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A Belgian farmer, supported by three NGOs, announced today (13 March 2024) his intention to sue an oil and gas major before the Belgian...
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On 22 February 2024, Belgium’s Federal Parliament introduced the new offence of ecocide as part of the reform of the Belgian criminal...
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In 2024, Europe is poised to enter a challenging phase where companies will start to implement the new mandatory sustainability reporting...
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Welcome to the quarterly Linklaters ESG Disputes Bulletin. In this edition, we cover some of the key developments in contentious ESG...
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On 15 December 2022, the Whistleblowing Act was published in the Belgian State Gazette (see our publication for more details). Most...
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On 30 November 2023, in a new episode of the climate change litigation saga, the Brussels Court of Appeal released a landmark decision...
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The EU Whistleblowing Directive and the implementing Belgian Whistleblowing Act (FR/NL) have generally been hailed as innovative and big...
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The Linklaters multidisciplinary ESG team has deep experience advising clients across a wide range of sectors and contexts on the full...
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The Irish Government has announced plans to develop up to five new power interconnectors to mainland Europe and the UK. In particular,...
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Introduction The Energy ministers of Belgium, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, Norway and the United...
As we reported in a previous post, the NGO ClientEarth filed on 13 April 2021 a landmark legal action in Belgium against the National...
The EU Conflict Minerals Regulation (the “CMR”), formally Regulation 2017/821 of 17 May 2017 laying down supply chain due diligence...
On 2 December 2021, the Belgian Federal Parliament (Chambre des représentants / Kamer van volksvertegenwoordigers) adopted by a large...