28 Mar, 2024 EU Green Bond Regulation: ESMA consults on rules for External Reviewers of European Green Bonds By Erin McKeown On 26 March 2024, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) launched a consultation on technical standards relating to the...
19 Mar, 2024 EU: FAQs on the upcoming Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive: what has changed? By Guillaume Croisant Julia Grothaus Mirjam Erb Lucas Marlow +1 more... Show less Following a roller-coaster legislative process which started in February 2022, the Council of the EU finally endorsed the Corporate...
15 Mar, 2024 Transition Finance Market Review launches call for evidence to explore how the UK can become a global hub for transition finance By Sara Feijao Vanessa Havard-Williams On 14 March 2024, the Transition Finance Market Review (TFMR) launched a call for evidence seeking views on how the UK can leverage its...
13 Mar, 2024 Hong Kong SAR Government’s first multi-currency digital green bonds By Gilly Hutchinson Grace Wee On 7 February 2024, the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China (the HKSAR...
07 Mar, 2024 ICMA publishes thought-leadership paper on transition finance in debt capital market By Erin McKeown On 14 February 2024, the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) published a paper on transition finance in the debt capital...
05 Mar, 2024 Linklaters ESG Newsletter - March 2024 By Julia Voskoboinikova Sara Feijao Gilly Hutchinson Welcome to the latest edition of the global Linklaters ESG Newsletter. Each issue covers key developments in the UK, EU, US, Asia and...
28 Feb, 2024 EU: Council fails to endorse CSDDD By Sara Feijao Although a provisional political agreement on the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD or CS3D) had been reached by...
22 Feb, 2024 EU CSRD reporting standards: where are we in February 2024? By Julia Voskoboinikova The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) start to apply in relation...
21 Feb, 2024 EU: ESG Rating Regulation - a game changer? By Premlata Fagan As the EU's ESG ratings reform package has now been politically agreed, we are organising a webinar on 28 February between 11:00-12:00...
14 Feb, 2024 Webinar recording: ESG Legal Outlook 2024: key global themes By Sara Feijao To help you navigate the year ahead, a panel of our ESG specialists - Rachel Barrett, Raza Naeem, Guillaume Croisant and Matt Dodd -...
06 Feb, 2024 Linklaters ESG Newsletter - February 2024 By Gilly Hutchinson Julia Voskoboinikova Sara Feijao Welcome to the latest edition of the global Linklaters ESG Newsletter. Each issue covers key developments in the UK, EU, US, Asia, and...
02 Feb, 2024 UK: FCA goes live with UK SDR guidance page By Premlata Fagan A couple of weeks later than anticipated, but as promised, the FCA has published its guidance page setting out its thoughts on how firms...
30 Jan, 2024 TNFD publishes list of nature disclosure early adopters By Sara Feijao In January 2024, the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) published a list of “early adopters”. Over 300...
29 Jan, 2024 EU: Parliament adopts Directive on greenwashing and new consumer rights to promote sustainable products By Sara Feijao On 17 January 2024, the European Parliament adopted a Directive on Empowering Consumers for the Green Transition (see press release and...
25 Jan, 2024 EU: SFDR Level 2 amendments may be delayed By Premlata Fagan Upasana Chauhan With the clock ticking on the three months that the European Commission (the “Commission”) has to approve and adopt the draft Delegated...
25 Jan, 2024 EU: European banks could face higher legal and reputational risks for failures in transition planning By Premlata Fagan A study published by the European Central Bank (ECB) has found that many European banks could face higher legal and reputational risks by...