5/15/2025 12:05:00 PM Webinar recording: Another step forward for the EU’s ESG Ratings Regulation By Raza Naeem Victoria Hickman Getting ready for the application the ESG Ratings Regulation from the middle of 2026, the EU regulators are now filling in the detail....
5/13/2025 1:23:36 PM EU Stop-the-Clock Directive transposition tracker By Victoria Hickman Julia Grothaus Raza Naeem Rachel Barrett David Ballegeer Ngoc-Hong Ma Tom Cobbaert Xu Wang Stephen Clipsham Benoit Martin Emilie Rochat +8 more... Show less As part of the EU Commission’s so-called “Omnibus package”, the “Stop-the-Clock” Directive was published in the Official Journal of the...
5/6/2025 5:44:49 PM Linklaters ESG Newsletter - May 2025 By Sara Feijao Gilly Hutchinson Julia Voskoboinikova The May edition of our Global ESG Newsletter is now available and can be accessed here. Our May issue covers key developments on the full...
5/2/2025 4:01:15 PM EU: European Commission launches Call for Evidence to simplify SFDR By Raza Naeem Stephen Clipsham The European Commission has published a Call for Evidence today to help form an impact assessment on a revision of the Sustainable...
4/29/2025 1:29:58 PM EU CSRD: EFRAG agrees work plan to revise ESRS By Julia Voskoboinikova Sara Feijao On 25 April 2025, EFRAG announced that it has officially submitted to the European Commission its work plan outlining the steps it will...
4/24/2025 4:03:56 PM The German coalition agreement: opportunities and challenges for ESG management By Julia Grothaus Julia MacDonald Mirjam Erb On 9 April 2025, the German parties CDU/CSU and SPD presented their coalition agreement for the new legislative period. Pending approval...
4/17/2025 2:53:59 PM Issues for Boards 2025: Is ESG dead? Far from it By Bernice Dunsmuir Sara Feijao Each year we prepare a publication focussed on providing practical insights for Boards and GCs on emerging issues that we expect to be...
4/16/2025 3:13:38 PM UK: What’s on the ESG horizon for financial services? By Sara Feijao Stephen Clipsham The UK financial services regulators have updated their Regulatory Initiatives Grid for April 2025 setting out the UK regulatory pipeline...
4/16/2025 2:19:53 PM EU: Omnibus "Stop-the-Clock" Directive published in Official Journal of the EU By Sara Feijao Julia Voskoboinikova The “Stop-the-Clock” Directive was published in the Official Journal of the EU on 16 April 2025 - see here. Member States must...
4/14/2025 2:45:22 PM EU: Council formally adopted Omnibus Stop-the-Clock proposal By Julia Voskoboinikova Today, 14 April 2025, the Council formally adopted the so-called “Stop-the-Clock” Directive – see the press release. The...
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 Securities and 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...
4/3/2025 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...
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...