Amid the global wave of climate change litigation against States and public institutions (including the European Central Bank, as we...

This article was first published on The In-House Lawyer - see: What to expect from the new Labour government’s net zero and green agenda...

On 22 August 2024, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) issued a circular sharing some industry good practices and key observations on...

We are delighted to announce our contribution of a chapter titled ‘ESG Corporate Issues: M&A’ in the recently published ‘Global ESG...

Linklaters has advised the World Bank (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, IBRD) on the issuance of its nine-year...

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published an opinion on the EU Sustainable Finance Regulatory Framework...

On 12 July 2024, the International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN) published a report, The Assurance of Sustainability Reporting,...

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, has today published...

Global: ISSB takes over responsibility for UK TPT materials on transition plans  The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB)...

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has recently published an opinion on the Sustainable Finance Regulatory Framework....

On 31 July 2024, the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) published a consultation document, which sets out eight proposed...

On 4 August 2024, the EU legislative hydrogen and gas decarbonisation package came into force, comprising the Regulation (EU) 2024/1789...

On 7 August 2024, the European Commission published, on a dedicated webpage, a draft Commission Notice with Frequently Asked Questions...

In July 2023, we reported on the biodiversity and nature-related regulatory trends we were seeing in the UK and EU at the time (see our...

On 30 July 2024, the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) published four technical papers as an early step in its revision of the...

On 26 July 2024, EFRAG issued new explanations of the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) under the Corporate...