05 Nov, 2024 Greenwashing Conference: Legal & Regulatory Compliance and Risk Management Approaches By Victoria Hickman Raza Naeem Peter Bevan Harry Eddis Elizabeth Dowd Nikunj Kiri Martyn Hopper Clare McMullen James Morris Alastair Holt +7 more... Show less Linklaters and AFME are delighted to invite you to a half-day “Greenwashing Outlook” conference. Wednesday 27 November 2024 | 08:30 -...
21 Nov, 2023 EU: ECB threatens to fine banks that lag behind on managing climate change risks By Stephen Clipsham The European Central Bank (ECB) will impose financial penalties on banks that take too long to address climate change risks in their...
04 Oct, 2023 Green Deals: Can EU Merger Control support the bloc’s wider policy objectives? By Jonathan Ford Last week, the European Commission published its latest competition merger brief, setting out the views of staff in its Directorate...
28 Dec, 2022 Netherlands: status of implementation of market revenue cap for electricity generators By Gijs Smit Joris Knoll Introduction On 30 November 2022, the Dutch government announced through a letter to Dutch parliament that it was working on a...
21 Dec, 2022 Germany: Skimming of surplus revenues in the electricity sector By Ruth Losch Mattis El-Haj On 16 December 2022, the Act on a price-break for electricity (Price Break Act) passed the German parliamentary procedure which inter...
20 Dec, 2022 EU: Commission publishes additional FAQs on the Climate Delegated Act and Article 8 Delegated Act By Sara Feijao The European Commission published two draft FAQs on the EU Taxonomy on 19 December 2022: Interpretation and implementation of the Climate...
08 Dec, 2022 EU Directive on improving gender balance on boards published in the OJEU By Jennifer Granado Aranzana Nele Van Kerrebroeck The EU Directive on improving gender balance on boards of listed companies was published in the Official Journal of the EU (OJEU) on 7...
08 Dec, 2022 Political agreement reached on EU Deforestation Due Diligence Proposal By Claudia Harper Kim Rybarczyk The European Parliament and Council have reached political agreement on a new Regulation aimed at minimising the risk of deforestation...
05 Dec, 2022 EU: CSRD adopted by Council and Parliament, and EFRAG submits first set of reporting standards to the Commission By Julia Voskoboinikova CSRD and draft reporting standards The European Parliament and the Council have finally adopted the Corporate Sustainability Reporting...
05 Dec, 2022 EU Council reaches compromise on CSDDD By James Marlow After lengthy consideration and many discussions, the Council of the EU has now finalised its position on the Commission's draft of the...
30 Nov, 2022 EU: Part 2 of Circular Economy Package published By Bolko Ehlgen Julia Grothaus Mirjam Erb Lisa Bauer +1 more... Show less Following up on its first package that has been released in March (read more in our blog post), the EU Commission published its second...
30 Nov, 2022 EU: Acceleration of deployment of renewable energy By Julia Voskoboinikova During COP27 climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, the European Commission’s President Ursula von der Leyen said that the European Union...
29 Nov, 2022 EU: Platform on Sustainable Finance publishes supplementary report on TSC for other four environmental objectives under Taxonomy Regulation By Sara Feijao Background The Platform on Sustainable Finance (PSF) is advising the European Commission on the technical screening criteria (TSC) for...
23 Nov, 2022 European Parliament adopts EU Directive for more women on boards By Jennifer Granado Aranzana “More women on boards make companies more resilient, more innovative and will help to change top-down structures in the workplace,”...
18 Nov, 2022 ESMA consults on developing Guidelines on funds’ names with ESG or sustainability-related terms By Raza Naeem Ngoc-Hong Ma Silke Bernard Dr Frederik Winter Benjamin Maconick Premlata Fagan Victoria Hickman Stephen Clipsham +5 more... Show less The name of a fund is usually the first fund attribute investors see, and while investors are expected to look beyond the name itself,...
17 Nov, 2022 Last minute Q&A responses from the ESAs on SFDR RTS interpretation: how do they impact your disclosures? By Raza Naeem Silke Bernard Benjamin Maconick James Morris Julia Vergauwen David Ballegeer Ngoc-Hong Ma Dr Frederik Winter Victoria Hickman Julia Voskoboinikova +7 more... Show less Late in the day given the application of the SFDR Level 2 requirements from 1 January 2023, the European Supervisory Authorities have...