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 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...
2/3/2025 2:51:34 PM UK FCA sets out climate change adaptation challenges faced by firms By Raza Naeem Peter Bevan Stephen Clipsham Victoria Hickman Premlata Fagan +2 more... Show less The FCA has published its 2025 Adaptation Report on climate change adaptation challenges faced by firms. The report focuses on risk...
1/30/2025 11:36:02 PM EU Competitiveness Compass: key sustainability issues By Sara Feijao The European Commission published its Competitiveness Compass on 29 January 2025 (see press release). The Compass is intended to guide...
1/29/2025 4:49:00 PM EU Platform on Sustainable Finance publishes report on transition plans with recommendations for the European Commission By Julia Voskoboinikova On 23 January 2024, the EU Platform on Sustainable Finance (PSF) published a Report on Building trust in transition: core elements for...
1/24/2025 12:44:27 PM France: The AMF amends its ESG Doctrine in light of the ESMA Guidelines on funds’ naming By Ngoc-Hong Ma Emilie Rochat On 2 January 2025, the French financial markets regulator (the AMF) amended its Position-Recommendation DOC-2020-03 (the “AMF ESG...
1/23/2025 3:52:04 PM Ireland publishes Draft Bill partially transposing EU Pay Transparency Directive By Jennifer Granado Aranzana Jada Bruccoleri Ireland has become the fourth EU member state to initiate implementation of the EU Pay Transparency Directive (EUPTD), following Sweden's...
1/16/2025 4:03:11 PM EU: EBA consults on CRD VI draft guidelines on ESG Scenario Analysis By Premlata Fagan The EBA is consulting on Draft guidelines on ESG Scenario Analysis. These guidelines are to be issued pursuant to the EBA’s mandate under...
1/16/2025 3:25:06 AM ESG Legal Outlook 2025: key Asia themes By Gilly Hutchinson Sara Feijao Julia Voskoboinikova We have published our ESG Legal Outlook 2025 highlighting the key global themes set to shape the legal landscape for ESG in the coming...