13 Jun, 2024 Webinar: Facilitating finance for the transition to a sustainable economy By Vanessa Havard-Williams Xylia Sim Alexander Vogt Join us on 18 June 24 at 1-2 PM CEST for an expert online panel discussion on transition finance, with a particular focus on the current...
06 May, 2024 Germany initiates first tenders for Carbon Contracts for Difference By Maximilian Volmar Ruth Losch On March 12, 2024, the German government launched the first funding call of €4 bn to aid the decarbonization of high-carbon industries...
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...
30 Jan, 2024 German regulator presents first plans for future remuneration of electricity and gas networks By Ruth Losch Christopher Bremme Julia Sack On 18 January, the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) published a key points paper on the further development of the regulatory framework...
25 Jan, 2024 Germany: The big solar package that became a small wind package By Ruth Losch Thomas Schulz On 19 January 2024, the German legislator passed a significantly shortened spin-off of the so-called Solar Package I. It comes into force...
12 Jan, 2024 District heating, heat pumps and hydrogen - how Germany plans to decarbonise its heating sector By Ruth Losch About a third of the energy consumed in Germany is used to produce heat and hot water for German buildings. At present, most of this...
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...
31 Oct, 2023 The new German Energy Efficiency Act: Implications for data centers and other companies By Ruth Losch German companies, and data centers in particular, will in future be under stricter obligation to monitor their energy consumption, avoid,...
29 Aug, 2023 German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act: new guidelines on supply chain cooperation cause confusion By Julia Grothaus Mirjam Erb Kathrin Bauwens Lucas Marlow +1 more... Show less As reported previously, the Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control (BAFA) publishes practical guidelines for the...
07 Jul, 2023 Germany: BaFin aims to tackle greenwashing with its new Sustainable Finance Strategy By Kathrin Hafner Dr Frederik Winter The German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority BaFin has developed a new Sustainable Finance Strategy aimed at supporting the...
16 Jun, 2023 ESG and German competition law – a box of chocolates? By Kaan Gürer Nina Seydel Dorothee de Crozals Forrest Gump knew it all along: Life is like a box of chocolates, and you never know what you’re gonna get. And this still seems to apply...
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...
26 May, 2023 Germany’s New Solar Strategy: More space and less red tape By Thomas Schulz Ruth Losch On 5 May 2023, the German Economy and Climate Ministry (BMWK) has released its Solar Strategy (read the German text here), aiming to...
26 Apr, 2023 Bangladeshi workers submit complaint with BAFA By Julia Grothaus Kathrin Bauwens Lucas Marlow The German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz, the “Act”) is put to its first test. Two NGOs have...
04 Apr, 2023 Update on the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act: first enforcement activities by BAFA suggest active monitoring By Julia Grothaus Kathrin Bauwens Lucas Marlow The German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (the “Act”) entered into force for in-scope companies with more than 3,000 employees on 1...