14 Nov, 2024 EU: Transposition of the Women on Boards Directive into national law By Moira Guitart Jada Bruccoleri Nerea Martinez de Larramendi Fériel Aliouchouche Gema Noguera +2 more... Show less Introduction France and Spain have recently adopted the European Women on Boards Directive (the “WoB Directive”) into their national...
14 Nov, 2024 EU: Commission Notice on certain legal provisions under the Taxonomy Regulation By Stephen Clipsham A Commission Notice on the interpretation and implementation of certain legal provisions of the Disclosures Delegated At under Article 8...
14 Nov, 2024 EU: ESG Ratings Regulation moves one step forward By Stephen Clipsham The Council of the EU has published the text of the proposed Regulation on the transparency and integrity of ESG rating activities, and...
14 Nov, 2024 EU Deforestation Regulation: European Parliament votes on amendments including one-year delay By Sara Feijao European Parliament vote today On 14 November 2024, the European Parliament voted in favour of the Commission's proposal to delay...
14 Nov, 2024 In vogue? Green claims in fashion regulation, a growing trend By Matthew Flanagan Alexandra Zachmann Driven by an increased focus on climate change and wider sustainability issues, recent years have seen a significant increase in...
12 Nov, 2024 EU CS3D: Financial Services webinar recording on the due diligence obligation and the value chain By Raza Naeem Peter Bevan Rachel Barrett Guillaume Croisant Tom Cobbaert David Ballegeer Ngoc-Hong Ma Victoria Hickman Elizabeth Webb Terry Yiangou James Marlow +8 more... Show less We have kicked off a new CS3D webinar series focused on CS3D as it impacts the financial services. Listen to a recording of our first...
08 Nov, 2024 EU CSRD: EFRAG publishes draft Transition Plan Implementation Guidance By Julia Voskoboinikova On 4 November 2024, the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) held the first public meeting of the Sustainability Reporting...
08 Nov, 2024 ESMA CP on amendments to EU Prospectus regime – ESG proposals By Erin McKeown Catherine Wade Julia Bhatti Benedicte de Moras +1 more... Show less Background The EU Listing Act, which makes changes to the EU Prospectus Regulation (“EU PR”), is due to be published in the Official...
05 Nov, 2024 Linklaters ESG Newsletter - November 2024 By Sara Feijao Gilly Hutchinson Julia Voskoboinikova Welcome to the global Linklaters ESG Newsletter. Each issue covers key developments in the UK, EU, US, Asia and globally on the full...
04 Nov, 2024 EU: ESAs 2024 report show significant improvements of firms’ disclosure of principle adverse impacts under SFDR By Stephen Clipsham The European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) have published their third annual report on disclosures of Principal Adverse Impact (PAI)...
31 Oct, 2024 EU CSDDD explained: lessons from the French Duty of Vigilance law By Sara Feijao The final episode in our EU CSDDD explained podcast series is now available for you to listen to here. In this concluding episode,...
29 Oct, 2024 EU: ESMA announces materiality assessments and taxonomy to be enforcement priorities for 2025 corporate reports By Stephen Clipsham The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its annual European Common Enforcement Priorities statement for 2024...
10 Oct, 2024 EU CSDDD explained: Impacts for non-EU companies and interaction with the German Supply Chain Act By James Marlow Elizabeth Raulston Gilly Hutchinson Julia Grothaus Kathrin Bauwens +2 more... Show less In this podcast series, we explore in bitesize format various aspects of the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD)...
03 Oct, 2024 EU CSDDD explained: enforcement and penalties By Sara Feijao In this podcast series, we explore various aspects of the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD / CS3D) that...
03 Oct, 2024 EU Deforestation Regulation: Commission publishes guidance and proposes 12-month delay to application date By Sara Feijao Guillaume Croisant James Marlow On 2 October 2024, the European Commission announced (see EU press release) that it has published: a legislative proposal to delay the...
02 Oct, 2024 European regulators to intensify their focus on implementing the sustainable finance framework in 2025 By Stephen Clipsham The European Supervisory Authorities have each published their work programmes for 2025 setting out their strategic priorities for the...