10/7/2025 2:54:43 PM Linklaters ESG Newsletter - October 2025 By Sara Feijao Julia Voskoboinikova Gilly Hutchinson The October edition of our Global ESG Newsletter is now available and can be accessed here. Our October issue covers key developments on...
10/1/2025 4:26:12 PM EU: Revised Waste Framework Directive to cater for food and textile waste published in the OJEU By Julia Voskoboinikova Sara Feijao The EU is making changes to the 2008 Waste Framework Directive to cater for waste from the food and textile sectors. Directive (EU)...
9/19/2025 9:11:36 AM EU: What does the 2025 State of the Union say about sustainability? By Julia Voskoboinikova Each autumn, the President of the European Commission delivers the State of the Union address to the European Parliament to share their...
8/6/2025 3:49:28 PM European Commission consults on the Circular Economy Act By Julia Voskoboinikova On 1 August 2025, the European Commission launched a public consultation and a call for evidence to gather views on the upcoming Circular...
8/6/2025 10:00:42 AM EU CSRD: EFRAG publishes revised ESRS for public consultation By Julia Voskoboinikova On 31 July 2025, EFRAG published the revised Exposure Drafts of the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) under the...
7/30/2025 5:41:16 PM EU Regulation delaying due diligence rules for batteries published in the OJEU By Julia Voskoboinikova On 30 July 2025, the “Stop the Clock” Battery Due Diligence Regulation was published in the Official Journal of the EU. It comes into...
7/29/2025 6:55:13 PM EU: Commission publishes Chemicals Industry Action Plan and Chemicals Simplification Omnibus By Sara Feijao Julia Voskoboinikova On 8 July 2025, the European Commission published a package of measures to strengthen the competitiveness of the European chemicals...
7/29/2025 1:26:39 PM EU: Commission launches call for evidence to inform forthcoming Environmental Omnibus By Sara Feijao Julia Voskoboinikova On 22 July 2025, the European Commission launched a call for evidence seeking views on how to simplify and streamline administrative...
7/11/2025 4:26:39 PM European Commission takes steps to advance the circular economy By Julia Voskoboinikova The European Commission is progressing the circular economy agenda with a series of new proposals and measures. The Circular Economy Act...
7/9/2025 1:23:52 PM EU plans to prevent carbon leakage through extension of the CBAM scope and support for EU exporters By Julia Voskoboinikova The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) imposes a carbon cost on imports of selected goods - cement, fertilisers, iron and steel,...
7/6/2025 9:09:08 AM EU: Commission proposes new 2040 climate target By Sara Feijao On 2 July 2025, the European Commission published a proposal to amend the existing European Climate Law so as to introduce a new climate...
7/1/2025 3:33:53 PM Linklaters ESG Newsletter - July 2025 By Julia Voskoboinikova Sara Feijao Gilly Hutchinson The July edition of our Global ESG Newsletter is now available and can be accessed here. Our July issue covers key developments on the...
6/19/2025 1:22:38 PM EU: Political agreement reached on CBAM simplification By Julia Voskoboinikova On 18 June 2025, the European Parliament and the Council reached a political agreement on amendments to simplify the Carbon Border...
5/28/2025 12:54:34 PM EU Omnibus Tracker: simplification of sustainability rules By Sara Feijao Julia Voskoboinikova Welcome to the Linklaters EU Omnibus Tracker where we track key developments in the EU's efforts to simplify existing sustainability...
5/22/2025 12:28:30 PM EU: sustainability elements of the Omnibus IV proposal By Julia Voskoboinikova On 21 May 2025, the European Commission published the Omnibus IV simplification package aimed at simplifying EU rules and reducing...
5/6/2025 5:44:49 PM Linklaters ESG Newsletter - May 2025 By Sara Feijao Gilly Hutchinson Julia Voskoboinikova The May edition of our Global ESG Newsletter is now available and can be accessed here. Our May issue covers key developments on the full...