29 Feb, 2024 US: SEC to vote on climate disclosure rules on March 6 By Mas Harntha Nearly two years after the climate change disclosure rules were first proposed, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”)...
29 Feb, 2024 Spain - The government publishes its draft regulation on offshore energy production for public notice and comment By Jose Gimenez Mario García Jorge Toral The deadline to submit comments is Monday 25 March 2024. The key takeaways from the draft regulation are: A joint competitive process...
28 Feb, 2024 EU: Council fails to endorse CSDDD By Sara Feijao Although a provisional political agreement on the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD or CS3D) had been reached by...
28 Feb, 2024 Belgium introduces the offence of ecocide By Bruno Garcia Da Silva Guillaume Croisant On 22 February 2024, Belgium’s Federal Parliament introduced the new offence of ecocide as part of the reform of the Belgian criminal...
27 Feb, 2024 China’s stock exchanges release for public consultation mandatory sustainability reporting requirements for listed companies By Alex Roberts Amy Ding Hunter Li On 8 February 2024, each of China’s three major stock markets - the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE), Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) and...
27 Feb, 2024 Malaysia consults on adopting mandatory ISSB sustainability disclosure standards By En-Li Lim Gilly Hutchinson On 15 February 2024, Malaysia’s Advisory Committee on Sustainability Reporting (ACSR) published a public consultation paper seeking...
26 Feb, 2024 UK to exit the Energy Charter Treaty By Matthew Weiniger MP Graham Stuart (Minister of State for Energy Security and Net Zero) announced on 22 February 2024 that the United Kingdom will leave...
23 Feb, 2024 The upcoming EU Right to Repair Directive By Dr Rupert Bellinghausen Ulrich Wolff Mirjam Erb The European Parliament and the Council are about to adopt a new Right to Repair Directive as part of the EU’s circular economy action...
23 Feb, 2024 Political agreement reached on the first EU-level certification framework for carbon removals By Chris Staples Julia Voskoboinikova In the early morning of 20 February 2024, the European Parliament and the Council reached a provisional political agreement on the Carbon...
22 Feb, 2024 EU CSRD reporting standards: where are we in February 2024? By Julia Voskoboinikova The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) start to apply in relation...
21 Feb, 2024 EU: ESG Rating Regulation - a game changer? By Premlata Fagan As the EU's ESG ratings reform package has now been politically agreed, we are organising a webinar on 28 February between 11:00-12:00...
21 Feb, 2024 Overview of key governance issues for UK companies: winter 2023 By Wilma Rix Sara Feijao The Winter edition of the Linklaters “At a glance: governance & risk”, which covers the last quarter of 2023 and early 2024, is now...
14 Feb, 2024 Webinar recording: ESG Legal Outlook 2024: key global themes By Sara Feijao To help you navigate the year ahead, a panel of our ESG specialists - Rachel Barrett, Raza Naeem, Guillaume Croisant and Matt Dodd -...
14 Feb, 2024 Global Energy & Infrastructure Legal Outlook 2024 By Jessica Hargreaves 2024 is set to be another exciting year for energy & infrastructure markets. In the light of the global push to transition to clean...
13 Feb, 2024 ESG Legal Outlook 2024: key themes in Europe By Julia Voskoboinikova In 2024, Europe is poised to enter a challenging phase where companies will start to implement the new mandatory sustainability reporting...
12 Feb, 2024 EU co-legislators agree on Net-Zero Industry Act By Julia Voskoboinikova In March 2023, the European Commission proposed two main components of the Green Deal Industrial Plan, the Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA)...