4/9/2025 4:58:09 PM EU: ESMA makes recommendations to simplify ESG disclosure rules for benchmark administrators By Raza Naeem Stephen Clipsham The European Supervisory & Markets Authority (ESMA) has published today its final report on the outcome of its Common Supervisory Action...
4/9/2025 2:13:02 PM EU: EFRAG launches public call for feedback on ESRS revision By Julia Voskoboinikova On 27 March 2025, the European Commission mandated EFRAG to simplify the first set of European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS)...
4/9/2025 12:49:48 PM UK government publishes updated guidance on modern slavery reporting: what this means for businesses By James Marlow Jon Tan Charlotte Witney Key takeaways for businesses The UK government has updated the guidance accompanying the section 54 reporting requirement in the Modern...
4/9/2025 10:02:55 AM ESMA consults on remaining RTS for external reviewers of European Green Bonds By Raza Naeem Erin McKeown Stephen Clipsham On 7 April 2025, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published a Consultation Paper on the remaining technical standards...
4/3/2025 1:09:47 PM Webinar recording: The future of offshore wind By Joanna Addison On 20 March 2025, we held a webinar on the future of offshore wind, as part of our global energy transition series. The webinar...
4/3/2025 12:30:45 PM European Parliament approves the “Stop-the-Clock” part of the Omnibus proposal By Julia Voskoboinikova Sara Feijao Claudia Skibniewski Alvarez Today, 3 April 2025, after intense negotiations, the European Parliament voted in favour of the Omnibus “Stop-the-Clock” Directive...
4/1/2025 3:58:13 PM Linklaters ESG Newsletter - April 2025 By Julia Voskoboinikova Sara Feijao Gilly Hutchinson The April edition of our Global ESG Newsletter is now available and can be accessed here. Our April issue covers key developments on the...
4/1/2025 9:00:24 AM Webinar recording: Greenwashing enforcement trends across the globe: where are we now and where do we go from here? By Rebecca Burton On 27 March 2025, we held a webinar on greenwashing enforcement trends across the globe - in which we explored what regulators and...
3/31/2025 7:34:02 PM EU CSRD: Commission mandates EFRAG to simplify ESRS By Julia Voskoboinikova On 27 March 2025, Maria Luís Albuquerque, Commissioner for Financial Services and the Savings and Investments Union, sent EFRAG a letter...
3/28/2025 8:53:14 AM EU: Omnibus I package: Council approves ‘Stop the clock’ mechanism By Premlata Fagan On 26 March 2025, the European Council reached its negotiating position on the ‘Stop the Clock’ proposal, supporting the Commission’s...
3/19/2025 5:40:49 PM EU: Clean Industrial Deal Deep Dive: the role of carbon capture, storage, and utilisation in enhancing competitiveness and achieving decarbonisation goals By Maryam Adamji On 26 February 2025, the European Commission unveiled the Clean Industrial Deal (“CID”), a roadmap for competitiveness and...
3/19/2025 5:02:20 PM COP16: key takeaways from the final negotiations in Rome in 2025 By Claudia Harper Claire Bailey In our previous COP16 blog post, we covered the initial key takeaways from the 16th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations...
3/18/2025 3:21:53 PM Spring is coming – what can businesses in the UK expect from the CMA on greenwashing amidst new consumer protection provisions coming into effect By Chris Chan Kim Rust The consumer protection provisions in the Digital Markets Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (DMCCA) will come into force on 6 April...
3/13/2025 2:37:07 PM Powering data centres – from atoms to bytes By Maryam Adamji Even by conservative estimates, the future demand for power from data centres is likely to be huge. When we combine this with the...
3/11/2025 12:45:30 PM Japan issues its sustainability disclosure standards which incorporates key elements of the ISSB standards By Yi Zhang On 5 March 2025, the Sustainability Standards Board of Japan (SSBJ) issued its inaugural sustainability disclosure standards (SSBJ...
3/6/2025 12:00:29 PM 19 March "meet the regulators": Linklaters London conference on Sustainable Finance and other key 2025 topics in financial regulation By Victoria Hickman Come and join us for a half-day Spring Outlook conference (register here) on 19 March in our Linklaters London Office. One of four panel...