Feb 03, 2023 Netherlands: greenwashing in the spotlight of Dutch authorities By Gijs Smit Introduction The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (Autoriteit Consument en Markt) (“ACM”) earlier announced that “energy &...
Feb 02, 2023 ESG Legal Outlook 2023: key global themes By Sara Feijao Julia Voskoboinikova Gilly Hutchinson The Linklaters annual ESG outlook been published, and you can download your copy here: ESG Legal Outlook 2023. To help you navigate the...
Feb 02, 2023 Linklaters ESG Newsletter - February 2023 By Sara Feijao Julia Voskoboinikova Gilly Hutchinson Welcome to the Linklaters ESG Newsletter. Each issue covers key developments in the UK, EU and globally on the full range of ESG topics....
Jan 04, 2023 China finalises guidance on ESG commitments to data security and personal information protection By Alex Roberts Roger Li (Zhao Sheng Law Firm) Tiantian Ke (Zhao Sheng Law Firm) Crystal Hu +1 more... Show less On 30 December 2022, China Cybersecurity Industry Alliance (CCIA) released the final form of the Guidance on Social Responsibility of...
Nov 11, 2022 China releases guidance on ESG commitments to data security and personal information protection By Tiantian Ke (Zhao Sheng Law Firm) Crystal Hu Alex Roberts Data security and privacy protection practices are coming increasingly under the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) spotlight....
Nov 09, 2022 Updates on the UK Government’s energy policy – more windfall taxes? By Justine Hung Albert Yu The energy sector in the UK is facing turbulent times, as significant regulatory changes loom with the introduction of the following new...
Nov 01, 2022 Mainland China: President Xi promotes green development at China’s 20th Communist Party Congress By Gilly Hutchinson Amy Ding On 16 October 2022, President Xi gave a two-hour opening speech to the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in which...
Oct 06, 2022 Classification of platform workers: Belgium ahead of the forthcoming European framework By Jennifer Granado Aranzana Whether people working through platforms have to be classified as employees or self-employed is a question that continues to absorb court...
Sep 20, 2022 EU: European Supervisory Authorities pose concerning questions on SFDR interpretation, only a few months before the Level 2 standards apply By Raza Naeem Silke Bernard Benjamin Maconick Julia Vergauwen James Morris David Ballegeer Ngoc-Hong Ma Dr Frederik Winter Etienne Dessy Victoria Hickman +7 more... Show less What has been published? Following on from their queries submitted in May (see questions and answers), the European Supervisory...
Jul 05, 2022 UK: FCA consultation on Sustainability Disclosure Requirements - delayed until autumn 2022 By Raza Naeem Vanessa Havard-Williams Benjamin Maconick Victoria Hickman Sara Feijao +2 more... Show less The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has updated its webpage relating to its discussion paper on sustainability disclosure requirements...
Jun 30, 2022 European Commission proposal reverses onus of proof in favour of victims for certain pollution lawsuits By Lieve Swartenbroux Guillaume Croisant Charlotte Peiffer On 5 April 2022, the European Commission released a proposal for a directive amending Directive 2010/75/EU on industrial emissions ("the...
Jun 01, 2022 European Parliament publishes report on the EU Green Bond Standard By Julia Bhatti The European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON Committee) published its long-awaited report on the EU...
May 26, 2022 China’s new ESG Disclosure Standards By Alex Roberts Gilly Hutchinson Amy Ding Are the guidelines a credible basis for ESG evaluation and reporting? In a great example of public-private collaboration, CERDS (or the...
May 26, 2022 EU Commission answers on Taxonomy and SFDR questions: closed products in scope and Taxonomy-alignment disclosure data problem By Raza Naeem Benjamin Maconick Earlier this month we reported that the ESAs had asked the Commission various questions relating to SFDR and Taxonomy - see post....
May 18, 2022 ESAs request new Q&As on SFDR and Taxonomy By Benjamin Maconick Raza Naeem Silke Bernard Victoria Hickman Jesus Elguea Palacios Stephen Clipsham +3 more... Show less The European Supervisory Authorities ('ESAs') have submitted a list of questions to the European Commission about the interpretation of...
May 11, 2022 Banking advertisements in the spotlight over alleged greenwash claims By Sara Feijao Rachel Barrett Vanessa Havard-Williams Kim Rybarczyk Sarah Martin Rebecca Burton +3 more... Show less Regulators in the UK and Canada have been asked to investigate claims made by two banks in respect of alleged misleading claims in their...