2/28/2025 7:17:35 AM EU: European Commission sets out proposals to simplify Taxonomy Delegated Acts By Raza Naeem Elizabeth Webb Victoria Hickman Premlata Fagan Stephen Clipsham Rachel Barrett Julia Grothaus +4 more... Show less What has been published? To accompany the European Commission’s Sustainability Omnibus package, published on 26 February 2025 (see our...
2/27/2025 9:35:27 PM EU: Commission publishes first Omnibus package with changes to CSRD and CSDDD By Sara Feijao James Marlow On 26 February 2025, the European Commission published the much-anticipated first Omnibus package, with proposals to simplify the...
2/26/2025 6:36:16 PM EU: Commission publishes Clean Industrial Deal with a roadmap for marrying up competitiveness with decarbonisation By Julia Voskoboinikova Melissa Verplancke Laure Driessen On 26 February 2025, the European Commission published a Communication entitled “The Clean Industrial Deal: a joint roadmap for...
2/22/2025 3:33:00 AM Hong Kong Cross-Agency Steering Group announces 2025 key priorities for sustainable finance By Clara Hackney Gilly Hutchinson The Green and Sustainable Finance Cross-Agency Steering Group (the Steering Group) has set out three key priorities this year to enhance...
2/18/2025 3:35:23 PM AGMs Update 2025: guide for UK-listed companies By Wilma Rix We have published a guide that summarises and comments on major developments relevant to UK-listed companies preparing for AGMs in 2025 -...
2/18/2025 3:01:39 PM Webinar: Global Energy Transition: Future of offshore wind By Joanna Addison Carrying on our new global energy transition webinar series, join us for the second session to explore the future of offshore wind. On...
2/17/2025 5:36:06 PM UK: FCA delays the publication of the final rules on applying SDR to portfolio management By Stephen Clipsham The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced that it no longer intends to publish its policy statement on extending its...
2/17/2025 3:21:53 PM UK government responds to House of Lords Select Committee Report on Modern Slavery Act 2015 By James Marlow Jon Tan Fazila Naeem At the end of December 2024, the UK government published its response to the House of Lords Select Committee on the Modern Slavery Act...
2/14/2025 4:17:24 PM La Terra dei Fuochi case: European Court of Human Rights rules on large-scale environmental damage By Elena Andrich Guillaume Croisant Beatrice Porcellato Pierre-Noé Milcamps Sara Folino +2 more... Show less On 30 January 2024, the European Court of Human Rights (“ECtHR” or the “Court”) ruled that Italy's failure to diligently deal with...
2/13/2025 11:38:11 AM ESG bonds and the arrival of the Gold Standard By Erin McKeown In our latest episode of Bond Beats, Linda Taylor, Laura Le Masurier, and Erin McKeown welcome Patricia Gentile, Head of Finance and...
2/13/2025 10:32:31 AM EU: Commission’s Work Programme sets out key ESG / sustainability initiatives for 2025 By Sara Feijao On 12 February 2025, the European Commission published its new Work Programme setting out a list of the main policy and legislative...
2/12/2025 6:33:37 PM SEC to Pause Litigation Over Climate Disclosure Rules By Mike Bienenfeld Jeffrey Cohen Mas Harntha In an unsurprising move, Acting SEC Chair Mark Uyeda has directed the SEC staff to ask the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, the court...
2/11/2025 1:49:59 PM UK: FRC review of climate-related financial disclosures by AIM and large private companies By Sara Feijao Judy Pink The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) published a thematic review of climate-related financial disclosures (“CFD”) under the Companies...
2/6/2025 9:46:17 AM EU: Platform on Sustainable Finance details proposals for simplification of the EU taxonomy By Premlata Fagan Raza Naeem Rachel Barrett Paloma Fierro Ngoc-Hong Ma David Ballegeer Silke Bernard +4 more... Show less In response to its 2023 mandate from the European Commission, on 5 February 2025, the Platform on Sustainable Finance (PSF) published a...
2/4/2025 4:21:33 PM Linklaters ESG Newsletter - February 2025 By Julia Voskoboinikova Sara Feijao Gilly Hutchinson The February edition of our Global ESG Newsletter is now available and can be accessed here. Our February issue covers key developments...
2/3/2025 4:22:15 PM EU: Platform on Sustainable Finance publishes draft report on changes to activities and technical screening criteria in EU Taxonomy By Julia Voskoboinikova Sara Feijao On 8 January 2025, the Platform on Sustainable Finance (PSF) published a draft report on preliminary recommendations for the review of...