24 Apr, 2024 EU: Parliament gives final approval for CSDDD By Sara Feijao Final vote in the European Parliament On 24 April 2024, the European Parliament formally adopted the Corporate Sustainability Due...
24 Apr, 2024 EU: Parliament gives final approval to forced labour ban By Julia Voskoboinikova Sara Feijao On 23 April 2024, the European Parliament formally adopted a new Regulation prohibiting products made with forced labour on the EU...
23 Apr, 2024 Webinar on 7 May: What next for the EU CSDDD? By Sara Feijao Please join us for a webinar on 7 May 2024 at 12:00 to 12:45 GMT on the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD / CS3D)....
23 Apr, 2024 Japan consults on adopting its sustainability disclosure standards modelled on the ISSB standards By Yi Zhang On 29 March 2024, the Sustainability Standards Board of Japan (SSBJ) published exposure drafts of the sustainability disclosure standards...
22 Apr, 2024 Linklaters Global Sustainable Finance tracker: a user-friendly tool to track your SF obligations By Victoria Hickman Raza Naeem Benjamin Maconick Premlata Fagan Elizabeth Webb Nicole Rölike Silke Bernard Peter Bevan Terry Yiangou Elliot Jack Gilly Hutchinson Julia Voskoboinikova Sara Feijao +10 more... Show less At Linklaters we have created a dynamic global tracker which provides updates on obligations relating to all aspects of sustainable...
19 Apr, 2024 Greenwashing in the aviation industry: what can we learn from district court of Amsterdam’s decision? By Daniella Strik Bas van Niekerk Thomas de Boer On 20 March 2024, the district court of Amsterdam ruled against a Dutch flag carrier in what has been described as the first decision on...
11 Apr, 2024 Linklaters ESG Newsletter - April 2024 By Sara Feijao Gilly Hutchinson 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...
09 Apr, 2024 UK TPT publishes final version of sector-specific guidance on climate transition plan disclosures, including for the financial sector By Sara Feijao The UK Transition Plan Taskforce (TPT) published its final recommendations on climate transition plan disclosures, along with...
09 Apr, 2024 France: Judicial Court of Paris dismisses corporate claim based on dissemination of misleading information about the company’s carbon emissions By Eleonore Hannezo Claudia Cavicchioli Julie Esquenazi On 28 March 2024, the Judicial Court of Paris annulled the writ of summons served by a major French energy company (“the Company”) on one...
05 Apr, 2024 SEC Voluntarily Stays Climate Disclosure Rules By Rachel Barrett Mike Bienenfeld Brad Caswell Jeffrey Cohen Doug Davison Lauren Bachtel Alexander Parkhouse +4 more... Show less On April 4, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) voluntarily stayed its climate-related disclosure rules pending...
28 Mar, 2024 US: The SEC’s Climate Disclosure Rules: detailed analysis By Rachel Barrett Mike Bienenfeld Brad Caswell Jeffrey Cohen Lauren Bachtel Alexander Parkhouse +3 more... Show less Although mandatory climate-related disclosure faces an uncertain road in the United States, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s...
25 Mar, 2024 US: Fifth Circuit Lifts Stay on SEC’s Climate Rules As Petition Moved to Eighth Circuit By Rachel Barrett Mike Bienenfeld Brad Caswell Jeffrey Cohen Doug Davison Lauren Bachtel +3 more... Show less The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has lifted its stay of the climate-related disclosures rules adopted by the U.S. Securities and...
19 Mar, 2024 UK reporting 2023/24 - recent developments and guidance for large unlisted companies and LLPs By Judy Pink Wilma Rix Sara Feijao We have published a new guide to help large unlisted UK companies and LLPs prepare their 2023/24 annual reports - click here to view the...
19 Mar, 2024 EU: FAQs on the upcoming Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive: what has changed? By Guillaume Croisant Julia Grothaus Mirjam Erb Lucas Marlow +1 more... Show less Following a roller-coaster legislative process which started in February 2022, the Council of the EU finally endorsed the Corporate...
18 Mar, 2024 US: Fifth Circuit Stays the SEC’s Climate Rules By Mike Bienenfeld Brad Caswell Jeffrey Cohen Doug Davison Lauren Bachtel +2 more... Show less The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has ordered a stay of the SEC’s climate-related disclosure rules in the lawsuit brought by Liberty...
15 Mar, 2024 Transition Finance Market Review launches call for evidence to explore how the UK can become a global hub for transition finance By Sara Feijao Vanessa Havard-Williams On 14 March 2024, the Transition Finance Market Review (TFMR) launched a call for evidence seeking views on how the UK can leverage its...