5/6/2026 9:50:20 AM EU: EUDR Simplification Report lands alongside updated Guidance and FAQs By James Marlow On 4 May 2026, the European Commission published its Simplification Report in relation to the EU Deforestation Regulation (“EUDR”). The...
5/5/2026 11:26:35 AM ESG Newsletter – May 2026 By Julia Voskoboinikova Sara Feijao Gilly Hutchinson Welcome to the latest edition of the Linklaters global ESG Newsletter. This issue covers key developments from April 2026 - in the UK,...
5/4/2026 1:56:21 PM German Government plans to tighten environmental criminal law By Markus Appel Julia Grothaus Kerstin Wilhelm Mirjam Erb +1 more... Show less The German Government has approved a draft act significantly overhauling the country's environmental criminal law. The Government Bill...
5/4/2026 11:00:12 AM France announces roadmap for transitioning away from fossil fuels By Claudia Cavicchioli On 28 April 2026, France announced a national roadmap with explicit end‑of-consumption targets for coal (by 2030), oil (by 2045) and...
4/30/2026 12:38:22 PM Issues for Boards 2026: Governing sustainability risk in a complex world By Rachel Barrett Iyes Igiehon Bernice Dunsmuir Each year Linklaters prepares a publication providing practical insights for Boards and GCs on emerging issues that we expect to be...
4/29/2026 10:11:20 AM UK: call to join an FCA ESG ratings reporting pilot By Victoria Hickman Raza Naeem Clare Wiles Elliot Jack +1 more... Show less Opportunity to join a reporting pilotThe FCA has invited ESG rating providers to participate in a pilot scheme for its newly proposed...
4/27/2026 2:10:03 PM AccelerateEU: Commission publishes key measures to achieve affordable and secure energy supply amidst global energy crisis By Bruno Garcia da Silva Pierre-Noé Milcamps On 22 April 2026, the European Commission published its AccelerateEU – Energy Union: Affordable and Secure Energy through Accelerated...
4/23/2026 4:31:41 PM ESG Quick Guide: EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation By Sebastian Meyn Lena Blaske James Marlow Markus Appel Atdhe Krasniqi +2 more... Show less Linklaters has a series of Quick Guides that provide an overview of key sustainability regimes in the UK, EU and other jurisdictions....
4/9/2026 9:22:03 AM EU: universal PFAS restriction process enters its decisive phase: SEAC draft Opinion published – public consultation open By Markus Appel Sebastian Meyn For several years, Member States and EU institutions have been working on an EU-wide so-called universal restriction for PFAS (per- and...
4/9/2026 6:13:14 AM Germany's Federal Court of Justice draws the line on corporate climate change liability By Julia Grothaus Markus Appel Kathrin Bauwens Mirjam Erb Sebastian Meyn +2 more... Show less Germany's Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof – BGH) dismissed two high-profile climate lawsuits brought against BMW and...
4/8/2026 10:08:23 AM ESG Newsletter - April 2026 By Sara Feijao Julia Voskoboinikova Gilly Hutchinson Welcome to the latest edition of the Linklaters global ESG Newsletter. This issue covers key developments from March 2026 - in the UK,...
3/31/2026 10:09:39 AM New ESG Quick Guides for 2026 By Sara Feijao Julia Voskoboinikova Gilly Hutchinson In our ESG Legal Outlook 2026, we identified a number of key trends that are likely to shape the sustainability regulatory landscape this...
3/26/2026 3:03:08 PM Webinar recording: What will California’s new law on climate disclosures (SB 253) mean for your organisation? By Sara Feijao California’s new SB 253 legislation introduces a comprehensive greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting regime that will require thousands of US...
3/25/2026 5:58:01 PM UK: Preparing for ESOS Phase 4 By James Marlow Claudia Harper The UK’s Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme ("ESOS") is an energy usage assessment scheme that requires in-scope organisations to audit...
3/25/2026 2:08:24 PM ESG Quick Guide: EU Deforestation Regulation By Pierre-Noé Milcamps Bruno Garcia da Silva Linklaters has a series of Quick Guides that provide an overview of key sustainability regimes in the UK, EU and other jurisdictions....
3/25/2026 10:27:19 AM ESG Quick Guide: New York climate disclosure laws By Lauren Bachtel Elizabeth Raulston Andrés Armada Linklaters has a series of Quick Guides that provide an overview of key sustainability regimes in the UK, the EU and other jurisdictions....