19 Apr, 2024 Greenwashing in the aviation industry: what can we learn from district court of Amsterdam’s decision? By Daniella Strik Bas van Niekerk Thomas de Boer On 20 March 2024, the district court of Amsterdam ruled against a Dutch flag carrier in what has been described as the first decision on...
18 Apr, 2024 New EU legislation targets strategic lawsuits seeking to curtail public participation By Guillaume Croisant Sacha Vanderveken The Directive 2024/1069 of 11 April 2024 on protecting persons who engage in public participation from manifestly unfounded or abusive...
17 Apr, 2024 How should companies prepare for the EU’s Green Claims Directive? By Iyes Igiehon This article was first published on edie.net - see How should companies prepare for the EU’s Green Claims Directive? - edie. Let’s...
11 Apr, 2024 Linklaters ESG Newsletter - April 2024 By Sara Feijao Gilly Hutchinson Julia Voskoboinikova Welcome to the latest edition of the global Linklaters ESG Newsletter. Each issue covers key developments in the UK, EU, US, Asia and...
10 Apr, 2024 European Court of Human Rights rules that Switzerland’s failure to implement sufficient measures to combat climate change violates human rights By Charlotte Peiffer Claudia Cavicchioli Julie Esquenazi European Court of Human Rights rules that Switzerland’s failure to implement sufficient measures to combat climate change violates human...
09 Apr, 2024 France: Judicial Court of Paris dismisses corporate claim based on dissemination of misleading information about the company’s carbon emissions By Eleonore Hannezo Claudia Cavicchioli Julie Esquenazi On 28 March 2024, the Judicial Court of Paris annulled the writ of summons served by a major French energy company (“the Company”) on one...
26 Mar, 2024 Italy: The “Last Judgement” - a halt for climate litigation? By Alessandro Villani Elena Andrich Beatrice Porcellato On 26th February 2024, the Civil Court of Rome dismissed the first Italian climate litigation filed by a group of 24 NGOs and more than...
18 Mar, 2024 Claim against corporate emitters for climate-related harm: New Zealand Supreme Court allows novel tort case to proceed By Matt Dodd Prerna Handa Eriko Kadota In February 2024, New Zealand’s highest court unanimously refused to strike out the first New Zealand case seeking to hold corporates...
18 Mar, 2024 EU Parliament adopts first reading position on the Green Claims Directive By Iyes Igiehon Kerry Liebenberg Julia Voskoboinikova On 12 March 2024, the European Parliament adopted its first reading position (i.e. its negotiating position) on the proposed Directive on...
13 Mar, 2024 Belgian farmer and activist NGOs start climate litigation case against oil and gas major in Belgium By Guillaume Croisant Bruno Garcia Da Silva A Belgian farmer, supported by three NGOs, announced today (13 March 2024) his intention to sue an oil and gas major before the Belgian...
12 Mar, 2024 The new EU Directive on Empowering Consumers for the Green Transition By Julia Grothaus Rachel Barrett Kerry Liebenberg Mirjam Erb Kathrin Bauwens Claire Kernick Lucas Marlow +4 more... Show less The new EU Directive on Empowering Consumers for the Green Transition aims to promote sustainable consumption by tackling unfair...
05 Mar, 2024 Linklaters ESG Newsletter - March 2024 By Julia Voskoboinikova Sara Feijao Gilly Hutchinson Welcome to the latest edition of the global Linklaters ESG Newsletter. Each issue covers key developments in the UK, EU, US, Asia and...
28 Feb, 2024 Belgium introduces the offence of ecocide By Bruno Garcia Da Silva Guillaume Croisant On 22 February 2024, Belgium’s Federal Parliament introduced the new offence of ecocide as part of the reform of the Belgian criminal...
26 Feb, 2024 UK to exit the Energy Charter Treaty By Matthew Weiniger MP Graham Stuart (Minister of State for Energy Security and Net Zero) announced on 22 February 2024 that the United Kingdom will leave...
14 Feb, 2024 Webinar recording: ESG Legal Outlook 2024: key global themes By Sara Feijao To help you navigate the year ahead, a panel of our ESG specialists - Rachel Barrett, Raza Naeem, Guillaume Croisant and Matt Dodd -...
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...