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 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...
2/12/2025 6:33:37 PM SEC to Pause Litigation Over Climate Disclosure Rules By Mike Bienenfeld Jeffrey Cohen Mas Harntha In an unsurprising move, Acting SEC Chair Mark Uyeda has directed the SEC staff to ask the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, the court...
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 2:51:34 PM UK FCA sets out climate change adaptation challenges faced by firms By Raza Naeem Peter Bevan Stephen Clipsham Victoria Hickman Premlata Fagan +2 more... Show less The FCA has published its 2025 Adaptation Report on climate change adaptation challenges faced by firms. The report focuses on risk...
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 11:58:52 AM Polish end-of-year gift: draft law transposing the EU Pay Transparency Directive By Jada Bruccoleri Poland has become the third EU member state to initiate implementation of the EU Pay Transparency Directive (EUPTD), following Sweden's...
1/2/2025 6:13:36 PM EU: Platform on Sustainable Finance sets out recommendations to Commission for categorisation of products under the SFDR By Elizabeth Webb Stephen Clipsham The EU Platform on Sustainable Finance has published a briefing note setting out a proposal to establish a product categorisation scheme...
12/23/2024 5:33:53 PM EU CSRD: EFRAG publishes Voluntary Sustainability Reporting Standard for non-listed SMEs By Julia Voskoboinikova On 17 December 2024, the European Financial Reporting Advisory board (EFRAG) released the VSME, the voluntary reporting standard for...
12/23/2024 2:43:31 PM EU CSRD: 2024 end-of-year set of EFRAG explanations By Julia Voskoboinikova On 6 December 2024, EFRAG published 64 new explanations of the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) under the Corporate...