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...
12/2/2024 11:24:42 AM UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (UK CBAM): What you need to know By Dearbhla Cantwell In December 2023, the UK government announced its intention to introduce a UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (“UK CBAM”) from January...
11/26/2024 7:44:39 PM COP29: what was decided and what does it mean in practice for business? By Sara Feijao Nearly 200 countries and thousands of attendees gathered in Baku, Azerbaijan this year for COP29, the annual UN climate summit. The...
11/8/2024 4:03:25 PM EU CSRD: EFRAG publishes draft Transition Plan Implementation Guidance By Julia Voskoboinikova On 4 November 2024, the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) held the first public meeting of the Sustainability Reporting...
9/24/2024 8:02:09 PM Deep dive into World Bank’s latest Outcome Bond funding Amazon reforestation By Elaine Keats Sirae Chen Erin McKeown In our latest episode of Bond Beats, Elaine Keats, Sirae Chen and Erin McKeown welcome Shirmila Ramasamy (the World Bank’s Senior Counsel...
8/4/2024 2:25:00 PM SBTi decision on use of carbon offsets to tackle Scope 3 emissions not expected until 2025 By Sara Feijao On 30 July 2024, the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) published four technical papers as an early step in its revision of the...
6/27/2024 9:01:39 AM EU: Council adopts negotiating position on the Green Claims Directive By Kathrin Bauwens Mirjam Erb Iyes Igiehon Alexia Kaztaridou +1 more... Show less 17 June 2024 marked a significant milestone in the EU’s fight against greenwashing, as the Council adopted its negotiating position (also...
6/19/2024 9:32:00 AM EU Tracker 2024: Which ESG proposals have been adopted and which are still outstanding? By Julia Voskoboinikova Sara Feijao Clelia Felix Claudia Skibniewski Alvarez +1 more... Show less NOTE: We update this tracker as when there are new developments. Last updated on 19 February 2025. On 6-9 June 2024, EU citizens voted...
5/7/2024 1:17:23 PM Linklaters ESG Newsletter - May 2024 By Gilly Hutchinson Sara Feijao Julia Voskoboinikova Welcome to the latest edition of the global Linklaters ESG Newsletter. Each issue covers key developments in the UK, EU, US, Asia and...
5/1/2024 9:00:38 AM Navigating the risks of greenwashing in the voluntary carbon market By Chris Staples Kerry Liebenberg Together with the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA), in April we published a note which elegantly unpacks the risk...
3/18/2024 1:15:36 PM EU Parliament adopts first reading position on the Green Claims Directive By Iyes Igiehon Kerry Liebenberg Julia Voskoboinikova On 12 March 2024, the European Parliament adopted its first reading position (i.e. its negotiating position) on the proposed Directive on...
3/5/2024 3:31:32 PM 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...
2/23/2024 10:54:13 AM Political agreement reached on the first EU-level certification framework for carbon removals By Chris Staples Julia Voskoboinikova In the early morning of 20 February 2024, the European Parliament and the Council reached a provisional political agreement on the Carbon...
1/29/2024 5:38:53 PM 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...
12/19/2023 11:30:16 AM COP28: what was decided and what does it mean in practice for business? By Sara Feijao Nearly 200 countries and over 80,0000 attendees gathered in Dubai this year for COP28, the annual UN climate summit. The two-week...
11/27/2023 3:52:40 PM Proposal for EU certification framework for carbon removals can now proceed to trilogues By Julia Voskoboinikova On 21 November 2023, the European Parliament agreed its negotiating position on a Commission Proposal for a new EU certification...