11 Jul, 2024 New Labour government: is the UK back in the race to net zero? By Sara Feijao The national election on 4 July 2024 ushered in a new Labour government in a landslide vote after 14 years of a Conservative government. ...
11 Jul, 2024 GRI materials on the interaction between EU ESRS and GRI Standards By Sara Feijao Julia Voskoboinikova The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has published a Q&A on what the new European Sustainably Reporting Standards (ESRS) under the...
10 Jul, 2024 UK & EU: Sustainable Finance Sources - survival guide By Premlata Fagan It can be hard to find in one place the legal, regulatory and industry sources you need when navigating the fast-moving and...
10 Jul, 2024 EU: ESMA identifies key focus areas for issuers reporting under the CSRD By Julia Voskoboinikova Elizabeth Webb The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has recently published the Guidelines on Enforcement of Sustainability Information...
08 Jul, 2024 TNFD announces next wave of early adopters and sector-specific guidance By Dearbhla Cantwell The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) announced on 28 June 2024 that there has been a notable 30% increase in TNFD...
02 Jul, 2024 Investor ESG Litigation: Investors sue UK fashion retailer for £100m for allegedly misleading ESG disclosure under FSMA By James Hennah Cressida Shaw On 17 May 2024, institutional investors in Boohoo Group Plc, a UK-based fashion retail company (“Boohoo”), filed a claim against the...
02 Jul, 2024 Linklaters ESG Newsletter - July 2024 By Julia Voskoboinikova Gilly Hutchinson Sara Feijao Welcome to the global Linklaters ESG Newsletter. Each issue covers key developments in the UK, EU, US, Asia and globally on the full...
01 Jul, 2024 ESG horizon scanning: what in-house lawyers need to know for 2024 By Sara Feijao Rachel Barrett Kim Rybarczyk This article was first published on The In-House Lawyer - see: ESG horizon scanning: what to expect in 2024 - The In-House Lawyer...
26 Jun, 2024 TNFD and EFRAG publish correspondence mapping By Kim Rybarczyk Julia Voskoboinikova On 20 June 2024, the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) and the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG)...
24 Jun, 2024 Webinar: Challenges coming out of the ESMA fund names guidelines and latest SFDR opinion from the ESAs By Premlata Fagan On Tuesday 25th June (09:30 to 10:30 GMT) you can join our panel of experts to discuss the latest from the EU in the fund labelling and...
20 Jun, 2024 EU: ECB is considering whether to impose fines on banks for failure to address the impact of climate change By Sara Feijao On 29 May 2024, Bloomberg reported (see here, requires a subscription) that the European Central Bank (ECB) was preparing to impose fines...
19 Jun, 2024 EU Tracker: Which ESG proposals have been adopted and which are still outstanding? By Julia Voskoboinikova Sara Feijao Clelia Felix Claudia Skibniewski Alvarez +1 more... Show less NOTE: We update this tracker as when there are new developments. Last updated on 16 July 2024. On 6-9 June 2024, EU citizens voted to...
18 Jun, 2024 EU: ESA’s recommendations on SFDR – calling for greater coherence in the framework, catering for green transition and enhanced consumer protection By Premlata Fagan When the European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, ESMA and EIOPA – together, the ESAs) published their Final Reports to the European...
13 Jun, 2024 Webinar recording: the EU perspective on greenwashing from the ESA's reports By Julia Grothaus Raza Naeem Victoria Hickman Clare Wiles Erin McKeown Premlata Fagan +3 more... Show less With the UK FCA’s anti-greenwashing rule in its early days, next up we took the opportunity to look at greenwashing from the EU...
04 Jun, 2024 Linklaters ESG Newsletter - June 2024 By Julia Voskoboinikova Gilly Hutchinson Sara Feijao Welcome to the latest edition of the global Linklaters ESG Newsletter. Each issue covers key developments in the UK, EU, US, Asia and...
03 Jun, 2024 EU CSRD: EFRAG finalises three ESRS Implementation Guidance documents By Julia Voskoboinikova On 31 May 2024, EFRAG published the first three ESRS Implementation Guidance (IG) documents to assist in-scope companies in complying...