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...
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,...
26 Jun, 2024 France: two claims based on the duty of vigilance declared admissible By Jean-Charles Jaïs Claudia Cavicchioli Charlotte Peiffer Julie Esquenazi +1 more... Show less On 18 June 2024, for the first time, the Court of Appeal of Paris declared admissible two out of three claims based on the duty of...
04 Jun, 2024 Linklaters ESG Newsletter - June 2024 By Julia Voskoboinikova Gilly Hutchinson 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...
31 May, 2024 New French framework for informal antitrust guidance on sustainability projects By Pierre Zelenko Maëlys Duval Victoria Vickers On 27 May 2024, the French Competition Authority published its final notice on informal guidance on sustainability. The notice aims to...
29 May, 2024 France: NGOs and individuals file a criminal complaint against major French energy company’s directors and main shareholders By Claudia Cavicchioli Charlotte Peiffer Julie Esquenazi On 21 May 2024, three NGOs and eight individuals filed a criminal complaint with the Paris public prosecution office, targeting the board...
23 May, 2024 New French anti-greenwashing guidelines: "dos and don’ts" to avoid misleading green advertising By Charlotte Peiffer Claudia Cavicchioli Julie Esquenazi In April 2024, the French Agency for Ecological Transition, ADEME, published an updated version of its Anti-Greenwashing Guide (initially...
14 May, 2024 ESG podcast series for clients in France By Francois April Géric Clomes Veronique Delaittre Bart Fleuren Eleonore Hannezo Maria Mitaeva Claudia Cavicchioli Pierre Sikorav Fériel Aliouchouche Benedicte de Moras Jihane Guyot Leïla Megdoud Emilie Rochat Maëlys Duval +11 more... Show less The Linklaters team in our Paris office have produced a series of podcasts on various ESG topics for clients in France. The podcasts...
09 Apr, 2024 France: Judicial Court of Paris dismisses corporate claim based on dissemination of misleading information about the company’s carbon emissions By Eleonore Hannezo Claudia Cavicchioli Julie Esquenazi On 28 March 2024, the Judicial Court of Paris annulled the writ of summons served by a major French energy company (“the Company”) on one...
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...
02 Feb, 2024 ESG Disputes Bulletin – January 2024 By Satindar Dogra Susana Cao Miranda Rebecca James David Thomas Tara Janus Matt Dodd Rebecca Burton +4 more... Show less Welcome to the quarterly Linklaters ESG Disputes Bulletin. In this edition, we cover some of the key developments in contentious ESG...
24 Jan, 2024 Paris court rejects NGOs’ request to order the French state to take additional measures to repair ecological damage caused by carbon emissions By Eleonore Hannezo Claudia Cavicchioli Charlotte Peiffer On 22 December 2023, the Administrative Court of Paris (“the Court”) issued another significant decision in what has been called the...
14 Dec, 2023 France is the first member state to transpose CSRD By Veronique Delaittre Ngoc-Hong Ma Eleonore Hannezo Emilie Rochat Benedicte de Moras +2 more... Show less Directive (EU) 2022/2464 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2022 as regards corporate sustainability reporting...
06 Dec, 2023 French Duty of Vigilance Law: first decision on the merits rendered by a French Court By Claudia Cavicchioli Eleonore Hannezo Jean-Charles Jaïs Key takeaways for businesses The French 2017 Duty of Vigilance Law is precursor to the forthcoming EU Corporate Sustainability Due...
07 Nov, 2023 EU CSDDD: lessons learnt from the French Duty of Vigilance law By Eleonore Hannezo Claudia Cavicchioli KEY TAKEAWAYS Due diligence requirements in the field of the environment and human rights are increasing. Businesses need to be more...
06 Nov, 2023 The Paris Judicial Court clarifies conditions for the claims under the French duty of vigilance By Claudia Cavicchioli Alexandre Taboni KEY TAKEAWAYS On 6 July 2023, the Paris Judicial Court ruled that the action brought by several NGOs and local authorities against...