19 Sep, 2024 No excuse for non-compliance! New CMA greenwashing guidance for the fashion industry in the UK By Kim Rust Alexandra Zachmann Helen Crossley The ambitious approach to tackle greenwashing in the fashion industry taken by the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) continues,...
03 Sep, 2024 Linklaters ESG Newsletter - September 2024 By Gilly Hutchinson Julia Voskoboinikova Sara Feijao Welcome to the global Linklaters ESG Newsletter. Each issue covers key developments in the UK, EU, US, Asia and globally on the full...
21 Aug, 2024 EU: ESMA Guidelines on Funds' names to apply from 21 November 2024 By Premlata Fagan Stephen Clipsham The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, has today published...
10 Jul, 2024 UK & EU: Sustainable Finance Sources - survival guide By Premlata Fagan It can be hard to find in one place the legal, regulatory and industry sources you need when navigating the fast-moving and...
02 Jul, 2024 Linklaters ESG Newsletter - July 2024 By Julia Voskoboinikova Gilly Hutchinson Sara Feijao Welcome to the global Linklaters ESG Newsletter. Each issue covers key developments in the UK, EU, US, Asia and globally on the full...
01 Jul, 2024 ESG horizon scanning: what in-house lawyers need to know for 2024 By Sara Feijao Rachel Barrett Kim Rybarczyk This article was first published on The In-House Lawyer - see: ESG horizon scanning: what to expect in 2024 - The In-House Lawyer...
27 Jun, 2024 EU: Council adopts negotiating position on the Green Claims Directive By Kathrin Bauwens Mirjam Erb Iyes Igiehon Alexia Kaztaridou +1 more... Show less 17 June 2024 marked a significant milestone in the EU’s fight against greenwashing, as the Council adopted its negotiating position (also...
24 Jun, 2024 Webinar: Challenges coming out of the ESMA fund names guidelines and latest SFDR opinion from the ESAs By Premlata Fagan On Tuesday 25th June (09:30 to 10:30 GMT) you can join our panel of experts to discuss the latest from the EU in the fund labelling and...
19 Jun, 2024 EU Tracker: Which ESG proposals have been adopted and which are still outstanding? By Julia Voskoboinikova Sara Feijao Clelia Felix Claudia Skibniewski Alvarez +1 more... Show less NOTE: We update this tracker as when there are new developments. Last updated on 19 September 2024. On 6-9 June 2024, EU citizens voted...
13 Jun, 2024 Webinar recording: the EU perspective on greenwashing from the ESA's reports By Julia Grothaus Raza Naeem Victoria Hickman Clare Wiles Erin McKeown Premlata Fagan +3 more... Show less With the UK FCA’s anti-greenwashing rule in its early days, next up we took the opportunity to look at greenwashing from the EU...
05 Jun, 2024 EU: ESAs unveil their findings on greenwashing – calls for improved market practice on sustainability-related claims By Premlata Fagan Victoria Hickman The European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, ESMA and EIOPA – together, the ESAs) have published their Final Reports to the European...
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...
30 May, 2024 EU: ESMA identifies areas for improvement in firms’ sustainability claims in marketing communications By Premlata Fagan In 2023, ESMA launched a Common Supervisory Action (CSA) and mystery shopping exercise (MSE) on the application of disclosure...
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...
16 May, 2024 UK government sets out next steps on SDR implementation By Stephen Clipsham The UK government has published an update setting out the next steps of implementing the UK Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR)....
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...