If you work in sustainability or procurement at a company caught by the EU's Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), you...

Linklaters has a series of Quick Guides that provide an overview of key sustainability regimes in the UK, EU and other jurisdictions....

On 3 August 2026, the Law Society of England and Wales published new guidance for in-house legal counsel on how climate change risks...

What you need to know Between the "Stop-the-Clock" Directive and the Omnibus I Directive, the scope, timing and content of reporting...

In May 2025, the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) established an Interim Sustainability Standards Committee (the...

The table below sets out the key future compliance and legislative milestones under the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence...

The UK’s Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme ("ESOS") is an energy usage assessment scheme that requires in-scope organisations to audit...

On 23 July 2026, EFRAG launched a public consultation on the Exposure Draft for the European Sustainability Reporting Standard applicable...

On July 21, 2026, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) previewed proposed SB 253 regulations for the 2027 reporting cycle, including...

There has been an important development in Australian modern slavery law for companies with an annual revenue of more than $100 million....

On 2 July 2026, the European Commission published a revised draft of its Delegated Regulation establishing a mandatory EU-wide...

On 13 July 2026, the European Commission adopted a Delegated Act amending Annex I to the EU Deforestation Regulation (“EUDR”) and an...

We have published the following two guides, which summarise some of the major governance and reporting related developments from the...

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...

The three European Supervisory Authorities - ESMA, EBA and EIOPA - have launched parallel consultations with proposals designed to reduce...

Welcome to the latest edition of the Linklaters global ESG Newsletter. This issue covers key developments from June 2026 - in the UK, EU,...