7/3/2025 6:09:36 PM EU Ecodesign Regulation: consultations on information disclosure for discarded goods and exemptions to the ban on destroying unsold clothes By Julia Voskoboinikova The Ecodesign Regulation for Sustainable Products (ESPR) introduces comprehensive sustainability requirements for nearly all products...
7/3/2025 1:34:31 PM EU: ESMA promotes clarity in sustainability-related communications By Premlata Fagan Stephen Clipsham ESMA has published a ‘Thematic note on clear, fair & not misleading sustainability-related claims’ to help promote clarity in...
7/1/2025 3:33:53 PM Linklaters ESG Newsletter - July 2025 By Julia Voskoboinikova Sara Feijao Gilly Hutchinson The July edition of our Global ESG Newsletter is now available and can be accessed here. Our July issue covers key developments on the...
7/1/2025 11:57:52 AM EU: ESMA review finds shortcomings in asset managers SFDR compliance and risk integration By Stephen Clipsham Premlata Fagan The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its final report following a Common Supervisory Action (CSA) carried...
6/30/2025 3:32:14 PM ESMA Final Report on amendments to EU Prospectus regime – Key proposals for DCM By Erin McKeown Catherine Wade The EU Listing Act, amending (in particular) the EU Prospectus Regulation, entered into force on 4 December 2024. However, many of the...
6/30/2025 2:58:10 PM EU: Council agrees its negotiating position on the substantive changes to CSRD and CSDDD By Jon Tan Julia Voskoboinikova On 23 June 2025, the Council agreed its negotiating position (general approach) on the Requirements Proposal (see Council press release)....
6/26/2025 1:19:35 PM UK government proposals for overseeing third-party assurance of sustainability related financial disclosures By Premlata Fagan On 25 June 2025, the UK government published three consultations (see press release): The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero...
6/26/2025 12:00:34 PM UK consults on draft UK SRS: implementation of ISSB sustainability disclosure standards By Sara Feijao On 25 June 2025, the UK government published three consultations (see press release): The Department for Business and Trade (DBT)...
6/26/2025 8:44:35 AM UK sustainability disclosure regimes: Focus on climate transition plans By Rachel Barrett Kim Rybarczyk Iyes Igiehon Wahdana Bilal +1 more... Show less This article first appeared in the July 2025 issue of PLC Magazine. The article below focuses on existing and forthcoming requirements...
6/25/2025 6:18:26 PM UK government consults on transition plans: keeping its options open By Sara Feijao On 25 June 2025, the UK government published three consultations (see press release): The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero...
6/25/2025 4:27:26 PM EU: sustainable finance and environmental elements of the Defence Readiness Omnibus By Julia Voskoboinikova Sara Feijao On 17 June 2025, the European Commission adopted the Defence Readiness Omnibus. According to the Commission, this package aims to...
6/25/2025 1:48:53 PM UK government consults on transition plans, draft UK SRS, and sustainability assurance By Sara Feijao On 25 June 2025, the UK government published the following related consultations: The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ)...
6/24/2025 4:21:44 PM UK: Government to consult shortly on UK Sustainability Reporting Standards to implement ISSB standards By Sara Feijao UPDATE ADDED ON 25/06/25: The government published three consultations on 25 June 2025: on transition plans, on the draft UK SRS and on...
6/20/2025 4:07:11 PM EU: EFRAG delivers progress report to the Commission on simplification of ESRS By Julia Voskoboinikova On 20 June 2025, EFRAG published its Progress Report to the European Commission on the simplification of the European Sustainability...
6/18/2025 10:55:45 AM Basel Committee publishes international voluntary climate risk disclosure framework for banks By Claudia Harper Julia Voskoboinikova Stephen Clipsham On 13 June 2025, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (the primary global standard setter for the prudential regulation of banks)...
6/3/2025 4:42:48 PM Linklaters ESG Newsletter - June 2025 By Gilly Hutchinson Sara Feijao Julia Voskoboinikova The June edition of our Global ESG Newsletter is now available and can be accessed here. Our June issue covers key developments on the...