11 Apr, 2024 Linklaters ESG Newsletter - April 2024 By Sara Feijao Gilly Hutchinson Julia Voskoboinikova Welcome to the latest edition of the global Linklaters ESG Newsletter. Each issue covers key developments in the UK, EU, US, Asia and...
02 Apr, 2024 EU “Fit for 55”: The revamped Energy Performance of Buildings Directive – lion’s teeth or paper tiger? By Lothar Van Driessche Melissa Verplancke Rory Bennett Astrid Laga Corentin Burton +2 more... Show less Intro On 15 December 2021, the European Commission took a major step towards accomplishing its ambitious goal of making Europe the first...
26 Mar, 2024 Italy: The “Last Judgement” - a halt for climate litigation? By Alessandro Villani Elena Andrich Beatrice Porcellato On 26th February 2024, the Civil Court of Rome dismissed the first Italian climate litigation filed by a group of 24 NGOs and more than...
13 Mar, 2024 EU horizon scanning: what happens to pending proposals in the lead up to the EU Parliament elections in June? By Claudia Skibniewski Alvarez Clelia Felix Sara Feijao Julia Voskoboinikova +1 more... Show less 2024 marks a pivotal year for EU policy with the European Parliament election in June and the appointment of new Commission, which will...
05 Mar, 2024 Linklaters ESG Newsletter - March 2024 By Julia Voskoboinikova Sara Feijao Gilly Hutchinson Welcome to the latest edition of the global Linklaters ESG Newsletter. Each issue covers key developments in the UK, EU, US, Asia and...
23 Feb, 2024 Political agreement reached on the first EU-level certification framework for carbon removals By Chris Staples Julia Voskoboinikova In the early morning of 20 February 2024, the European Parliament and the Council reached a provisional political agreement on the Carbon...
12 Feb, 2024 EU co-legislators agree on Net-Zero Industry Act By Julia Voskoboinikova In March 2023, the European Commission proposed two main components of the Green Deal Industrial Plan, the Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA)...
06 Feb, 2024 Linklaters ESG Newsletter - February 2024 By Gilly Hutchinson Julia Voskoboinikova 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...
18 Jan, 2024 ESG Legal Outlook 2024: key global trends By Rachel Barrett Sara Feijao The Linklaters annual ESG outlook has been published and you can download your copy here. Watch our global head of ESG, Rachel Barrett,...
07 Dec, 2023 Revised Industrial Emissions Directive: EU institutions reach political agreement By Bruno Garcia Da Silva Guillaume Croisant Charlotte Peiffer On 29 November 2023, the EU Parliament and Council finally reached a political agreement on the Commission’s proposal (the “Proposal”)...
05 Dec, 2023 Linklaters ESG Newsletter - December 2023 By Sara Feijao Julia Voskoboinikova Gilly Hutchinson Welcome to the global Linklaters ESG Newsletter. Each issue covers key developments in the UK, EU, US, Asia, and globally on the full...
05 Dec, 2023 EU: Parliament and Council strike a deal on far-reaching ecodesign requirements By Mirjam Erb Kathrin Bauwens In the run-up to the elections in June 2024, the EU institutions managed to close another circular economy file: last night, they reached...
04 Dec, 2023 Brussels Court of Appeal condemns the Belgian State and two of the country’s Regions for climate inaction By Bruno Garcia Da Silva Guillaume Croisant On 30 November 2023, in a new episode of the climate change litigation saga, the Brussels Court of Appeal released a landmark decision...
27 Nov, 2023 Proposal for EU certification framework for carbon removals can now proceed to trilogues By Julia Voskoboinikova On 21 November 2023, the European Parliament agreed its negotiating position on a Commission Proposal for a new EU certification...
22 Nov, 2023 European Parliament and Council reach deal to cut methane emissions in energy sector By Julia Voskoboinikova On 15 November 2023, the European Parliament and Council reached a political agreement on a Regulation that establishes a new EU legal...
17 Nov, 2023 EU: Parliament and Council agree on Critical Raw Materials Act By Julia Voskoboinikova On 13 November 2023, the European Parliament and the Council reached a political agreement on a proposal for a Critical Raw Materials Act...