7/28/2026 11:25:15 AM Australia: Modern slavery legal reform - criminal liability and new compliance expectations By Emily Turnbull There has been an important development in Australian modern slavery law for companies with an annual revenue of more than $100 million....
7/28/2026 7:53:49 AM EU ETS: Commission publishes proposal for the revised Emissions Trading System By Chris Staples Prerna Handa Julia Voskoboinikova On 17 July 2026, the European Commission published its proposal for a revised EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), presented alongside a...
7/24/2026 2:47:04 PM Sustainability labelling for European data centres By Emma De Koster On 2 July 2026, the European Commission published a revised draft of its Delegated Regulation establishing a mandatory EU-wide...
7/16/2026 2:21:38 PM New York Becomes First U.S. State to Impose a Statewide Data Center Moratorium By Lauren Bachtel Andrés Armada On July 14, 2026, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed Executive Order No. 62, establishing the first statewide moratorium on new...
7/15/2026 2:24:48 PM Podcast: PFAs litigation landscape in the US, EU and UK By Sara Feijao In this podcast, Satindar Dogra, Elizabeth Raultson, Anke Krause and Sarah Martin discuss what the PFAs litigation landscape in the US,...
7/15/2026 8:03:44 AM EU Deforestation Regulation: Commission adopts Delegated Act on product scope and Implementing Act on the Information System By Pierre-Noé Milcamps Bruno Garcia da Silva On 13 July 2026, the European Commission adopted a Delegated Act amending Annex I to the EU Deforestation Regulation (“EUDR”) and an...
7/14/2026 3:58:53 PM UK Governance & Risk: A mid-year overview for UK listed and private companies By Wilma Rix We have published the following two guides, which summarise some of the major governance and reporting related developments from the...
7/14/2026 9:43:06 AM UK government proposes mandatory disclosures and financial penalties for modern slavery reporting By Gaura Moodley James Marlow On 30 June 2026, the UK Government introduced the Immigration and Asylum Bill into the House of Commons (the “Bill”). Part 5 of the Bill...
7/7/2026 10:42:30 AM ESG newsletter - July 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 June 2026 - in the UK, EU,...
7/6/2026 3:51:11 PM ISO consults on draft international net zero standard By Annamieke Cook On 17 June 2026, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) launched a 12-week public consultation on its draft net zero...
7/6/2026 3:00:56 PM UK government to introduce mandatory due diligence regime targeting deforestation in supply chains By Sara Feijao The government has announced plans to introduce a mandatory due diligence regime targeting deforestation in supply chains (also known as...
7/6/2026 2:27:33 PM EU CSRD: Commission adopts revised ESRS and voluntary reporting standard By Julia Voskoboinikova On 3 July 2026, the European Commission adopted two Delegated Acts comprising the revised European Sustainability Reporting Standards...
7/2/2026 12:50:34 PM EU Forced Labour Regulation: Commission publishes long-awaited implementation guidelines By Guillaume Croisant James Marlow Pierre-Noé Milcamps Bruno Garcia da Silva +1 more... Show less On 30 June 2026, the European Commission published its guidelines on the application of the EU Forced Labour Regulation (FLR), together...
6/26/2026 1:06:00 PM UN urges States to adopt ICJ's 2025 advisory opinion on climate change obligations By Sarah Martin Magdalena Chajdukowska On 20 May 2026, the UN General Assembly passed a resolution urging States to adopt the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) 2025...
6/26/2026 11:21:50 AM California SB 253: CARB Defers First-Year Reporting Deadline to November 10 By Lauren Bachtel Elizabeth Raulston Andrés Armada Companies subject to California Senate Bill 253 (SB 253) now have until November 10, 2026 to submit their first-year Scope 1 and Scope 2...
6/17/2026 3:58:04 PM ESG Quick Guide: US: Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) By Elizabeth Raulston Linklaters has a series of Quick Guides that provide an overview of key sustainability regimes in the UK, EU and other jurisdictions....