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...
02 Nov, 2023 ESG Disputes Bulletin – November 2023 By Satindar Dogra Rebecca James Susana Cao Miranda David Thomas Rebecca Burton Matt Dodd +3 more... Show less Welcome to the quarterly Linklaters ESG Disputes Bulletin. In this edition, we cover some of the key developments in contentious ESG...
27 Sep, 2023 France: ESG “back to school” By Ngoc-Hong Ma Emilie Rochat After the summer break, how about a refresher on what you need to know regarding the latest developments on sustainable finance, with a...
27 Sep, 2023 France: AMF proposes minimum criteria for Article 8 and 9 financial products By Ngoc-Hong Ma Emilie Rochat The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) published on 13 February 2023 a position paper setting out proposals to the EU Commission on...
27 Jul, 2023 Irish Government announces major interconnector expansion By Hannah Foley Maryam Adamji The Irish Government has announced plans to develop up to five new power interconnectors to mainland Europe and the UK. In particular,...
26 Jul, 2023 Will “say on climate” votes soon be mandatory in France? By Pierre Tourres Benoit Martin Before suspending its work for the summer recess, the French parliament has debated the introduction of a mandatory “say on climate”...
06 Jun, 2023 The Ostend Declaration from a Dutch perspective By Bram Bulter Introduction The Energy ministers of Belgium, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, Norway and the United...
01 Mar, 2023 First decision by French courts on duty of vigilance law: dismissal of claims lodged by six NGOs against TotalEnergies By Eleonore Hannezo Jean-Charles Jaïs Claudia Cavicchioli Six years ago, on 27 March 2017, the French legislator enacted the Duty of Vigilance Law (the "Law") creating an obligation for large...
28 Feb, 2023 French NGOs take BNP Paribas to court for its support of fossil fuel projects By Guillaume Croisant Charlotte Peiffer Bruno Garcia Da Silva On 23 February 2023, three NGOs, Oxfam France, Friends of the Earth France and Notre Affaire à Tous (the “NGOs”), announced the start of...
02 Nov, 2022 BNP Paribas on formal notice to stop supporting the development of fossil fuel projects By Guillaume Croisant Charlotte Peiffer On 26 October 2022, NGOs Oxfam France, Friends of the Earth France and Notre Affaire à Tous formally put the BNP Paribas group (the...