5/19/2025 3:44:31 PM B Lab updates B Corp certification requirements and makes significant changes By Iyes Igiehon Dearbhla Cantwell After over three years of consultation and development, B Lab (the non-profit network and administrator of B Corp certification) recently...
5/13/2025 1:23:36 PM EU Stop-the-Clock Directive transposition tracker By Victoria Hickman Julia Grothaus Raza Naeem Rachel Barrett David Ballegeer Ngoc-Hong Ma Tom Cobbaert Xu Wang Stephen Clipsham Benoit Martin Emilie Rochat +8 more... Show less As part of the EU Commission’s so-called “Omnibus package”, the “Stop-the-Clock” Directive was published in the Official Journal of the...
5/6/2025 6:16:40 PM EU: a quick read of "ESMA's Guidelines on enforcement [meaning "supervision" in this case!] of sustainability information" to help issuers get it right By Victoria Hickman Raza Naeem Enforcement = Supervision! The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has delivered final guidelines under the CSRD to ensure...
5/2/2025 4:14:00 PM Global: FMSB finalises Statement of Good Practice to support more consistent governance of sustainability-linked products By Raza Naeem The Financial Markets Standards Board (FMSB) has published its final Statement of Good Practice on the governance of...
5/1/2025 1:42:40 PM UK PRA consultation on managing climate-related risks: not new rules but explicit enhancements and clarifications of expectations nonetheless By Rachel Barrett Raza Naeem Victoria Hickman What has been published? On 30 April 2025, the PRA published a Consultation Paper (CP10/25) proposing the replacement of its existing...
4/29/2025 1:29:58 PM EU CSRD: EFRAG agrees work plan to revise ESRS By Julia Voskoboinikova Sara Feijao On 25 April 2025, EFRAG announced that it has officially submitted to the European Commission its work plan outlining the steps it will...
4/17/2025 2:53:59 PM Issues for Boards 2025: Is ESG dead? Far from it By Bernice Dunsmuir Sara Feijao Each year we prepare a publication focussed on providing practical insights for Boards and GCs on emerging issues that we expect to be...
4/14/2025 2:45:22 PM EU: Council formally adopted Omnibus Stop-the-Clock proposal By Julia Voskoboinikova Today, 14 April 2025, the Council formally adopted the so-called “Stop-the-Clock” Directive – see the press release. The...
4/9/2025 2:13:02 PM EU: EFRAG launches public call for feedback on ESRS revision By Julia Voskoboinikova On 27 March 2025, the European Commission mandated EFRAG to simplify the first set of European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS)...
4/3/2025 12:30:45 PM European Parliament approves the “Stop-the-Clock” part of the Omnibus proposal By Julia Voskoboinikova Sara Feijao Claudia Skibniewski Alvarez Today, 3 April 2025, after intense negotiations, the European Parliament voted in favour of the Omnibus “Stop-the-Clock” Directive...
4/1/2025 3:58:13 PM Linklaters ESG Newsletter - April 2025 By Julia Voskoboinikova Sara Feijao Gilly Hutchinson The April edition of our Global ESG Newsletter is now available and can be accessed here. Our April issue covers key developments on the...
3/31/2025 7:34:02 PM EU CSRD: Commission mandates EFRAG to simplify ESRS By Julia Voskoboinikova On 27 March 2025, Maria Luís Albuquerque, Commissioner for Financial Services and the Savings and Investments Union, sent EFRAG a letter...
3/6/2025 12:00:29 PM 19 March "meet the regulators": Linklaters London conference on Sustainable Finance and other key 2025 topics in financial regulation By Victoria Hickman Come and join us for a half-day Spring Outlook conference (register here) on 19 March in our Linklaters London Office. One of four panel...
3/6/2025 11:47:08 AM Webinar recording: what the EU's first Omnibus package means for financial services firms By Victoria Hickman On 26 February 2025, the European Commission published the much-anticipated first Omnibus package, with proposals to simplify the...
3/4/2025 1:39:25 PM Linklaters ESG Newsletter - March 2025 By Gilly Hutchinson Sara Feijao Julia Voskoboinikova The March edition of our Global ESG Newsletter is now available and can be accessed here. Our March issue covers key developments on the...
2/27/2025 9:35:27 PM EU: Commission publishes first Omnibus package with changes to CSRD and CSDDD By Sara Feijao James Marlow On 26 February 2025, the European Commission published the much-anticipated first Omnibus package, with proposals to simplify the...