26 May, 2023 Germany’s New Solar Strategy: More space and less red tape By Thomas Schulz Ruth Losch On 5 May 2023, the German Economy and Climate Ministry (BMWK) has released its Solar Strategy (read the German text here), aiming to...
25 May, 2023 Green advertising claims in the UK: CMA’s new fining powers under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill By Sarah Martin The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill (DMCC) has now landed. As anticipated in our March blog post, the DMCC heralds a...
25 May, 2023 EU CSRD demystified: value chain By Sara Feijao In this podcast series, we explore in bitesize format various aspects of the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) that...
24 May, 2023 UK High Court rules that derivative action against Shell plc’s Board in relation to its management of climate risk cannot proceed By Sarah Martin Tara Janus Gabi Benavides Overview The High Court has ruled that ClientEarth’s proposed derivative action against the Board of Shell plc (“Shell”) in relation to...
23 May, 2023 Financing Sustainable Change: What Does Good Governance Look Like? By Vanessa Havard-Williams The following article was originally published on 10 May 2023 by the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance. The paper was...
18 May, 2023 EU CSRD demystified: double materiality By Sara Feijao In this podcast series, we explore in bitesize format various aspects of the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) that...
18 May, 2023 EU Pay Transparency Directive published in the OJEU By Jennifer Granado Aranzana Kloe Halls Cara Hegarty The EU Pay Transparency Directive was published in the Official Journal of the EU (OJEU) on 17 May 2023. This means the Directive will be...
17 May, 2023 ISSB consults on next priorities and on changes to SASB standards By Sara Feijao The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) is consulting on its next priorities. It has identified four potential projects:...
11 May, 2023 EU CSRD demystified: podcast on ESRS disclosure standards By Sara Feijao In this podcast series, we explore in bitesize format various aspects of the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) that...
10 May, 2023 Here at last – the EU’s gold standard in green bonds By Catherine Wade We have obtained the consolidated text of the political agreement on the European Green Bond Regulation (including annexes) (the...
04 May, 2023 EU CSRD demystified: podcast on scope & timing By Sara Feijao In this podcast series, we explore in bitesize format various aspects of the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) that...
03 May, 2023 European Parliament very close to finalising its negotiating position on CSDDD proposal By Sara Feijao The European Parliament is in the process of finalising its negotiation position on the Commission’s February 2022 proposal for a...
03 May, 2023 Linklaters ESG Newsletter - May 2023 By Sara Feijao Julia Voskoboinikova Gilly Hutchinson Welcome to the Linklaters ESG Newsletter. Each issue covers key developments in the UK, EU, US, Asia and globally on the full range of...