate Change Litigation: 2022 Snapshot’ Report By Rebecca Burton Hannah Mendall On 30 June 2022, the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment (“GRI”) published the ‘Global Trends in Climate...
26 Jul, 2022 Impact investments: walking the legal tightrope By Linklaters ESG Team Whilst impact investments offer interesting investment opportunities for pension funds, trustees need to be aware of their fiduciary and...
26 Jul, 2022 “Greenwashing” – does your investment really do what it says on the tin? By Linklaters ESG Team As companies race to secure market share among increasingly eco-conscious consumers, it is hardly surprising that allegations of...
26 Jul, 2022 Court of Appeal overturns Fundão dam abuse of process ruling in significant decision for the treatment of international mass tort claims in England By Linklaters ESG Team
26 Jul, 2022 EU: Publication of final RTS under SFDR in OJEU By Julia Voskoboinikova Claire Virard-Canto On 25 July 2022, the long-awaited final version of the Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure...
21 Jul, 2022 UK: Applications open for first round of hydrogen funding By Arani Chakrabarty On 20 July 2022, the UK government announced the opening of the application window to the 2022 Electrolytic Allocation Round of its...
07 Jul, 2022 EU: Commission asks ESAs for input on greenwashing risks and supervision of sustainable finance policies By Sara Feijao The European Commission has asked the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) – i.e. the EBA, ESMA and EIOPA - for input on greenwashing...
06 Jul, 2022 ECB introduces new measures to combat climate change in monetary policy operations By Catherine Wade Ben Dulieu Elaine Keats Amrita Ahluwalia Erin McKeown Megan Tomlinson Julia Bhatti Jördis Heckt-Harbeck +5 more... Show less Earlier this week, the European Central Bank announced new measures to reflect climate change considerations in the Eurosystem’s monetary...
06 Jul, 2022 U.S. Supreme Court limits Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions By Doug Davison Menaka Nayar Stephanie Sebastian Salma Shitia +1 more... Show less On June 30, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court (“the Court”) released its decision in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency. In a...
06 Jul, 2022 EU: Next steps on Taxonomy Delegated Act on nuclear and natural gas By Sara Feijao The European Parliament voted on 6 July not to object to the European Commission’s Complimentary Delegated Act (DA) with the technical...
05 Jul, 2022 UK: Government’s climate advisor warns that UK is at major risk of missing its net zero goals By Sara Feijao The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) – the UK government’s independent climate change advisor – has published a report warning that...