28 Mar, 2024 EU Green Bond Regulation: ESMA consults on rules for External Reviewers of European Green Bonds By Erin McKeown On 26 March 2024, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) launched a consultation on technical standards relating to the...
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...
19 Mar, 2024 EU: FAQs on the upcoming Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive: what has changed? By Guillaume Croisant Julia Grothaus Mirjam Erb Lucas Marlow +1 more... Show less Following a roller-coaster legislative process which started in February 2022, the Council of the EU finally endorsed the Corporate...
18 Mar, 2024 EU Parliament adopts first reading position on the Green Claims Directive By Iyes Igiehon Kerry Liebenberg Julia Voskoboinikova On 12 March 2024, the European Parliament adopted its first reading position (i.e. its negotiating position) on the proposed Directive on...
15 Mar, 2024 EU: New CSDDD compromise finally accepted by Member States By Julia Grothaus Mirjam Erb After an unprecedented back and forth, the negotiations about the Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (CSDDD or CS3D)...
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...
12 Mar, 2024 The new EU Directive on Empowering Consumers for the Green Transition By Julia Grothaus Rachel Barrett Kerry Liebenberg Mirjam Erb Kathrin Bauwens Claire Kernick Lucas Marlow +4 more... Show less The new EU Directive on Empowering Consumers for the Green Transition aims to promote sustainable consumption by tackling unfair...
08 Mar, 2024 Forced Labour Regulation: EU institutions reach political agreement By Bruno Garcia Da Silva Guillaume Croisant On 5 March 2024, the European Parliament and the Council reached a political agreement on a new Regulation prohibiting products made with...
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...
28 Feb, 2024 EU: Council fails to endorse CSDDD By Sara Feijao Although a provisional political agreement on the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD or CS3D) had been reached by...
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...
22 Feb, 2024 EU CSRD reporting standards: where are we in February 2024? By Julia Voskoboinikova The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) start to apply in relation...
21 Feb, 2024 EU: ESG Rating Regulation - a game changer? By Premlata Fagan As the EU's ESG ratings reform package has now been politically agreed, we are organising a webinar on 28 February between 11:00-12:00...
14 Feb, 2024 Global Energy & Infrastructure Legal Outlook 2024 By Jessica Hargreaves 2024 is set to be another exciting year for energy & infrastructure markets. In the light of the global push to transition to clean...
13 Feb, 2024 ESG Legal Outlook 2024: key themes in Europe By Julia Voskoboinikova In 2024, Europe is poised to enter a challenging phase where companies will start to implement the new mandatory sustainability reporting...
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)...