2/22/2025 3:33:00 AM Hong Kong Cross-Agency Steering Group announces 2025 key priorities for sustainable finance By Clara Hackney Gilly Hutchinson The Green and Sustainable Finance Cross-Agency Steering Group (the Steering Group) has set out three key priorities this year to enhance...
2/18/2025 3:35:23 PM AGMs Update 2025: guide for UK-listed companies By Wilma Rix We have published a guide that summarises and comments on major developments relevant to UK-listed companies preparing for AGMs in 2025 -...
2/18/2025 3:01:39 PM Webinar: Global Energy Transition: Future of offshore wind By Joanna Addison Carrying on our new global energy transition webinar series, join us for the second session to explore the future of offshore wind. On...
2/17/2025 3:21:53 PM UK government responds to House of Lords Select Committee Report on Modern Slavery Act 2015 By James Marlow Jon Tan Fazila Naeem At the end of December 2024, the UK government published its response to the House of Lords Select Committee on the Modern Slavery Act...
2/13/2025 11:38:11 AM ESG bonds and the arrival of the Gold Standard By Erin McKeown In our latest episode of Bond Beats, Linda Taylor, Laura Le Masurier, and Erin McKeown welcome Patricia Gentile, Head of Finance and...
2/13/2025 10:32:31 AM EU: Commission’s Work Programme sets out key ESG / sustainability initiatives for 2025 By Sara Feijao On 12 February 2025, the European Commission published its new Work Programme setting out a list of the main policy and legislative...
2/11/2025 1:49:59 PM UK: FRC review of climate-related financial disclosures by AIM and large private companies By Sara Feijao Judy Pink The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) published a thematic review of climate-related financial disclosures (“CFD”) under the Companies...
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...
2/3/2025 3:07:47 PM ESG Disputes Bulletin – February 2025 By Rebecca Burton Welcome to the latest edition of the quarterly Linklaters ESG Disputes Bulletin. This issue covers key developments in contentious ESG...
1/30/2025 11:36:02 PM EU Competitiveness Compass: key sustainability issues By Sara Feijao The European Commission published its Competitiveness Compass on 29 January 2025 (see press release). The Compass is intended to guide...
1/29/2025 4:49:00 PM EU Platform on Sustainable Finance publishes report on transition plans with recommendations for the European Commission By Julia Voskoboinikova On 23 January 2024, the EU Platform on Sustainable Finance (PSF) published a Report on Building trust in transition: core elements for...
1/23/2025 3:52:04 PM Ireland publishes Draft Bill partially transposing EU Pay Transparency Directive By Jennifer Granado Aranzana Jada Bruccoleri Ireland has become the fourth EU member state to initiate implementation of the EU Pay Transparency Directive (EUPTD), following Sweden's...
1/16/2025 3:25:06 AM ESG Legal Outlook 2025: key Asia themes By Gilly Hutchinson Sara Feijao Julia Voskoboinikova We have published our ESG Legal Outlook 2025 highlighting the key global themes set to shape the legal landscape for ESG in the coming...
1/15/2025 2:18:40 PM ESG Legal Outlook 2025: key global themes By Sara Feijao Julia Voskoboinikova Gilly Hutchinson We have published our ESG Legal Outlook 2025 highlighting the key global themes set to shape the legal landscape for ESG in the coming...
1/14/2025 3:53:39 PM Corporate Governance On the Horizon: UK companies: 2025 and beyond By Wilma Rix Sara Feijao We have published new guides to help UK companies plan ahead and focus on some of the major legislative and regulatory developments that...
1/7/2025 3:06:38 PM England considered the most appropriate forum for novel supply chain proceedings involving factory workers in Malaysia By Faye Presland Rebecca Burton Emily McLennan In December 2024, the Court of Appeal (the “Court”) overturned a High Court decision that Malaysia was the proper forum to hear a claim...