9/8/2025 2:10:24 PM Quick Guide: Key Sustainability Disclosure Regimes: UK Modern Slavery Act 2015: modern slavery statements By Jon Tan James Marlow Linklaters has a series of Quick Guides that provide an overview of key sustainability disclosure regimes in the UK, EU and other...
9/3/2025 2:54:13 PM EFRAG’s proposed amendments to ESRS: a detailed overview By Kim Rybarczyk Annamieke Cook James Marlow Julia Voskoboinikova +1 more... Show less On 31 July 2025, EFRAG published the revised Exposure Drafts of the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) under the...
9/3/2025 10:04:55 AM Linklaters ESG Newsletter - September 2025 By Sara Feijao The September edition of our Global ESG Newsletter is now available and can be accessed here. Our September issue covers key developments...
9/1/2025 9:03:03 AM Proposal to delete reporting obligations and reduce penalties under the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act By Julia Grothaus Kathrin Bauwens Mirjam Erb In line with the government’s coalition agreement, the German Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs proposes to streamline the...
8/11/2025 1:48:39 PM French Duty of Vigilance Law: Paris Court of Appeal upholds the state-owned postal company’s conviction for breaching its duty of vigilance By Claudia Cavicchioli Key takeaways On 17 June 2025, the Paris Court of Appeal issued its first decision on the merits based on the French Duty of Vigilance...
8/6/2025 10:00:42 AM EU CSRD: EFRAG publishes revised ESRS for public consultation By Julia Voskoboinikova On 31 July 2025, EFRAG published the revised Exposure Drafts of the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) under the...
8/4/2025 3:21:29 PM Joint Committee on Human Rights publishes report on forced labour in UK supply chains By Charlotte Witney On 24 July 2025, the UK Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights (the “Committee”) published a report summarising the conclusions...
8/1/2025 1:54:42 PM European Commission adopts Recommendation on voluntary sustainability reporting for SMEs By Julia Voskoboinikova On 30 July 2025, the European Commission adopted a Recommendation on voluntary sustainability reporting for non-listed small and...
7/31/2025 10:48:27 AM Italian Supreme Court confirms jurisdiction in landmark ENI climate lawsuit By Elena Andrich Beatrice Porcellato Micol Fossati In a landmark decision, Italy’s Supreme Court confirmed that both ENI S.p.A (“ENI”) and the Italian State - as a shareholder - can be...
7/30/2025 5:41:16 PM EU Regulation delaying due diligence rules for batteries published in the OJEU By Julia Voskoboinikova On 30 July 2025, the “Stop the Clock” Battery Due Diligence Regulation was published in the Official Journal of the EU. It comes into...
7/14/2025 4:17:35 PM EU CSRD: Commission adopts “quick-fix” Delegated Act postponing phased-in reporting requirements for “wave one” companies By Julia Voskoboinikova On 11 July 2025, the European Commission adopted a so-called “quick-fix” Delegated Act to postpone additional phased-in reporting...
7/4/2025 7:00:30 AM EU CSRD: Commission grants EFRAG an additional month to deliver simplified ESRS By Julia Voskoboinikova On 27 March 2025, the European Commission tasked EFRAG with simplifying the first set of European Sustainability Reporting Standards...
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...
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)....
6/20/2025 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...
5/28/2025 12:54:34 PM EU Omnibus Tracker: simplification of sustainability rules By Sara Feijao Julia Voskoboinikova Welcome to the Linklaters EU Omnibus Tracker where we track key developments in the EU's efforts to simplify existing sustainability...